Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable Band 6 Therapeutic Radiographer to join our work force and be part of a friendly and patient focused Radiotherapy Team.

The Deanesly Centre, based at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, is a paperlite radiotherapy facility equipped with four Elekta HD Linear Accelerators and has a fully integrated Mosaiq network. The department is innovative and has developed the service it delivers to embrace new technology, offering IMRT, VMAT, DIBH (voluntary breath hold and using Elekta ABC), IGRT, SABR, 4DCT/4DCBCT and gynaecological Brachytherapy. This offers plenty of learning and development opportunities for all staff members.

The team includes our dedicated booking team, support workers, assistant practitioners, therapeutic radiographers, advanced practitioners and Consultant Therapeutic radiographers, and provides a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your career with us.

Applicants must have substantial clinical experience within Radiotherapy, be adaptable to support service needs and able to communicate effectively with all members of the Oncology team.

Applicants Would Be Expected To

• Be responsible for the accurate preparation, planning and delivery of treatment by self and all members of the relevant team.
• Organise and supervise the work schedules and patient management on a Linear Accelerator or CT Simulator on a daily basis.
• Assist the Superintendent Radiographers in the daily management of the professional, efficient and effective provision of high quality care.
• Comply with all Trust and Departmental Policies, procedures and protocols, commenting and suggesting changes as necessary.
• Use 2D, 3D and 4D treatment verification imaging devices and associated software to ensure accurate delivery of radiotherapy treatments, analysing and approving planning/verification images under protocol.
• Act as a role model for the team of radiographers and students.
• Ensure a patient centred approach to the radiotherapy service.
• Support other staff in Continuous Professional Development programmes.
  
  

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melissa Cowell Job title: Head of Radiotherapy Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01902 695247

Sarah Jhally, Radiotherapy Operations Manager

e-mail: [email protected]