Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager (Dosimetry)

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager (Dosimetry)

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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 16 Oct | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6bf801923cdf4f2e8c5c668e2548c52a

Full Job Description

The Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager will be expected to develop the work and staff within dosimetry and to seek to continually improve the service, whilst providing for the capacity and demand issues. The successful candidate will ensure a high standard of technical practice within dosimetry, supervising and assisting with new or complex techniques, and providing a technical troubleshooting role, liaising with other Team Managers and members of the multi-disciplinary team as necessary. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

The Radiotherapy Department at NNUH is a networked, paperless department using predominantly Varian equipment. We have a managed service contract which allows us to purchase and maintain state of the art radiotherapy equipment, including a fleet of five Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators, two CT simulators, a Varian Bravos brachytherapy unit and an Xstrahl 150 superficial unit. We are striving forwards with SGRT; we have AlignRT on all our linacs, SimRT for our CTs and are soon to bring in MapRT. Our dosimetry planning is radiographer-led, predominately using VMAT and IMRT. We also have radiographer-led on-treatment review and radiotherapy late effects services. We are focused on staff development with a large team of advanced and consultant therapeutic radiographers. We support postgraduate education for our registered staff with many undertaking MSCs and doctorates. We have close links with University of Suffolk, University of Hertfordshire and Sheffield Hallam University who provide our traditional undergraduate and apprentice courses., Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world. We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

  • Flexible working hours
  • Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
  • Multi Faith prayer room
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
  • Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
  • Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
  • Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
  • On-site Nursery
  • On-site cafes offering staff discounts
  • Support in career development
  • Flexible staff bank
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics