Job summary
This is a permanent position that is based at the Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital, London Bridge.
The post holder will form part of the Treatment Section Lead team and will have the key responsibility of managing the Brachytherapy unit. They will also supervise and manage treatment delivery services in all areas of the department and are required to report to the Operational Lead for Treatment.
As a treatment section lead you must also have outstanding communication, organisational and management skills to motivate and lead the treatment team, and create an environment in which staff and students can develop their skills and reach their full potential.
Routine working practice for Guy's Cancer Centre is Monday - Friday between the core hours of 7:45am-8pm with bank holiday and weekend working taking place as required in line with the department and service operational needs.
Interviews are expected to be w/c 4th March 2024.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key contributor to core elements of the service such as Quality, Training,Audit, and Service Development.
You will be expected to operate at an enhanced level of practice in brachytherapy, and to possess the skills to maintain and develop the brachytherapy service.
You must have excellent technical skills in treatment delivery and image guidance to deliver highly complex patient centred services.
Effectively manage the junior radiography staff to ensure a safe and efficient delivery of the radiotherapy service.
Maintain high standards across a large multi-disciplinary team.
About us
The Radiotherapy Service serves a catchment population of approximately 1.6 million and is the provider of radiotherapy for the six London boroughs - Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. The service also receives national referrals from St John's SkinClinic, based at GSTFT, for patients requiring specialist skin radiotherapy; superficial treatment and Total Skin Electron Body radiotherapy (TSEBT). Equipped with eight state of the art Truebeam linear accelerators and a Tomotherapy unit the department is fully equipped to offerIG-IMRT as routine practise, as well as TBI and stereotactic body and intracranial treatment.The service is delivered from three physical locations; Lambeth Wing at St Thomas' Hospital, and from Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital and Guy's Cancer at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent. Low dose rate prostate brachytherapy is undertaken in theatre at Guy's Hospital.The department at Queen Marys Hospital (QMH), Sidcup houses two of the nine linear accelerators and one CT scanner, offering radiotherapy services to the local populations. Radiotherapy treatment planning is centralised from the Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital with remote network access from the QMH unit offering a complete paperless working environment.The unit undertakes all routine radical and palliative external beam treatment as well as emergency treatment within the core hours of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a team of treatment section lead radiographers, the post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day organisation of the treatment units (Brachytherapy/Orthovoltage & MV) in line with working practices as agreed by Head of Radiotherapy. They will be the Lead Specialist and Line Manager within their area.This will involve working as a member of the treatment team and ensuring your teams activities are structured throughout the day thus ensuring a safe, efficient and patient centred delivery of treatment.The post holder will have the opportunity to take the lead for other key areas of the service to include Quality, Audit, Training, Complaints and Service Development Initiatives as appropriate.The post holder will deputise for more Senior Staff as appropriate, both within the Trust and externally. This will include deputising on an agreed, rotational basis for the Operational Lead Radiographer in particular with regard to operational and departmental issues.To organise the workload in the various areas and to take responsibility for training and supervising and appraising more junior Radiographers.To be part of a large multi-disciplinary team and to be involved in the total care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy treatment.The post holder must be qualified to work as an Operator within Radiotherapy as defined by IR(ME)R.NB The work for this post is physically demanding and therefore fitness and good health are essential.
Please see the attached job description for more details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within a team of treatment section lead radiographers, the post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day organisation of the treatment units (Brachytherapy/Orthovoltage & MV) in line with working practices as agreed by Head of Radiotherapy. They will be the Lead Specialist and Line Manager within their area.This will involve working as a member of the treatment team and ensuring your teams activities are structured throughout the day thus ensuring a safe, efficient and patient centred delivery of treatment.The post holder will have the opportunity to take the lead for other key areas of the service to include Quality, Audit, Training, Complaints and Service Development Initiatives as appropriate.The post holder will deputise for more Senior Staff as appropriate, both within the Trust and externally. This will include deputising on an agreed, rotational basis for the Operational Lead Radiographer in particular with regard to operational and departmental issues.To organise the workload in the various areas and to take responsibility for training and supervising and appraising more junior Radiographers.To be part of a large multi-disciplinary team and to be involved in the total care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy treatment.The post holder must be qualified to work as an Operator within Radiotherapy as defined by IR(ME)R.NB The work for this post is physically demanding and therefore fitness and good health are essential.
Please see the attached job description for more details.
Person Specification
Education/Professional
Essential
- BSc/PgDip/DCRT - therapeutic Radioraphy
- MSc Therapeutic Radiography
- HCPC registered
Desirable
- Management/leadership Qualification
Skill/Ability
Essential
- Demonstrate organisational abilities and good time management skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate Problem solving and Decision Making abilities.
- Demonstrate Leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff to achieve their full potential.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a team leader/Band 7 in a Radiotherapy department
- Current experience on a wide range advanced Radiotherapy techniques e.g. SABR, DIBH, SRS
- Experience of teaching/training junior staff and students.
Desirable
- Understanding of the complaints process and the ability to take an active role.
- Participation in Clinical Audit
- Experience of conducting staff appraisals
Person Specification
Education/Professional
Essential
- BSc/PgDip/DCRT - therapeutic Radioraphy
- MSc Therapeutic Radiography
- HCPC registered
Desirable
- Management/leadership Qualification
Skill/Ability
Essential
- Demonstrate organisational abilities and good time management skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate Problem solving and Decision Making abilities.
- Demonstrate Leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff to achieve their full potential.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working as a team leader/Band 7 in a Radiotherapy department
- Current experience on a wide range advanced Radiotherapy techniques e.g. SABR, DIBH, SRS
- Experience of teaching/training junior staff and students.
Desirable
- Understanding of the complaints process and the ability to take an active role.
- Participation in Clinical Audit
- Experience of conducting staff appraisals
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
