Pre-Treatment Team Leader (Band 7 Therapeutic Radiographer)

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Portsmouth Radiotherapy department covers a wide catchment area covering 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 On Call service at the weekends to treat Metastatic Malignant Spinal Cord Compressions (MSCC). 

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 an initiative-taking Senior therapeutic radiographer to join our team who is keen to progress professionally and support the implementation of SimRT once funding has been approved.

With four TrueBeam 3.0 linear accelerators that includes advanced IGRT imaging such as online 4D CBCT iCBCT and triggered imaging. There are two 6DOF couches in use for Head and neck upper GI and Lung SABR patients alongside abdomen compression immobilisation. Pre-treatment has a wide-bore Siemens GO-SIM CT scanner Brachytherapy orthovoltage and on-treatment review services. Our service is linked together using ARIA V15.L6 and stays a paperless department. 

Recently we increased our SABR treatment modalities for oligometastases and prostate cancer via the PACE Nodes trial. For planning and dosimetry we moved to Raystation planning system and routinely use AI auto-contouring software to ensure contour efficiency. 

The team at PHU are committed to professional development sending representatives to all major conferences and supporting academic study for career progression. We have set up monthly clinical supervision for all levels and more recently have introduced a radiographer staff committee. The committee has helped drive the implementation of flexible working across the whole department as we now offer 7.5 hr or 9.5 hr shifts over 3/4/5 days per week. Similarly the team have ended the Covid backlog and routinely achieving the 31-day cancer standard for our patients. 

There are three trained consultant radiographers in Breast/urology/palliative radiotherapy and we are developing new ACP opportunities. With four apprentice radiographer undergraduate and postgraduate roles in post and recently invested in enhances 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 Southeast Team of the year 2023

Please refer to the  Job Description for further details

Qualifications :

Essential

• BSc Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent
• HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer
• MSc module in Radiotherapy (or relevant post-graduate level 7 education)
• NHS Leadership or Management qualification (or In-House Management Essentials Training)

Skills and Knowledge

• Expert equipment uses within pre-treatment including CT scanners virtual simulation software and clinical mark up
• Able to participate in the simulation and contouring of specialised techniques i.e. 4DCT SGRT and SABR
• Self-confidence and ability to lead manage support and mentor a team
• Ability to use conflict resolution skills to lead an effective team
• Ability to problem solve using evidence-based practice
• Ability to initiate changes in procedures or policies for service improvement
• Ability to convey highly complex instructions ideas and opinions clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
• Strong personal resilience and ability to act appropriately in stressful situations
• Current knowledge of developments in radiotherapy practice
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Self-motivated enthusiastic and the ability to motivate others
• Be able to speak and write fluently in English
• Mature caring professional role model
• Flexible; ability to prioritise the service needs

Additional Information :

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time