Radiotherapy Advanced Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Band 7 Radiotherapy Advanced Practitioner - 1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term

The Radiotherapy business Unit encompasses Radiotherapy treatment services, 4 SRG's, brachytherapy and protons and sits within the Radiation Services Division

Please ensure you meet the person specification

This post will be rotational

An opportunity has arisen for a permanent Radiotherapy Advanced Practitioner within the Radiotherapy Department.

The role of the Advanced Practitioner is varied; you are required to manage the workload of the Linear Accelerators ensuring efficient use of staff and machine resources to provide an effective radiotherapy service and to take responsibility for developing individual team members, assessing competency and offering support as required.

(Please see Job description)


The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.


In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment.

Alongside our flagship hospital in Liverpool, we also have two other main cancer centres:

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Wirral, providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care on the Clatterbridge Health Campus in Bebington, Wirral

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Aintree, our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree University Hospital site


Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies.


We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service, are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers, and host the region's Teenage and Young Adult Unit.


Working with leading experts from the University of Liverpool, we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments.


Essential Criteria:

Degree or Diploma in Radiotherapy
HCPC registration as Therapy Radiographer
Evidence of postgraduate study
Evidence of CPD activities
MSc modules

Extensive knowledge of radiotherapy techniques
Significant knowledge of imaging processes used within the department
Knowledge of planning techniques

Extensive post graduate experience in radiotherapy
Significant previous Senior experience (Band 6)

Good technical skills
Well developed communication skills
Reliable,highly organised
Excellent Time management & leadership skills
Ability to motivate self and others
Accepts responsibility

Able to demonstrate the Trust core values and
behaviours in day to day approach to work
Required to carry out manual handling
Able to work flexibly
Able to demonstrate potential travel requirements
in line with business needs.
Required to participate in Bank Holiday Rota's
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