Specialist Therapeutic Treatment Radiographer

Duties will include

• To lead a specialist team of radiographers to maximise resources and maintain a high quality service for patients.


• Advising a range of staff groups on radiotherapy techniques and oncological clinical radiotherapy issues.


• Be recognised as a clinical expert in their field of practice.


• Be recognised as a clinical expert in radiotherapy treatment, developing clinical practice, giving expert advice and disseminating knowledge to the radiotherapy team, Oncology Centre, Trust and Nationally. To lead a team of radiotherapists on the treatment units ensuring all treatments are performed according to trust and department policy within the quality environment. Ensure that the equipment and associated support systems are run efficiently.


All posts are linked to a competency package which enables radiotherapists to progress through a career pathway.

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.,
• To plan and organise daily work and some complex activities or programmes for an area of practice, some of which may be ongoing.


• Adapt practice according to planning and organisational management for better service delivery.


• Ensure policy implementation within the geographical and professional workplace.


• To facilitate attendance at the Disease orientated group meetings


• To inform the Clinical specialist or Services manager of any problems that may affect the smooth running of the Department


• Ensure working practices facilitate an efficient safe working environment


• Implement a service maximising resources within the wider centre objectives


• To provide receive and negotiate complex, sensitive and or contentious information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required.


• Where appropriate to ensure the effective communication between different staff members and patients within the working area.


• Where appropriate to co-ordinate communication between various levels of staff within the workplace as well as interdepartmental communication.


• To provide receive and negotiate complex, sensitive and or contentious information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassurance skills are required.
  
  Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
  
  MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.


We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.