Radiotherapy Information Systems and Computing Specialist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an individual with a passion for IT, excellent communication skills and a willingness to learn about the technology used to deliver advanced cancer treatments to join us as a Radiotherapy Information Systems and Computing Specialist.

You will cover both our Colchester and Ipswich Radiotherapy departments where bespoke clinical computing systems are in use, including the Varian Eclipse treatment planning system and Varian ARIA Oncology Management System.

In this role you will manage and maintain the software and information systems within the department and act as lead expert. Working with internal and external stakeholders you will ensure the computer systems and software are used and maintained to their full potential.

For this post you can have a background in either Radiotherapy, Medical Physics or Computer science.

This will require a flexible approach to work ensuring that clinical services are not affected by system upgrades.

This post will require cross site working at both Colchester and Ipswich Hospital.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the Head of Radiotherapy Services, Heads of Radiotherapy Physics and other key staff you will ensure all radiotherapy clinical information management requirements are assessed and the appropriate governance arrangements are followed.

You will develop and maintain the functionality of Aria and other bespoke software to ensure it provides optimal return for patients and for clinical and non-clinical staff members.

In this post you will project manage the development and upgrading of bespoke software used within radiotherapy, including ARIA, to provide a complete patient record for the entire Radiotherapy pathway.

You will develop, deliver and quality assure comprehensive training programmes for the use of software systems in use within radiotherapy.

Being responsible for monitoring the quality of radiotherapy activity information which is generated for external reports, you will ensure completeness and accuracy of reports e.g. radiotherapy dataset.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

02 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1343-23

Job locations

Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Extensive clinical experience of Radiotherapy systems / equipment
Experience of Aria system
Experience of database management or IT service implementation
Experience of managing a major software update in the radiotherapy environment
Change management experience
Experience of teaching/training

Desirable

Participation in audits and process mapping
Hospital wide electronic managements systems.
Supervising / line managing staff
Project management

Qualifications

Essential

MSc level qualification or equivalent

Desirable

Project management qualification
Advanced IT skills or post graduate qualification
Management or leadership qualification

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Extensive clinical experience of Radiotherapy systems / equipment
Experience of Aria system
Experience of database management or IT service implementation
Experience of managing a major software update in the radiotherapy environment
Change management experience
Experience of teaching/training

Desirable

Participation in audits and process mapping
Hospital wide electronic managements systems.
Supervising / line managing staff
Project management

Qualifications

Essential

MSc level qualification or equivalent

Desirable

Project management qualification
Advanced IT skills or post graduate qualification
Management or leadership qualification

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).

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