Therapeutic Radiographer - Eastbourne

Job overview

Applications are invited from newly qualified therapy radiographers to join the Eastbourne Radiotherapy team.

The post holder provides professional radiotherapy at Eastbourne Radiotherapy Unit, covering the planning, simulating, calculating and treatment of cancer patients as well as liaising effectively with the multidisciplinary team.

Once experienced the post holder will have the responsibility for the daily running of the Linear Accelerator through set competency training.

The post holder requires advanced clinical knowledge of radiotherapy procedures, tissue tolerances, and physiological reactions due to radiation exposure.

The post holder practises in accordance with current legislation governing the use of ionising radiation IR(ME)R. High level of competence is required in the use of a wide range of highly complex technical and computerised systems.

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria

Main duties of the job

The post holder requires advanced clinical knowledge of radiotherapy procedures, tissue tolerances, and physiological reactions due to radiation exposure. The post holder practises in accordance with current legislation governing the use of ionising radiation IR(ME)R. High level of competence is required in the use of a wide range of highly complex technical and computerised systems, including;

• Linear accelerators for the delivery of radiation treatment,
• Computerised patient information and appointment management system
• Image matching programmes for verification and evaluation procedures during treatment QA equipment for daily tolerance checks
• Equipment for the delivery of high dose radiation: dual energy, dual modality Linear Accelerators Computerised Tomography (CT) scanners.
• Computerised treatment planning systems
• QA equipment for daily tolerance checks
• £2,000 R&R payment available

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Use electronic imager to confirm patient positioning at start of radiotherapy course and during treatment as part of QA protocol.
• Calculate accuracy of patient position and use clinical judgement to adjust positioning, taking into account contour of patients, progression and regression of tumour.
• In case of discrepancies and inability to treat patient refer for changes in calculation or refer back to CT/planning for re-planning.
• To ensure that prior to each treatment, provide expert assessment to whether each patient is fit for treatment, and take appropriate action if unfit for treatment by referral to a clinician.
• Making judgements when speciality support is required by other disciplines due to the nature of the patients problems and referral on to dieticians and Macmillan team
• Arrange for blood / urine sampling and analyse results before treatment, Responsible for continuing or suspending patient’s treatment, depending on result. Inform patient of highly sensitive result and refer to clinician if treatment is suspended
• Permanent skin mark patients to ensure accurate and reproducible daily treatment set-up
• Use spatial awareness, visual precision and manual dexterity in the precise and safe manipulation of both patient and equipment for optimal daily set-up. The result is an accurate irretrievable radiation beam set within three millimetres tolerance which ensures that as a consequence no vital structure is treated.

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