Band 6 Senior Clinical Technologist

Job summary

The Imaging and Medical Physics Group at the Queen Elizabeth

Hospital, through its Radiotherapy Physics Service, provides scientific and technical

support to all aspects of the Radiotherapy Department. The Service also provides

necessary liaisons with equipment providers, equipment users and with other

Divisions within the Trust involved in delivery of the Radiotherapy Service. The

Treatment Planning section provides Treatment Planning, Dosimetry, Mould Room

and Brachytherapy services.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Brief job statement:

*To be a member of a team of Clinical Technologists, providing both Mould

Room and Treatment Planning services, working on a rotational basis

between the two areas.

*Liaises with other health care professionals in providing an efficient

Radiotherapy Service and participates in future development of cancer

services.

*Participates in aspects of linear accelerator quality assurance and patient

specific QA for IMRT plans.

*Participates in Research and Development.

*Be part of an on-call rota covering emergency patients at weekends

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Relevant BSc or equivalent.

*Registration on the Register of Clinical Technologists or Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC)

Experience

Essential

*Subsequent Field Work / Training Courses / Updating and experience in Radiotherapy Planning Dosimetry.

*Understanding of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines, e.g. IRR, IR(ME)R, ISO 9001:2000, Data Protection Act, Caldicott and other relevant BSI and ISO standards, professional and regulatory body reports and guidelines.

*Able to keep abreast of developing Treatment Planning Dosimetry and Mould Room Technology techniques and apply relevant advances.

*Ability to contribute, sometimes in a multidisciplinary approach, in the development, implementation and use of new equipment and techniques and Clinical Trials.

*Undertakes R&D projects as part of regular activity

*Competency and fluency with Trust standard software packages (e.g. Word, Excel, e-mail etc.) and with specialist Radiotherapy systems (e.g. Mosaiq -- Radiotherapy data/information system). Regular requirement to produce reports, drawings and statistics

*Full competency and expertise in the use of various Radiotherapy Planning software tools for 3D and IMRT work.

*Competency in the use of the Q-Pulse ISO management system to update Oncology Quality Management System procedures, protocols and other documentation.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Matthew Brennan 

matthew.brennan@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213715051