Senior Therapeutic Radiographer

Job overview

Are you a dedicated and skilled radiographer looking to advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment? Kent Oncology Centre at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, invites you to join our team as a Senior Therapeutic Radiographer.

At Kent Oncology Centre we operate as one team across our two sites at Maidstone and Canterbury.

We are equipped with nine linacs including six Truebeams, two Halcyons and one Varian IX. HDR is delivered at Maidstone with treatment radiographers rotating through the service. Consultant Palliative Radiographers and MacMillan specialists support the teams on both sites.

As a Senior Therapeutic Radiographer, you will play a pivotal role in our multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality radiotherapy treatment including SABR, DIBH, VMAT and IGRT

The post will be linked to a professional development package which will assist the post holder to progress through a career pathway.

Our Practice Educators are here to support your development.

The post is based at our Canterbury site

Main duties of the job

• To lead a team of radiotherapists on the treatment units ensuring all activities are performed according to trust and department policy within the quality environment
• Undertake radiotherapy treatment using ionising radiation to treat patients with cancer with both curative and palliative intent.
• To plan and organise daily work and some complex activities or programmes for an area of practice, some of which may be ongoing.
• Responsible for own and other members of staff time management in the defined area.
• Adapt practice according to planning and organisational management for better service delivery.
• Ensure policy implementation within the geographical and professional workplace.
• To facilitate attendance at the Disease orientated group meetings
• To inform the Clinical specialist or Services manager of any problems that may affect the smooth running of the Department. To be aware and report any variances in the performance of equipment by the normal reporting system and to organise regular equipment servicing.
• Ensure working practices facilitate an efficient safe working environment
• Undertake image evaluation and approval

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.