Senior Therapeutic Radiographer | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 May 2024 |
| Location: | Derby, DE22 3NE |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6168449/320-CDCS-2870 |
Summary
At Team University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) we are driving to be the best place to work, learn and deliver exceptional care to our patients. We are one of the largest employers in our region with over 13,000 colleagues. Our workforce is diverse as are the communities we serve across Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced and self-motivated Band 6 Senior Therapeutic Radiographers to join our Radiotherapy Team. You will work as a rotational member of the team working in both pre-treatment and treatment delivery with the additional opportunity to work in the Radiotherapy planning area of the department.
We have 4 Varian Truebeamlinear accelerators, two of which have Vision RT Surface Guided Radiotherapy. We are a Varian department using Aria and the Eclipse planning system.
Our other equipment includes Philips Big Bore CT with full Ambient Lighting Experience, Superficial Xray Therapy; Nucletron HDR Brachytherapy; and Eclipse external beam planning system. We operate all equipment on the Varian ARIA platform.
As a progressive teaching centre for Student Radiotherapists the trust has established links with Sheffield Hallam University where our educational facilities include a seminar room. The Trust actively encourages CPD and role extension with support available to pursue academic courses to further develop and enhance your skills.
Closing date of applications: 25 April 2024
Interview date: 9 May 2024
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024