Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and enthusiastic person to join our team of Therapeutic Radiographers at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

We are offering a permanent fulltime contract position that will be based at Guy's Cancer Centre in London with the occasional need to cover at the Queen Mary's Sidcup centre.

As one of the most successful and highly regarded teaching hospitals in the NHS we are able to provide enviable opportunities for you to develop your career. We offer exposure to a fantastic combination of routine, varied and highly specialised Treatments.

Patients are at the heart of what we do so we are looking for Therapeutic Radiographers who can provide excellent care with compassion and respect. All Radiographers in bands 5 - 7 roles have the opportunity to rotate through pre-treatment and treatment.

Equipped with eight state of the art Truebeam linear accelerators and a Tomotherapy unit the department is fully equipped to offer IGIMRT as routine practise as well as TBI, stereotactic body and intercranial treatments.

Main duties of the job

As senior therapeutic radiographer you will pivotal in the delivery of a wide range of radiotherapy techniques whilst maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality patient care .There will also be the opportunity to develop your organisational and leadership skills to support the team leader in the day-to-day organisation of the unit and create an environment in which staff and students can learn and reach their full potential.

Working within a multi-professional quality driven environment, patients are at the centre of all that we do. You will have the opportunity to part of a team that is continuously innovating to improve services that we can offer to our patients.

The departments routinely operate extended day working and shift patterns apply for machine service days and unscheduled service interruptions. Bank holiday and weekend working take place in line with the department and service operational needs. Participation on the on-call rota is a requirement of this post.

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 Skin Clinic, based at GSTT, for patients requiring specialist skin radiotherapy, Total Skin Electron Body radiotherapy (TSEBT). The service also provides TBI and stereotactic radiotherapy, body and intracranial treatment, and for a very small number of private patients. The service delivers in excess of 52,000 radiotherapy treatments and works in closest collaboration with colleagues at King's College NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£42,471 to £50,364 a year p.a. inc. HCA (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS8328

Job locations

Cancer Centre at Guys

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

Current experience using a broad range of radiotherapy equipment.
Post graduation experience of training and supervision of staff

Desirable

Demonstrate experience on a wide range advanced Radiotherapy techniques e.g. SABR, DIBH

Qualifications & Education

Essential

BSc or DCR (T) & HPC registration
Postgraduate education or equivalent knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by relevant practical experience

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate a high level of Communication skills, including the ability to deal with sensitive information & to deal with anxious and demanding patients using tact and persuasive skills
Demonstrate organisational abilities and good time management skills.

Desirable

Demonstrate experience & knowledge of Radiotherapy planning.
Demonstrate leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff to achieve their full potential.

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

Current experience using a broad range of radiotherapy equipment.
Post graduation experience of training and supervision of staff

Desirable

Demonstrate experience on a wide range advanced Radiotherapy techniques e.g. SABR, DIBH

Qualifications & Education

Essential

BSc or DCR (T) & HPC registration
Postgraduate education or equivalent knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices underpinned by relevant practical experience

Skills

Essential

Demonstrate a high level of Communication skills, including the ability to deal with sensitive information & to deal with anxious and demanding patients using tact and persuasive skills
Demonstrate organisational abilities and good time management skills.

Desirable

Demonstrate experience & knowledge of Radiotherapy planning.
Demonstrate leadership qualities and the ability to motivate staff to achieve their full potential.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).