Senior Radiographer

Take responsibility for running a pre-treatment area and manage a workload of patients across all areas of the radiotherapy pre-treatment service

Manage and co-ordinate pre-treatment activities and staff within the designated area of responsibility in order to provide an accurate, efficient and high quality radiation treatment service, ensuring the safe and competent use of radiation and the highest standard of patient care, in compliance with the accredited Radiotherapy Department Quality System and in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct

To be actively involved with the development of Radiotherapy Services.

Maintain close communication and involvement with all Christie radiotherapy sites and host sites

This is a rotational post and may involve working in Pre-treatment, Treatment delivery (Protons and Photons) across all Christie sites., We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience in the radiotherapy pre- treatment department. The role involves rotating through CT scanners, vsim planning and cannulation departments. The successful candidate will be expected to lead the pre- treatment team in a designated area together with other permanent pre treatment band 6 staff. Reporting to the superintendents on a daily basis with expectation to organise a busy workload with the highest level of patient care.

We are looking for an individual who can easily fit into our team and is willing to go the extra mile and show high levels of dedication in a very busy environment.

There will be a need to constantly train staff and students that rotate through the pre- treat department and to supervise their training through mentorship and competency packages.

We are looking for an individual who can show flexibility with shift patterns and be punctual at all times.

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.