Job summary
We are recruiting for a Specialist Radiographer Treatment Planning who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Radiotherapy Physics is responsible for providing a clinical scientific service to the Radiotherapy Department of Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment (MVCCT).
This section of Medical Physics is responsible for; ensuring the accurate calibration, according to national recommendations, of all radiotherapy and brachytherapy treatment machines, simulators etc and providing a routine quality control service for all equipment used in simulating, planning, verifying and treating radiotherapy patients Radiotherapy physics provides a treatment planning service to radiotherapy for both external beam and brachytherapy.
The Radiotherapy Physics department supports training of its staff and will, where practicable, encourage appropriate training through whatever media are best suited to the post-holder and situation.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
The main role of this post is to carry out treatment planning utilising both conventional and Inverse planned technique
Produce routine and some complex treatment plans and carry out associated dosimetry calculations, in accordance with clinical prescription and agreed procedures.
Check that all patient images required to produce treatment plans are available.
Analyse requirements and make complex judgements regarding treatment parameters and patient dose effects to produce the required dose distribution over the treatment volume, using computerised planning systems as appropriate.
Advise clinical staff (Consultant Clinical Oncologists and registrars) on the effects of various treatment plan options on patient dose distributions. Discuss and agree approaches with clinical staff to create optimum treatment plans.
Participate in an appropriate Continuing Professional Development scheme. Maintain therapeutic radiographic skills, working with patients as required and if appropriate.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,314 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,314 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Radiography or equivalent
- HCPC registered as a radiographer
- Evidence of CPD
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad experience working in a radiotherapy department post registration
- Patient handling techniques
- Experience of treatment planning
Desirable
- Ability to plan a range of treatment sites with a knowledge of individual patient to patient variation
- Experience in pre-treatment area of a radiotherapy department
Skills
Essential
- Able to use a radiotherapy planning system.
- Able to use Excel, Word etc to set up documents and spreadsheets and extract information
- Able to prioritise and manage own work
- Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence
- Able to enter information into specialist databases
- Highly developed physical accuracy and hand-eye coordination [e.g. when carrying out precise outlining of body organs on treatment planning computer interfaces, manipulating three dimensional computer models]
- Good spatial awareness skills
- Able on occasion to exert moderate physical effort [moving patients or equipment such as electron applicators]
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns [e.g.when being interrupted by clinical staff with requests and problems, whilst carrying duty bleep]
- Able to concentrate on occasion for prolonged periods [when producing complex treatment plans under time pressure]
- Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances. [when undertaking planning for distressing cases or when providing expert advice for patients during their treatment setup]
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries [e.g., when resolving complex planning issues and options with medical staff] Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries [e.g., when resolving complex planning issues and options with medical staff]
- Able to train groups of other professional staff [provide training to medical staff, physicists in treatment planning]
- Good negotiation skills
Desirable
- Experience of Pinnacle or Eclipse treatment planning systems
- Experience of Aria
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad knowledge of the field of radiotherapy
- Good working knowledge of radiographic procedures in Radiotherapy
- Some knowledge of treatment planning and radiation dosimetry as applied to radiotherapy treatment
- A general understanding of the workings of computerised treatment planning systems and their inherent strengths and weaknesses
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiotherapy treatment
- Aware of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines [eg IRR, IR(ME)R, ISO 9001:2000]
Desirable
- Completion of on-line learning packages relevant to treatment planning
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Radiography or equivalent
- HCPC registered as a radiographer
- Evidence of CPD
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad experience working in a radiotherapy department post registration
- Patient handling techniques
- Experience of treatment planning
Desirable
- Ability to plan a range of treatment sites with a knowledge of individual patient to patient variation
- Experience in pre-treatment area of a radiotherapy department
Skills
Essential
- Able to use a radiotherapy planning system.
- Able to use Excel, Word etc to set up documents and spreadsheets and extract information
- Able to prioritise and manage own work
- Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence
- Able to enter information into specialist databases
- Highly developed physical accuracy and hand-eye coordination [e.g. when carrying out precise outlining of body organs on treatment planning computer interfaces, manipulating three dimensional computer models]
- Good spatial awareness skills
- Able on occasion to exert moderate physical effort [moving patients or equipment such as electron applicators]
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns [e.g.when being interrupted by clinical staff with requests and problems, whilst carrying duty bleep]
- Able to concentrate on occasion for prolonged periods [when producing complex treatment plans under time pressure]
- Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances. [when undertaking planning for distressing cases or when providing expert advice for patients during their treatment setup]
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries [e.g., when resolving complex planning issues and options with medical staff] Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries [e.g., when resolving complex planning issues and options with medical staff]
- Able to train groups of other professional staff [provide training to medical staff, physicists in treatment planning]
- Good negotiation skills
Desirable
- Experience of Pinnacle or Eclipse treatment planning systems
- Experience of Aria
Knowledge
Essential
- Broad knowledge of the field of radiotherapy
- Good working knowledge of radiographic procedures in Radiotherapy
- Some knowledge of treatment planning and radiation dosimetry as applied to radiotherapy treatment
- A general understanding of the workings of computerised treatment planning systems and their inherent strengths and weaknesses
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from radiotherapy treatment
- Aware of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines [eg IRR, IR(ME)R, ISO 9001:2000]
Desirable
- Completion of on-line learning packages relevant to treatment planning
Other Requirements
Essential
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
