Advanced Practitioner Radiographer - Breast

Advanced Practitioner Radiographer - Breast

We are offering an exciting opportunity for Advanced Practitioner - Breast to join our team in a forward-thinking radiotherapy department at Velindre Cancer Service. Base site of Cardiff or Abergavenny to be negotiated.

Face to Face interviews only.

Main duties of the job

1. Providing information, support and point of contact throughout the pathway.
2. Contributing to enhancing service delivery and service development for a specified tumour site by implementing best and evidence-based practice across their specific area of the Breast radiotherapy pathway.
3. Ensuring that the patient pathway is managed efficiently to ensure continuity of care, effective use of resources, and to achieve all cancer targets both locally and nationally.
4. Being an effective team player in the tumour-specific multi-disciplinary team and being involved in the total care of patients undergoing Radiotherapy treatment.
5. Providing specialist radiotherapy knowledge to the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and Network as required.
6. Providing information and support to relatives and carers instrumental in the patient's ongoing care and holistic well-being.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust, we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring, and dynamic, ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities, then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more: Velindre NHS Trust

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification Qualifications and/or knowledge

• B.Sc. (Hons) in Therapeutic Radiography or Diploma of College of Radiographers DCR (T)
• Registration with Health Professions Council
• Expert Practice MSc module or equivalent in specific area.
• Working at Masters level or equivalent
• Knowledge and understanding of principles and concepts underpinning applications and techniques used in radiotherapy.
• Knowledge and understanding of current oncology issues
• Full knowledge of radiation regulations
• Knowledge of clinical mark-up of breast radiotherapy
• Evidence of further study to Masters Level
• Consent MSc Module or equivalent.
• Leadership or management studies/qualification

Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of principles and concepts underpinning applications and techniques used in radiotherapy
• Sound practical ability
• Experience in consent in radiotherapy
• Experience in NMO
• Audit
• Quality assurance
• Experience in Plan Authorisation
• Experience in Non-Medical Prescribing for a relevant site

Aptitudes and Abilities

• Technically sound
• Organisational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organised
• Reliable and punctual
• Flexible approach to work and needs of the service
• Adaptable to change
• Shows initiative/drive
• Self-motivated
• Supervisory skills - MDT, radiographers, and students
• Ability to speak Welsh to level 1

Values

• Excellence in Patient care
• Adhere to Trust values

Other

• Flexibility of working times
• Willing to work across 2/3 sites as required by role
• An understanding that work may be required to cover: Emergency and on-call treatments/Routine working during evenings and weekends

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.