Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Radiographer Stereotactic Radiotherapy

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Job summary

Team Leader Radiotherapy Radiographer (Stereotactic) Band 7

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Leader Radiotherapy Radiographer to join our Stereotactic Radiotherapy team. The Trust is delighted to invite applications from enthusiastic, forward-thinking radiographers with a keen interest in delivering stereotactic radiotherapy and a passion for team working and service development.

St Lukes Cancer Centre is focused on providing excellent patient pathways and patient-centred care. We strive to continuously evolve to reflect the technical advances within Radiotherapy. To that end, we have recently announced the replacement of two of our Varian TrueBeams with a Varian ETHOS and a Varian Halcyon at our satellite centre. These units will be the first in the NHS for in-bore SGRT and we are scheduled to be the first Centre to implement Hypersight later this year. Surface guided radiotherapy system installation will further improve the accuracy of treatment and present the opportunity for tattoo-less radiotherapy. Once installed, our patients will benefit from access to two ETHOS units, one Halcyon and four TrueBeams across our two radiotherapy centres.

We have three planning CT scanners, an exceptional Brachytherapy service which provides HDR, LDR and Papillon kV contact treatment; as well as an Xstrahl superficial machine.

Main duties of the job

Our stereotactic service currently provides treatment of primary lung as well as a range of both simple and complex oligometastatic sites including spine, liver and adrenal. We are currently recruiting to a stereotactic prostate clinical trial, with plans to open a second, to include prostate and pelvic node patients, later this year. Work is currently underway to expand our service to include primary pancreas and liver treatments, and to develop an online adaptive technique on the ETHOS unit for pelvic lymph node oligometastases. Our stereotactic patients benefit from access to a range of motion management techniques including 4DCT, 4DCBCT, DIBH, EBH, backup gating and abdominal compression.

Our main site is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford and our satellite centre is based at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill. Guildford gives easy access to the beautiful North & South Downs Way, and has great transport links to the surrounding counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Sussex.

Your wellbeing is important to us and as such, we offer clinical staff a 9-day fortnight working pattern giving you the opportunity to have a fixed day off every two weeks. You will, no matter what your grade banding, be empowered to learn, grow and progress your career. We offer a variety of CPD opportunities and have strong links with Macmillan giving us access to valuable learning to ensure that our staff are the best that they can be.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Details

Date posted

15 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£45,753 to £52,067 a year INC HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-AB-13859-3

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

As a team leader radiotherapy radiographer for Stereotactic Radiotherapy, the post holder will act as the treatment delivery expert in the Stereotactic Multidisciplinary Team.

You will be under the supervision of the appropriate Operational Manager preparing and delivering both stereotactic and non-stereotactic radiotherapy using highly specialist equipment. You will regularly participate in all aspects of radiotherapy activities and your role will focus on the management of your area of expertise. The post holder will be required to train colleagues in Stereotactic Radiotherapy techniques.

As a key element of the role, the post holder will provide information, education, practical and emotional support to patients and carers during their radiotherapy episode.

The St Lukes Radiotherapy Department is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and operates a satellite service from the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill. This post is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford but will include attendance at both sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a team leader radiotherapy radiographer for Stereotactic Radiotherapy, the post holder will act as the treatment delivery expert in the Stereotactic Multidisciplinary Team.

You will be under the supervision of the appropriate Operational Manager preparing and delivering both stereotactic and non-stereotactic radiotherapy using highly specialist equipment. You will regularly participate in all aspects of radiotherapy activities and your role will focus on the management of your area of expertise. The post holder will be required to train colleagues in Stereotactic Radiotherapy techniques.

As a key element of the role, the post holder will provide information, education, practical and emotional support to patients and carers during their radiotherapy episode.

The St Lukes Radiotherapy Department is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and operates a satellite service from the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill. This post is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford but will include attendance at both sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MSc / BSc Radiotherapy/ Therapeutic Radiography or DCR (T)
  • HCPC Registration
  • Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a Band 6 Therapy Radiographer commensurate with progression to a Band 7 post
  • Experience of working in a radiotherapy department on a wide range of radiotherapy equipment and specialised techniques
  • Experience of collaborating with other staff groups outside Radiotherapy
  • Use of computerised department record and verify systems

Desirable

  • Participation in clinical governance activities
  • Project management related to service improvement
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MSc / BSc Radiotherapy/ Therapeutic Radiography or DCR (T)
  • HCPC Registration
  • Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a Band 6 Therapy Radiographer commensurate with progression to a Band 7 post
  • Experience of working in a radiotherapy department on a wide range of radiotherapy equipment and specialised techniques
  • Experience of collaborating with other staff groups outside Radiotherapy
  • Use of computerised department record and verify systems

Desirable

  • Participation in clinical governance activities
  • Project management related to service improvement

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lisa-Jane Conway

lisa-jane.conway@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

15 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£45,753 to £52,067 a year INC HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-AB-13859-3

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


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