Pre-Treatment - Senior Therapeutic Radiographer inSouthwick Hill Road inSouthwick Hill Road PUBLISHED TUE 21 JAN 2025

This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
• Southern Health Foundation Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospital Southampton
• Solent NHS Trust
• South Central Ambulance Service
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Hampshire Hospitals

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Portsmouth Radiotherapy department covers a wide catchment area, treating patients form Portsmouth, Southampton, West Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. As well as the daily routine of scanning, planning and treating patients, we also offer an out of hours service at the weekends.

With recent expansion in our Clinical Trials portfolio and advanced radiotherapy techniques, we are expanding our permanent workforce within the Pre-Treatment area. We are looking for a proactive, Senior therapeutic radiographer to join our team who is keen to progress in their career and support the implementation of SimRT, within CT. This post also comes with enhanced practice funding to support professional development.

We have four TrueBeam 3.0 linear accelerators which include the advanced IGRT imaging such as online 4D CBCT, iCBCT and triggered imaging. We have 6DOF couches in use for Head and neck , upper GI and Lung SABR patients, alongside abdomen compression immobilisation. We have a wide-bore Siemens GOSIM CT scanner, Brachytherapy, orthovoltage and on-treatment review services. We link all of our department together using ARIA V15.L6 and are a paperless department.

We have recently increased our SABR offering for oligometastases and prostate cancer via the PACE Nodes trial. In dosimetry, we have recently moved to Raystation planning system and routinely use AI auto-contouring software to make planning more efficient.

About us

• To produce high quality radiotherapy planning scans and immobilisation.
• To be actively involved with the development of Radiotherapy Services.
• To take responsibility for the organisation of the daily radiotherapy workload and staff, supporting the pre-treatment lead radiographer.
• To justify radiation exposures, undertake patient pre-assessment checks, cannulate and administer contrast.
• To supervise students and junior staff on the unit and to take an active part in their clinical training.
• To participate in the departmental shift and on call system between hours of 07:00-20:00, 7 days a week.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and limitations within own scope of practice.
• Abide by HCPC code of conduct and maintain HCPC registration.

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