Pre-Treatment - Senior Therapeutic Radiographer
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth Radiotherapy department covers a wide catchment area, treating patients from Portsmouth, Southampton, West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. As well as the daily routine of scanning, planning and treating patients, we also offer an out of hours service at the weekends. With recent expansion in our Clinical Trials portfolio and advanced radiotherapy techniques, we are expanding our permanent workforce within the Pre-Treatment area. We are looking for a proactive, Senior therapeutic radiographer to join our team who is keen to progress in their career and support the implementation of SimRT, within CT. This post also comes with enhanced practice funding to support professional development. We have four TrueBeam 3.0 linear accelerators which include the advanced IGRT imaging such as online 4D CBCT, iCBCT and triggered imaging. We have 6DOF couches in use for Head and neck, upper GI and Lung SABR patients, alongside abdomen compression immobilisation. We have a wide-bore Siemens GOSIM CT scanner, Brachytherapy, orthovoltage and on-treatment review services. We link all of our department together using ARIA V15.L6 and are a paperless department. We have recently increased our SABR offering for oligometastases and prostate cancer via the PACE Nodes trial. In dosimetry, we have recently moved to Raystation planning system and routinely use AI auto-contouring software to make planning more efficient. Main duties of the job
The team at PHU are committed to your development, sending representation to all the major conferences and supporting academic study in order to progress in your career. We have well established monthly clinical supervision at all levels and more recently have created a radiographer staff committee. The committee has helped drive the implementation of flexible working across the whole department where we now offer 7.5 hr or 9.5 hr shifts over 3/4/5 days per week. Similarly, the team have eliminated the Covid backlog and are routinely achieving the 31 day cancer standard for our patients. We have 3 trained consultant radiographers in Breast/urology/palliative and are actively developing new ACP opportunities. We have several apprentice radiographer undergraduate and postgraduate roles in post and have recently invested in enhanced practice roles supporting progression from graduate all the way to consultant radiographer or lead radiographer. You will find a motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking department, who won the Society of Radiographers Regional South East Team of the year 2023. Job responsibilities
To produce high quality radiotherapy planning scans and immobilisation. To be actively involved with the development of Radiotherapy Services. To take responsibility for the organisation of the daily radiotherapy workload and staff, supporting the pre-treatment lead radiographer. To justify radiation exposures, undertake patient pre-assessment checks, cannulate and administer contrast. To supervise students and junior staff on the unit and to take an active part in their clinical training. To participate in the departmental shift and on call system between hours of 07:00-20:00, 7 days a week. Be accountable for own professional actions and limitations within own scope of practice. Abide by HCPC code of conduct and maintain HCPC registration. Person Specification
Qualifications
BSc Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer Post-graduate education (or be willing to take part in Level 7 education) Experience
Appropriate level of post qualification experience, working across both treatment and pre-treatment areas, using a range of modern equipment Experience of working in pre-treatment and with a range of radiotherapy treatment techniques. Working within the NHS environment as a Therapeutic Radiographer To discuss this post or other opportunities please contact steve.murphy@porthosp.nhs.uk For more information, please refer to the Job Description
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Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth Radiotherapy department covers a wide catchment area, treating patients from Portsmouth, Southampton, West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. As well as the daily routine of scanning, planning and treating patients, we also offer an out of hours service at the weekends. With recent expansion in our Clinical Trials portfolio and advanced radiotherapy techniques, we are expanding our permanent workforce within the Pre-Treatment area. We are looking for a proactive, Senior therapeutic radiographer to join our team who is keen to progress in their career and support the implementation of SimRT, within CT. This post also comes with enhanced practice funding to support professional development. We have four TrueBeam 3.0 linear accelerators which include the advanced IGRT imaging such as online 4D CBCT, iCBCT and triggered imaging. We have 6DOF couches in use for Head and neck, upper GI and Lung SABR patients, alongside abdomen compression immobilisation. We have a wide-bore Siemens GOSIM CT scanner, Brachytherapy, orthovoltage and on-treatment review services. We link all of our department together using ARIA V15.L6 and are a paperless department. We have recently increased our SABR offering for oligometastases and prostate cancer via the PACE Nodes trial. In dosimetry, we have recently moved to Raystation planning system and routinely use AI auto-contouring software to make planning more efficient. Main duties of the job
The team at PHU are committed to your development, sending representation to all the major conferences and supporting academic study in order to progress in your career. We have well established monthly clinical supervision at all levels and more recently have created a radiographer staff committee. The committee has helped drive the implementation of flexible working across the whole department where we now offer 7.5 hr or 9.5 hr shifts over 3/4/5 days per week. Similarly, the team have eliminated the Covid backlog and are routinely achieving the 31 day cancer standard for our patients. We have 3 trained consultant radiographers in Breast/urology/palliative and are actively developing new ACP opportunities. We have several apprentice radiographer undergraduate and postgraduate roles in post and have recently invested in enhanced practice roles supporting progression from graduate all the way to consultant radiographer or lead radiographer. You will find a motivated, enthusiastic and forward thinking department, who won the Society of Radiographers Regional South East Team of the year 2023. Job responsibilities
To produce high quality radiotherapy planning scans and immobilisation. To be actively involved with the development of Radiotherapy Services. To take responsibility for the organisation of the daily radiotherapy workload and staff, supporting the pre-treatment lead radiographer. To justify radiation exposures, undertake patient pre-assessment checks, cannulate and administer contrast. To supervise students and junior staff on the unit and to take an active part in their clinical training. To participate in the departmental shift and on call system between hours of 07:00-20:00, 7 days a week. Be accountable for own professional actions and limitations within own scope of practice. Abide by HCPC code of conduct and maintain HCPC registration. Person Specification
Qualifications
BSc Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer Post-graduate education (or be willing to take part in Level 7 education) Experience
Appropriate level of post qualification experience, working across both treatment and pre-treatment areas, using a range of modern equipment Experience of working in pre-treatment and with a range of radiotherapy treatment techniques. Working within the NHS environment as a Therapeutic Radiographer To discuss this post or other opportunities please contact steve.murphy@porthosp.nhs.uk For more information, please refer to the Job Description
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