Band 7 Team Leader Therapy Radiographer

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Radiotherapy Department at BHRUT NHS Trust as a permanent Band 7 Therapeutic Radiographer Team Leader. We are seeking an experienced, HCPC-registered Therapeutic Radiographer with excellent clinical, leadership and communication skills. The successful candidate will lead and support a team of radiographers, ensuring the safe, effective and efficient delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care while contributing to service development and workforce growth.

As a Team Leader, you will provide day-to-day operational leadership, supporting staff development, education, training and service improvement. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to maintain high clinical standards and deliver excellent patient care.

The department serves patients across East London and Essex and delivers advanced radiotherapy techniques including IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, DIBH, SRS, SABR and online adaptive radiotherapy. We are committed to innovation and have implemented Identify Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) across our treatment platforms.

Our facilities include:

• Halcyon •Edge with SRS/SABR capability •Ethos with HyperSight and online adaptive radiotherapy •Siemens Wide-Bore CT Scanner •Identify SGRT •ARIA, Eclipse and Ethos treatment systems •Q-Pulse Quality Management System •Varian Noona PRO App

Based at Queen's Hospital, Romford, this is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and forward-thinking radiotherapy service.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for own professional actions
• Be recognised and accessible as an expert and team leader in their specific field: promoting best practice, giving expert advice, delegating and disseminating knowledge to the profession and to the wider health care arena.
• Plan and deliver complex radiotherapy procedures to a wide range of benign and malignant conditions to a high level of accuracy. Use individual judgement on a daily basis to verify and maintain reproducible and precise treatment.
• Work within departmental protocols, deviating where necessary to reach sound conclusions and provide optimum care.
• Work autonomously within the legal, ethical and professional framework provided by the professional body.
• Generate new solutions to identify and best meet the needs of the patient.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.