Advanced Practitioner - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced therapeutic radiographer to take up an Advanced Practitioner for Pre-Treatment position in our friendly team at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre.

We are seeking to recruit a HCPC registered Therapeutic Radiographer with expert knowledge of pre-treatment imaging and virtual simulation to support and lead a team to plan and deliver state of the art radiotherapy.

The successful applicant will be an expert for the delivery and development of the Pre-Treatment service and develop a team of radiographers in the delivery of this service.

In addition they will develop good working relationships with all disciplines and operate inter-professionally with the medical staff, oncology physics, nursing and AHPs.

The Edinburgh Cancer Centre provides a wide range of radiotherapy services for patients from across SE Scotland Cancer Network and operates seven Varian linacs, including five TrueBeam, and two linacs with ExacTrak imaging technology, Elekta HDR brachytherapy, Xstrahl superficial x-ray unit and two Philips Big Bore CTSimulators.

We are planning for the introduction of MRSimulation.

The centre utilises advanced techniques including VMAT, IGRT, DIBH, SABR for lung and oligometastatic disease and SRS including the Scottish National Service for benign disease.

We are research active and support CPD, furthering education and research activities including expanding our portfolio of clinical trials.