Therapeutic Radiographer Team Manager (Dosimetry)

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Produce optimal routine and complex treatment plans, including VMAT and SABR.
• To 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 participate in vetting the referrals that come into the department to ensure that department protocols are adhered to.
• With appropriate training, be responsible for delineating complex planning volumes, as the service requires.
• Work with the clinical oncologist team to develop the voluming service provided by therapeutic radiographers.
• To be a core member of the pre-treatment MDT.
• Attend MDT meetings and clinics when appropriate. Take part in patient assessment discussions providing an expert pre-treatment perspective. Keep appropriate records of patients with special requirements in preparation for radiotherapy planning and treatment.
• To communicate effectively in an MDT environment, being confident and able to share expertise and analyse the appropriateness of proposed courses of action or treatment.
• To act as a technical expert in decision making with non-standard situations, both in pre-treatment and treatment area, employing advanced analytical skills to deal with complex situations appropriately and effectively.
• Record sickness absence, overtime and annual leave as required.
• To act as an appraiser for junior staff and to supervise any new staff, students or visitors to the department.
• When necessary, support junior staff through the performance review process, identifying training and development needs.
• To assist with recruitment and selection of staff, assisting with shortlisting and interviews.