Pre-Treatment Advanced Practitioner

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust (CCC) is seeking to appoint a Pre-treatment Advanced Practitioner within the treatment planning team at CCC as part of the wider physics department.

The postholder would be working as part of a team of 14 pre-treatment radiographers and dosimetrists supporting the provision of advanced treatment techniques and participating in the development of new and emerging advances.

Main duties of the job

Pre-Treatment Advanced Practitioner - Treatment Planning

Permanent - 37.5 hours per week - Band 7

To use own analytical and judgement skills to plan patient's radiotherapy treatment to the highest possible standard.

Provide advanced technical advice to all staff.

Supervising radiographers and trainees during training. Take responsibility for assessing individual competency.

To utilise autonomy of advanced practitioner within the clinical area.

Work as a team with other members of the pre-treatment Expert Practitioners and education team to ensure that the needs of all learners are met within pre-treatment.

Acts as a focus for resolving clinical issues within the area.

To maintain skills by attending the application courses for new software and cascade information and skills to the team.

Continuously review the imaging, pre-treatment and treatment processes used within the department; assist in service redesign/development and audit compliance to department policies.

Work as a team with other Advanced Practitioners to ensure that pre-treatment procedures are adhered to and reviewed.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

Kind

Empowered

Responsible

Inclusive

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person Specification Ed/Quals

• Degree or Diploma in Radiotherapy
• HCPC registration as Therapy Radiographer
• Evidence of postgraduate study
• Evidence of CPD activities
• Module and Imaging module
• Management Study
• MSc
• Attendance at IGRT school
• Postgraduate Certificate of Education

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of radiotherapy techniques
• Significant knowledge of imaging processes used within the department
• Knowledge of planning techniques
• Knowledge of current Health Service and Oncology specific legislation/plans
• Significant Imaging knowledge

Experience

• Extensive post graduate experience in radiotherapy
• Significant previous Senior experience (Band 6) ideally including team leadership role
• Experience in a large radiotherapy department

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.