Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager

Overview

A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Radiotherapy Department at NNUH is a networked, paperless department using predominantly Varian equipment. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have a managed service contract which allows Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to purchase and maintain state of the art radiotherapy equipment, including a fleet of five Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators, two CT simulators, a Varian Bravos brachytherapy unit, and an Xstrahl 150 superficial unit.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is striving forwards with SGRT; Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have AlignRT on all Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's linacs, SimRT for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's CTs and are soon to bring in MapRT. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's dosimetry planning is radiographer-led, predominantly using VMAT and IMRT. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust also have radiographer-led on-treatment review and radiotherapy late effects services.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is focused on staff development with a large team of advanced and consultant therapeutic radiographers. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust support postgraduate education for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's registered staff with many undertaking MSCs and doctorates. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have close links with University of Suffolk, University of Hertfordshire, and Sheffield Hallam University who provide Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's traditional undergraduate and apprentice courses.

The Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager will be expected to:

• Develop the work and staff within dosimetry and seek to continually improve the service.
• Ensure a high standard of technical practice within dosimetry, supervising and assisting with new or complex techniques.
• Provide a technical troubleshooting role, liaising with other Team Managers and members of the multi-disciplinary team as necessary.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of:

• People focused
• Respect
• Integrity
• Dedication
• Excellence

Join Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust attract some of the best professionals from across the country and are proud that Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hour confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme, and home electronics

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce optimal routine and complex treatment plans, including VMAT and SABR.
• Participate in vetting the referrals that come into the department to ensure that department protocols are adhered to.
• Work with the clinical oncologist team to develop the voluming service provided by therapeutic radiographers.
• Be a core member of the pre-treatment MDT.
• Attend MDT meetings and clinics when appropriate.
• Communicate effectively in an MDT environment, sharing expertise and analyzing the appropriateness of proposed courses of action or treatment.
• Act as a technical expert in decision making with non-standard situations.
• Record sickness absence, overtime and annual leave as required.
• Act as an appraiser for junior staff and supervise any new staff, students or visitors to the department.
• Assist with recruitment and selection of staff, including shortlisting and interviews.