Job overview
An attractive opportunity has arisen to join the Radiotherapy department at BHRUT NHS Trust as a Band 7 Team Leader Therapy Radiographer. We are committed to innovation and continual improvements with the patient at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an HCPC Registered experienced proactive and dynamic therapeutic radiographer who can meet complex and competing demands, deadlines and targets. This is a brilliant opportunity to gain excellent leadership skills in a fast paced Trust.
The department treat patients from across East London and Essex.
RapidArc, IMRT, IGRT, DIBH and 4DCT are in routine use for a wide range of clinical sites and we are one of the highest providers of IMRT & VMAT in England. The centre participates in several clinical trials. We are also in the process of implementing Identify, Varians Surface guided radiotherapy equipment.
Our department is equipped with
· Halcyon Linac +Identify SGRT
· Edge + unit that has SRS and SABR capabilities, 4D CBCT and a 6DOF couch + Identify SGRT
· Ethos Therapy Linac +Hypersight +Identify SGRT
· Siemens wide-bore CT Scanner with iMAR capability
· ARIA Rad-Onc EMR, Eclipse Treatment planning and Ethos Treatment Management Systems
· QPulse Quality Management System
· Varian Noona Patient Report Outcomes app
The radiotherapy department is located on the Queen’s Hospital site. The hospital is a 15-minute walk from the train station but there are frequent bus services that drop right outside the main entrance.
Main duties of the job
• Accountable for own professional actions
• Be recognised and accessible as an expert and team leader in their specific field: promoting best practice, giving expert advice, delegating and disseminating knowledge to the profession and to the wider health care arena.
• Plan and deliver complex radiotherapy procedures to a wide range of benign and malignant conditions to a high level of accuracy. Use individual judgement on a daily basis to verify and maintain reproducible and precise treatment.
• Work within departmental protocols, deviating where necessary to reach sound conclusions and provide optimum care.
• Work autonomously within the legal, ethical and professional framework provided by the professional body.
• Generate new solutions to identify and best meet the needs of the patient.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
1. BSc in Therapeutic radiography or equivalent formal qualification
2. Health & Care Profession Council (HCPC) registration as a therapy radiographer
Desirable criteria
3. Pre-treatment and Treatment experience and competencies
4. Post graduate courses in management/leadership or other relevant clinical subject to master’s level or equivalent.
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
5. Proven substantial postgraduate experience with specialist training, knowledge and experience to master’s level or equivalent
6. Practical experience in delivering a wide range of radiotherapy techniques including IGRT, SABR, DIBH/Gated treatments
Desirable criteria
7. Clinical experience in dosimetric planning/virtual simulation/ SGRT
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
8. Excellent communication and people management skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.