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Radiographer | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 April 2025 |
| Location: | Salford, M6 8HD |
| Company: | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7090423/413-92740-CNS-AK |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic Band 5 Radiographer to join our friendly team at our satellite Radiotherapy Centre, The Christie at Salford.
At The Christie at Salford satellite centre we deliver both radical and palliative radiotherapy to approximately 80 patients a day. The department is equipped with a CT simulator and two Elekta Versa HD Linacs, operating within an IMPAC MOSAIQ environment, offering IGRT, SGRT, IMRT, VMAT, SRS and SBRT treatments.
Excellent communication skills will be required along with the ability to be decisive, organised, approachable and hard working with the ability to work effectively and efficiently with the rest of the friendly and enthusiastic team at The Christie at Salford to provide a seamless, safe and pleasant environment for staff and patients alike. In addition, flexibility is a necessity within the small team at The Christie at Salford.
**Fixed term post until Jan 2026 – applicants must already have completed their training, be registered with the HCPC and be ready to start working as soon as possible**
The Band 5 Radiographer is a key member of the treatment team, working to allow efficient day to day running of their designated treatment area, ensuring all aspects of treatment delivery and preparation are completed in a timely manner. This role will rotate through both the treatment and pre-treatment areas, allowing the post holder to gain knowledge and skills across both areas of the patient pathway.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more information
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
The Christie at Salford opened in 2011 and is one of three Christie satellite centres delivering Radiotherapy to patients closer to their homes.
Working hours must be flexible to fit the needs of the service and individuals will be expected to participate in all shift patterns and will be contracted to work between 6am and 11pm, however routinely the department works between the hours of 8am and 7pm Monday to Friday (including bank holidays). Flexible working and part-time/job shares will be considered.
• 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.
• Undertake and evaluate radiation dose delivery complex calculations, involving a range of radiation types and energies.
• Interpret, monitor and evaluate the treatment prescription to ensure that radiotherapy is delivered accurately and reproducibly.
• 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.
• Communicate confidential sensitive information in line with information governance, and provide emotional support, to patients and their carers/relatives including children and the terminally ill. Provide information to patients and their carers about the radiotherapy pathway and expected side effects
• To communicate accurate and timely information with all other disciplines involved along the patients pathway.
• Anticipate and identify common and complex treatment related side effects, offering advice and where necessary refer to other relevant health care professionals. Apply safe and effective moving and handling skills in order to protect patients and staff and abide by Health and safety legislation in the work place.
• Minimise risk of and cross infection through contamination by bodily fluids/matter. In accordance of the infection control policy
• To implement the procedures and work instructions described for the department in the accredited Quality Management System, and report any variances.
• Ensure all work and actions comply with local rules and current UK Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR) 2017 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 Directive (PGD).
• Participate in the shift system, bank holidays, weekend working and on-call.
• Any other duties negotiated with the post holder, to develop their role in the organisation.
• To achieve all the competencies as outlined by the radiotherapy education team within a time period as outlined by line manager.
Teaching and Training
• Participate in an annual Personal Development Review.
• Attend all essential training and clinical updates as required.
• Be capable of assimilating new ideas and techniques.
• Assist in the supervision and training/teaching of pre-registration students and new members of staff.
• Highlight to line manager all issues of poor inadequate performance, including capability and poor professional standards, for students and employees.
This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Apr 2025
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