Radiotherapy Team Leader - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description
Band 7


Main area

  • Radiotherapy
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Grade

  • Band 7
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
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Job ref

Site

  • City Campus
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 15/06/2023 23:59Job overview


We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Therapeutic Radiographers to join our friendly and dynamic team at the Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre.


Your main task will be as team manager on a treatment machine, however, you will also be involved in staff training and departmental development working in conjunction with the Advanced Practitioners and Principal radiographers.

You will be a very experienced HCPC registered therapeutic radiographer with excellent communication and leadership skills including relevant experience of managing workload and staff on a Linear Accelerator and also equipped with the clinical knowledge of current developments to take a key role in the advancement of radiotherapy services.

Main duties of the job


JOB SUMMARY


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To manage a team of staff and provide leadership and guidance to the team and act as a Clinical Radiographer Specialist, working closely with the band 8 Principal Radiographers.

Co-ordinate the clinical workload of the Treatment Unit

To contribute to the maintenance of ISO 9000 quality system for the department.

To lead in the clinical research, audit and development of techniques and equipment.

To ensure high technical standards and patient care standards are maintained during simulation and treatment.

To be pro-active in the evaluation and implementation of new equipment and treatment techniques.

To work closely with the Principal Radiographers, doctors, physicists and other members of the team as appropriate.

To participate in the staff training and education programme, which includes training the junior medical staff.

To lead in the training of student radiographers and trainee assistant practitioners

Working for our organisation


Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the biggest and busiest acute hospitals in England, employing over 16,000 staff.

We provide care to over 2.5million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4million people from neighbouring counties.

The Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre offers cutting edge treatment delivery and pre-treatment technology including 6 Elekta Versa HD and Agility Linacs (2 with Brainlab and Exactrac with further surface guided solutions to be added with our latest Linacs), 2 CT scanners due to be replaced with Canon Exceed LB CT 4D scanners, Raystation and Monaco planning systems and Mosaiq Oncology Management system.

The Radiotherapy Department provides complex treatments including: paediatric radiotherapy, image guided IMRT, SABR, SRS and total body electron and photon treatments for patients across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands region.

The department has a major commitment to evidence based practice and participates in multi-centre clinical research trials.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities


In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Person specification

Training + Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • HCPC registration
Desirable criteria

  • Masters level/post graduate modules
  • Leadership/management courses/qualification
Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experienced clinical radiographer with minimum 4 years post qualification experience
Desirable criteria

  • Team leader experience
Communication skills

Essential criteria

  • Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills
  • Evidence of working as part of a Multi Disciplinary team
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience.

Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.


Salary:
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence:

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.


At Risk of redundancy:

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.


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