Job responsibilities
Core
Behaviours and Values
The
post holder will be honest, reliable & professional and demonstrate the
behaviours outline by the Trust and the College of Radiographers Professional
Code of Conduct. They must ensure that professional attitudes and standards
are maintained.
They
will have a commitment to team working, creating good interpersonal relationships
and working atmosphere so that 2 way discussion, learning and development of
the whole team can occur.
Principal
Duties and Responsibilities
Technical
/ Clinical/ Academic
Work within the departmental
protocols; under supervision
Able to use their own judgement
following assessment of patient and identifying and escalating when needed to
a registered professional in the team.
To develop their skills in
analysing complex treatments during the course of their training
Contribute to clinical discussion
under the supervision of the team
To participate and attend fully all
lectures and meetings as required of the degree course at the Higher
Education Institute (HEI) or local departmental training.
Ensure all assignments are
completed to the required level and in a timely manner.
To undertake additional training
and development to maintain and develop personal skills, up-to-date and
effective practice and knowledge in relation to the role through continuing
professional development.
Comply and undertake all mandatory
training
Complete the competency based
training providing evidence in the required portfolio/degree modules.
Complete an annual appraisal with
clear objectives aligned with your year of training
Act as peer support in years 2 and
3 to new apprentices commencing their programmes
Management
Manage their own time efficiently,
ensuring all clinical and academic needs/ requirements are met.
Understand the departmental
processes and assist with the daily workflow for the area they are working
in.
Representing the views of team
members and peers at meetings and workgroups and reporting information back
to the team.
Patient
care
Ensure they follow the trust
policies and work protocols to give high quality patient care. Highlighting
any areas of concern to a supervising member of the team.
Highlighting and following trust
procedures with any concerns in regards to safeguarding of patients and their
families
Responsible for monitoring,
maintaining and cleaning environments; including equipment pre/post procedure
General
Actively participate in and support
activities in promoting and recruiting to the profession.
To work flexibly as required by the
service need.
Carrying out additional duties as
requested by the Head of Radiotherapy, management team or team manager,
commensurate with the grade of the post.
Health
and Safety/Risk Management
All
staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and
improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service
users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals
NHS
Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by
following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the
Trust Incident Reporting system.
Comply with statutory Ionizing
Radiations (Medical Exposures) Regulations IR(ME)R and Local Rules (Ionising
Radiations Regulations - IRR) and departmental radiotherapy incident
reporting procedures.
Responsible for prompt reporting of
radiation incidents, equipment, patient and safety related incidents in
accordance with departmental / Trust procedures. Also identifying and
reporting any areas of perceived risk
Infection
Control
The
trainee must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection
Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact
with patients and their environment.
Equality
and Diversity
The
trainee must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure
equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the
individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are
staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of
their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion
etc.
Patient
and Public Involvement
The
Trust has a statutory duty to involve patients and public in evaluating and
planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of
patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
Training
and Personal Development Continuous Professional Development
The
trainee must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for
his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional
Development remains a priority. The jobholder will undertake all mandatory
training required for the role.
Respect
for Patient Confidentiality
The
trainee should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge
patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
Communication
and Working Relationships
Post
holder will mainly work under close supervision occasionally unsupervised
i.e. transporting patients etc.
An ability to provide and receive
complex and sensitive information to / from cancer patients in an empathetic,
reassuring and professional manner.
Assess potential communication
barriers and demonstrate where necessary persuasive, motivational and
negotiating skills, referring to supervising members of the team where
necessary.
To recognise the potential for
conflict in relationships and seek to minimise this, and contribute to
effective communication and team working
To promote and maintain effective
communication and relationships with immediate colleagues, the
multi-disciplinary team, patients and visitors.
Special
Working Conditions
Physical
Effort
This post requires dexterity and
highly developed co-ordination and sensory skills in order to speedily and
accurately manipulate equipment with a high degree of precision, as well as
finely manipulating the patients body to align the relevant anatomy with the
radiation beam to accuracy within 1 mm.
They should when trained, under
supervision be able to accurately apply permanent patient skin marks (tattoo)
with needles and ink.
This is a physically demanding post
with constant manoeuvring of patients and equipment, which can often be heavy
and / or awkward.
The trainee will need to exert
intense physical effort by reaching over and twisting heavy patients at
height (approx. 5 feet from the ground) for short periods of time (5
minutes), several times a day (15-20 per day ), every day. The post holder
will also need to lift accessory equipment (some weighing 6-10Kg) and
position these at head / shoulder height onto other equipment. There are
postural constraints involved in this due to limitations in work design.
These risks have been assessed by
the Trust Back Care Lead and physio. Post holder works in pairs so lifting of
accessories is recommended as a two person lift.
Mental
Effort
A high level of concentration is
required when treating each patient constantly in order to undergo patient
assessment and maintain a high level of care (10-30 mins per patient / up to
50 patients per day.
Ability to view patient set-ups in
both 2D and 3D. Excellent psychomotor and spatial awareness to accurately
position patients (to within 1mm).
When not treating patients, periods
of prolonged concentration (1-2 hrs) are required when viewing images,
calculating prescriptions and checking datasets for accuracy.
Emotional
Effort
To recognize and appropriately act
upon the emotional and psychological needs of patients, colleagues, team and
ones self due to the frequent exposure to distressing and emotional
circumstances, e.g. continually working with patients with cancer.
Dealing empathetically with cancer
patients, families and carers with challenging behaviour, caused by either
the physical and/or emotional effects of diagnosis or the disease, impacts on
the emotional effort required for this post.
Dealing with the large age range of
patients and carers / dependents of varying physical states including
anaesthetized and unconscious.
To act in an influencing role in
areas that may cause significant conflict due to changes in traditional
working practice.
Working
Conditions
Working in an environment where
radiation is used continuously.
Approximately 80% of time will be
spent in clinical areas, therefore the post holder will require a
professional approach to occasional exposure to highly unpleasant working
conditions (uncontained body fluids, smells) and have knowledge of how to
deal with these appropriately. Post holder will need to lead by example in
effectively dealing with any exposure to verbal aggression and threatening
behaviour (usually due to patient distress), and be able to support other
junior staff to develop strategies regarding the correct de-escalation
processes.
The remainder of the role will be
spent doing academic work in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University.
