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Day rates: Up to £26.78 per hour DOE

Night / Saturday: Up to £35.71 per hour DOE

Sunday / Bank Holiday: Up to £44.65 per hour DOE

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Full JD available on request

Maintain high professional standards and technical ability in accordance with the requirements of the Radiotherapy Services Manager ensuring that these standards are promoted amongst junior staff. Maintain professional competence to keep HPC registration, treating patients safely and efficiently in line with Trust policies, departmental QA protocols and IR(ME)R regulations and HPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics. Work with other senior staff to ensure that these standards are promoted amongst more junior staff and students.
Assist technically with and oversee all procedures relating to the patients pathway in radiotherapy on a daily basis, including:
Safe operation of specialised and complex equipment
Accurate interpretation of treatment requests, competent in CT scanning
Confirm patients consent
Accurately position immobilisation devices
Construct orfit shells for palliative patients
Tattoo patients
Maintenance of complete and accurate treatment records
Calculation and checking of treatment plans
Input and checking of input of treatment parameters onto computerised verification systems
Provide third and final check of treatment plans
Undertake verification using IGRT
Final approval for treatment positioning using image matching software
Accurate interpretation of treatment sheets and plans

Monitor the health of the patients undergoing treatment and inform the consultant or his appointed deputy of any areas of concern. Dispense pharmaceutical preparations strictly according to patient group directives.
Prioritise patients for treatment in accordance with departmental protocols at times of limited machine use (e.g. breakdown, servicing, out of hours working).
Provide high standards of patient care, respecting confidentiality, and promote good communication and appropriate information, so that as far as possible the needs of the patient and carers are identified, and met.
Document and report any deviations from prescribed treatment. Record observations and comments in the patient's treatment file, sign and date these annotations.
Take due care of all equipment promptly reporting any defects, faults, breakages or variations from normal are documented and reported and be proactive in maintaining equipment.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of radiotherapy and disseminate this knowledge widely within the department. Undertake CPD, and build specialist knowledge for the treatment of areas of interest, working alongside other professional groups to improve the patient pathway.
Assist, supervise and train staff, students, assistant practitioners and care assistants within the team. Utilise professional experience to improve their understanding and compliance with Trust policies and departmental QA protocols.
Bring to the attention of the Radiotherapy Services Manager or Band 7 Radiographer any areas of concern that may affect the treatment or well being of patients within the department.
Participate in the on-call rota for emergency treatment of patients at weekends and Bank Holidays.
Actively participate in internal QA audit and liase with the QA radiographer to identify and instigate appropriate changes when required.
Actively participate in clinical audit.
Actively assist in the creation and implementation of departmental policies.To carry out all aspects of Radiotherapy treatment in line with the requirements of the Radiotherapy Services Manager and provide leadership for junior staff. To work alongside other professional groups to develop site specific techniques to improve the quality of care for patients receiving radiotherapy in this department.

Ensure the needs of the patient are identified and met.

To participate in CPD.

To work on a treatment unit, on the CT scanner, treatment prep room, planning room or out patient clinics within the radiotherapy department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, as rostered by the superintendent radiographer. As required take the lead role on a treatment unit, providing supervision of radiographers, student radiographers, assistant practitioners, trainee assistant practitioners and radiotherapy care assistants rostered to their team.

Provide specialist training and expertise in verification and anatomy matching IGRT on the linear accelerator and to build the competency of radiographers in its use.

Virtual Simulation and plan checking

Participate in on-call rota, late cover and Bank Holiday working and occasional shift pattern if required

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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