Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

About the role

We are offering an opportunity for an enthusiastic registered Dosimetrist/Treatment Planning Radiographer to join our Radiotherapy Physics team at the Cancer Centre in Cottingham, East Yorkshire. The successful applicant will join the Radiotherapy Treatment Planning team, a section of Radiotherapy Physics that underpins the Radiotherapy service, located in an award-winning facility comprising 6 Linacs, 2 CT scanners, Xstrahl SXR, Papillon-50+ SXR, Flexitron HDR and a state-of-the-art Varian (Eclipse) treatment planning system.

Responsibilities

• Build effective relationships with the multidisciplinary Radiotherapy department
• Support the Lead Dosimetrist and wider planning team in the provision of Radiotherapy Treatment Planning and Mould Room services
• Contribute to the department’s long-standing evidence of research, collaboration, equipment and clinical service developments
• Participate in high commitment to quality and governance, including implementation of novel image guided treatment for direct irradiation of rectal cancers using electronic brachytherapy, innovative use of VMAT, 4DCT and image guided treatment techniques
• Utilise advanced electronic quality management systems and the Varian ARIA system to implement innovative process management and paperless working

About Us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff across five main hospital sites. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

Requirements

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (BSc) in a relevant subject or equivalent
• Registration on an appropriate register (e.g., RCT, HCPC, ACHS)

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Significant experience in radiotherapy treatment planning / patient dosimetry (or significant experience in another area of clinical radiotherapy providing relevant transferable knowledge/skills)
• Significant experience in mould room work (or significant experience in another area of clinical radiotherapy providing relevant transferable knowledge/skills)
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Involvement in the training of staff / students
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good analytical and decision-making skills
• Ability to work accurately under pressure and with interruptions
• Ability to concentrate and work accurately for prolonged periods
• Good manual dexterity
• Excellent IT skills
• Broad knowledge of radiotherapy processes
• Specialist knowledge and understanding of principles and practice of radiotherapy treatment planning and mould room
• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems
• Understanding of relevant legislation, standards and guidelines

Desirable

• Experience using Eclipse treatment planning system
• Experience in advanced treatment planning techniques, for example VMAT
• Ability to resolve differences in individuals’ professional opinions within own and wider teams
• In-depth knowledge of Quality Management Systems
• Awareness of specialist computer systems, their connectivity and Quality Assurance