The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Radiographer
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We are looking for hardworking team players to join us in the friendly Radiotherapy treatment delivery teams at all The Christie sites - Withington, Macclesfield, Oldham, and Salford. The Band 6 position is a key member of the treatment team and is encouraged to contribute towards the development of the treatment delivery service. All sites have Elekta LinAcs.
We are looking for experienced radiographers in treatment delivery, who are enthusiastic and motivated to take responsibility for running our treatment machines and managing a diverse workload of patients in the Radiotherapy service. They will be expected to lead and supervise staff operating the equipment under the direct supervision of the Superintendent Radiographers. Successful applicants will have wide experience with radiotherapy equipment and treatment techniques, be highly motivated, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We are looking for applicants with a commitment to developing themselves, the team, and the Radiotherapy Service. HCPC registration required. We look forward to hearing from you. We have several positions available including fixed term and permanent positions. Applications for part-time / full-time and other working patterns welcome. We welcome informal enquiries from interested candidates who would like to know more about the role. Shift patterns between 06:00am and 23:00pm.
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Role Description
To lead, coordinate, supervise, and manage a team of staff operating radiotherapy equipment and act as lead practitioner, making assessments and key decisions regarding workload management, patient care, and treatment.
- To ensure that the highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment is safe and accurate to operate, both for staff and patients, undertaking the appropriate machine checks, reporting any variances, faults, and malfunctions as necessary.
- Evaluate delivery of radiotherapy through application and interpretation of treatment verification procedures.
- Follow appropriate systems and working methods to achieve the safe, timely achievement of workload targets.
- Be able to accurately position patient and operate highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment along the radiotherapy pathway. Keep accurate records and comply with necessary policies and procedures.
- Analyse systematically and evaluate all data and information relevant to patients’ diagnosis, ensuring the patient and their relatives are treated with dignity and respect at all times.
- Communicate confidential sensitive information, and provide emotional support, to patients and their carers/relatives including children and the terminally ill. Provide information to patients and their carers regarding the radiotherapy pathway and expected side effects.
- To implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in the accredited Quality Management System and report any variances.
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About The Christie
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Our Radiotherapy network has sites based at Withington, Oldham, Macclesfield, and Salford; treating approximately 9,500 patients per year over 13 treatment machines.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Clare Triffitt
- Job title: Principal Radiographer
- Email address: Clare.triffitt@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 446 8175
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