Macmillan Pre-treatment Team Leader - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This opening is an exciting time to join our team following the installation of a new Siemens go.
Open Pro CT scanner in january 2024.

You will also play a pivotal role in supporting the service to develop new systems of work and foster collaborative working with a strong focus on integrated governance.

You will have the opportunity to expand your knowledge of the pre-treatment process and work with a team committed to improving and streamlining the patient pathway.

We actively support professional development and encourage radiographer-led research and QI projects. We support leadership development with excellent leadership development programmes delivered by the Trust. We were the first London radiotherapy service to adopt all its clinical and physics workforces as Macmillan professionals.

We also support flexible working arrangements with the pre-treatment team working 9-day fortnights or reduced hours.

All applicants would be expected to support the working hours of the service and work across sites with the occasional need to support on-call working or ad hoc weekend work.

Operating mainly from our Charing Cross site, our current equipment portfolio includes five TrueBeam linacs (one at Hammersmith Hospital), Siemens go.

Open pro CT scanner and an Xstrahl unit; our Elekta Flexitron Brachytherapy unit is based at Hammersmith Hospital in a dedicated brachytherapy suite.

Two of our linacs have the ExacTrac system, and we have now implemented SGRT at our Hammersmith site. We have switched the majority of our treatment planning & vSim pathways to the Raystation system.

We are in the final stages of expanding our SABR programme and are now treating Lung, oligo mets & liver SABR.

To provide high quality, effective individualised treatment and care to all patients.

To carry out all practical aspects involved in preparing and delivering radiotherapy treatments.

To lead & support teams in allocated pre-treatment areas on a rotational basis.

To support the coordination, implementation, and continuous development of a quality improvement culture within the Radiotherapy service.

To support the coordination, implementation, and continuous development of a culture of safe, high-quality care in the Radiotherapy service, through effective and robust integrated governance processes and procedures, including statutory and regulatory compliance

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.