A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Exciting opportunities to work in our Swindon Radiotherapy Satellite Centre!
We are looking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic, compassionate, and highly motivated Band 5 Therapeutic Radiographers to join our friendly and welcoming professional team at the OUH Radiotherapy Centre @Swindon, a satellite of the Oxford Cancer Centre.
This purpose-built satellite unit in Swindon opened in October 2022 housing 2 Varian TrueBeam linacs with 6DoF couches and RGSC and a GoSim Radiotherapy CT scanner with in-room mould room facilities, all networked by ARIA to the Centre in Oxford. This satellite is an extension and expansion of the radiotherapy service at the Oxford Cancer Centre. It has its own clinic rooms, treatment planning suite, MacMillan patient information area, meeting rooms and good staff facilities in the satellite itself. It is located on the Great Western Hospital site where there is already a comprehensive Medical and Acute Oncology service. 5 Clinical Oncologists from Oxford, who cover all the of the major tumour types, hold outreach clinics in Great Western Hospital across the week. It is located very close to junction 15 of the M4.
Work as a member of the team of Radiographers covering all sections of the department including mould room, CT scanning, virtual simulation and contouring, delivery of a wide range of both simple and complex treatment and IGRT techniques
Liaising with the multidisciplinary team.
Assist with the day-to-day organisation of a treatment unit to ensure an efficient service is delivered and workload targets are achieved.
Supervise, support & teach junior members of staff and students.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Visits to the department can be arranged. If you would like more information on this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Joanne Watts, joanne.watts@ouh.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Dec 2024
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