# Senior Therapeutic Radiographer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-therapeutic-radiographer/faac7533-1e99-424d-9de3-c98c96e262f5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-therapeutic-radiographer/faac7533-1e99-424d-9de3-c98c96e262f5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** The Christie Main Site - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term & Permanent contract also available - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2025-10-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-09-09T07:30:08.837Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Manchester/The_Christie_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiotherapy_Withington_Treatment_E/Radiotherapy_Withington_Treatment_E-v7468184 - **Employer website:** https://www.christie.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for hardworking team players to join us in the friendly Radiotherapy treatment delivery team at our Withington site. We have an excellent new starter induction package and great opportunities for training and development across the service. These include encouragement for personal development alongside our specialist education team and opportunities to attend local and national courses and conferences. 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. 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. We have several positions available including various part-time and full-time and welcome applications for all working patterns. Shift patterns between 06:00am and 23:00pm ### Main duties of the job The Withington site comprises of 8 Elekta LinAcs, an XStrahl Superficial machine and 2 Phillips Big Bore CT Scanners, providing opportunity to gain skills in all these areas. 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. To lead, co-ordinate, 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - 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 and reporting any variances, faults, and malfunctions. - Undertake and evaluate radiation dose delivery and complex calculations involving a range of radiation types and energies. - Interpret, monitor, and evaluate the treatment prescriptions to ensure that radiotherapy is delivered accurately and reproducibly and in accordance with the quality system. - Evaluate delivery of radiotherapy through application and interpretation of treatment verification procedures. - Ensure the team follows appropriate systems and working methods to achieve the safe, timely achievement of workload targets. - Accurately position patient and operate highly complex radiotherapy and imaging equipment along the radiotherapy pathway. - Ensure the team keeps 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 with regard to the radiotherapy pathway and expected side effects. - Communicate accurate and timely information with all other disciplines involved along the patient’s pathway. - With the team on the unit, patients and the wider multidisciplinary team manage areas of conflict and escalate as necessary. - Anticipate and identify common and complex treatment related side effects, offering advice and where necessary refer to other relevant health care professionals. - Provide, receive, and use sensitive information, maintaining patient confidentiality at all times, in line with information governance legislation. - Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the workplace. - Minimise risk of cross infection through contamination by bodily fluids/matter. In accordance with the infection control policy. - Implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in accredited quality management system and report any variances. - Contribute to development of the quality management system by reviewing and writing work instructions and operating procedures. - Ensure all work and actions comply with local rules and current UK Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 and IR(ME)R 2017. - Be aware of and participate in the audit and research within the department and the implementation of new processes and techniques. - Undertake training and competency to dispense medication under Patient Group Direction (PGD). - Participate in the extended shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on-call. - Any other duties negotiated with the post holder, to develop their role in the organisation. - Achieve all the competencies as outlined by the radiotherapy education team, within a time period as outlined by line manager. Supervisory & managerial - Lead, co-ordinate, supervise and manage a team of staff operating radiotherapy equipment and act as lead practitioner, making assessments and key decisions in regard to workload management, patient care, and treatment. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to manage difficult conversations. - Ability in conflict resolution with all grades of staff, patients, carers and general public - Ability to foster a teamenvironment, motivating colleagues - Ability to impart messages including in group setting, utilising presentation aids as appropriate - Ability to manage colleagues - Ability to manage workload - Ability to manage pathways - Ability to analyse data and formulate plans based on these - Ability to make sound judgements to support clinical decisions - Ability to utilise core clinical IT (e.g. R&V systems, PACS/RIS systems, PAS systems). - Ability to utilise clinical support IT (e.g. quality management systems, incident reporting systems, audit software). - Ability to utilise core non-clinical IT (e.g. MS Office etc). ### VALUES **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of the principles of radiotherapy applied to all aspects of the radiotherapy pathway - Evidence of radiotherapy physics, anatomy and radiobiological knowledge - Understanding of referral pathways and the patient’s journey up to, through and beyond radiotherapy - Good knowledge of other relevant legislation, guidance and national working parties in radiotherapy. - Advanced knowledge of IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR 2017 and responsibilities relating to own professional practice - Knowledge of Data Protection legislation, health and safety legislation, etc - Awareness of the professional context including the role and function of the College of Radiographers, the National Radiotherapy Board and the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group A/I SKILLS. ### Experience **Essential** - Clinical Experience within a treatment setting demonstrated by evidence of a contemporary range of treatment equipment and techniques including ablative techniques (SRS/SABR). - Supporting colleagues in managing patients including protocol variations, response to imaging/changes in treatments - Experience in on-treatment imaging and relevant on-set clinical decision making - Experience of quality, governance and service improvement. Contributing to a ISO9001-accredited system or similar. - Reporting of incidents, errors, complaints and compliments - Participating in technical developments - Experience of working within a team environment **Desirable** - Awareness of contemporary trends in advanced radiotherapy - Awareness of clinical practice at other Radiotherapy centres - Awareness of trial protocols and procedures ### Qualifications **Essential** - DCR(T), BSc (Hons) or PGDip in Therapeutic Radiography). - HCPC registration. **Desirable** - Attendance at post-registration training events, M-level modules or management/leadership training ## Documents - [strategy brochure (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1645) - [travel to the christie (pdf, 3.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1960) - [the christie values and behaviours (pdf, 919.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1643) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 243.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9714884) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.