Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will maintain the highest professional and technical standards of radiotherapy. 

The post holder will be required to participate in the induction, supervision and teaching of staff within the clinical environment enabling them to achieve the required level of clinical competence.  
The post-holder will deputise for the Operational Manager as required including at internal and external meetings.  
The post holder will need to maintain core clinical skills.   This will include 
statutory skills, trust mandatory skills for clinical staff and all radiotherapy
specific skills required to perform their team leader role.   The clinical skills 
framework for the radiotherapy department will include the full range of skills 
which are expected of the post holder and will be updated periodically.

 A flexible approach to work is essential to meet the service needs of the 
department and hours of work may vary between 7am – 7pm with some 
weekend and public holiday working on a planned and on-call basis.   Post 
holders may be rotated to work at either the Royal Surrey County Hospital or 
East Surrey Hospital site and may be asked to travel between the sites.   If 
asked to work at the site which is not the post holder’s base, notice will be 
given in accordance with departmental procedures. 
Main Duties and Responsibilities:  
 To help manage the day to day running of their designated work area.  
To help manage the patient flow and patient bookings.  
To deliver the preparation and planning of radiotherapy treatment as referred 
by the Clinical Oncology Consultants.  
To be aware of treatment waiting times and treatment outcome data and 
support the development of strategies, alongside clinical colleagues, that 
enables effective management.  
To help support business planning alongside Operational Managers in pursuit 
of best practice and service developments and requirements.  
To meet regularly with the other team leaders and the Operational Managers 
with regard to departmental management.  
Design and update protocols and ways of working. 
Responsible for working with others to ensure the smooth and appropriate 
implementation and integration of new ways of working. 
Liaise with the other team leaders and Operational Managers giving highly 
specialised advice as appropriate, troubleshooting where necessary and 
providing technical support when required including liaising outside the 
department. Provide continuity between pre-treatment, planning and 
treatment as appropriate.  
Act as a recognised technical/clinical resource for the wider multidisciplinary 
team giving highly specialised advice, as required, and act as a key link with 
those external to the Trust for the specialist area.  
To support the other team leaders and Operational Managers as required in 
all sections of the department.  
Attend/take an active part in relevant meetings and forums to promote 
integration of standards and development of relevant project areas.  
Create new and revise current protocols, liaising with appropriate personnel 
to ensure they are practicable and that necessary information is fully 
communicated to all relevant disciplines.  
Liaise with the relevant members of the management team who have 
responsibility for the strategic development of clinical practice as appropriate. 
Contribute, when required, to the procurement of new equipment/technology, 
including the preparation of business cases when appropriate.  
Identify training needs related to the delivery and development of their area of 
expertise and to formulate and deliver training packages for other 
practitioners. 
Ensure own clinical decisions (including non-standard/outside protocol) are 
underpinned and evaluated using theoretical knowledge and relevant 
practical experience.  
Responsible for ensuring quality assurance procedures are adhered to and 
instruct their team leadership.  
Responsible for implementing any corrective action relevant to their area of 
expertise as a result of incidents, following discussion with the Deputy 
Professional Head of Radiotherapy and the Operational Management team.  
To be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice 
and patient care.  
Responsible for the checking/calculation of doses and prescriptions in 
accordance with the departmental procedures as appropriate.  
Responsible for ensuring all equipment is used appropriately and safely, 
including administrative and management systems, monitoring equipment 
performance and reporting faults.  
Ensure that the clinical decision making of junior staff is appropriate and 
supported by relevant theoretical knowledge/experience.  
To follow the policies which are determined by the departmental and hospital 
management teams; proposing changes to working practices or procedures 
for your own work area when relevant   These will be set out in procedures,  
protocols and work instructions which will be updated periodically.   You will 
not be required to lead developments, but will be expected to comment on 
policies, procedures or developments being managed by colleagues. 
Accurately document all clinical data concerning the patient into the record 
and verify system for use by other staff groups within the department as per 
department protocol. 
 Utilise the department record and verify systems to confirm the daily 
treatment delivery electronically as per protocol. 
 Provide/file written documentation of clinical information relating to the 
treatment of the patient in the patient hospital notes where appropriate. 
 Participate in the daily run-up and QA of radiotherapy equipment. 
 Report & record accurately any machine faults or assessment by the 
technical team. 
 Participate in the research, development and audit of new radiotherapy 
techniques; adopting an analytical and critical approach. 
 Keep up to date with best practice in radiotherapy locally and nationally and 
contribute to the implementation of evidence based clinical practice. 
 Understand and scan / treat patients within the scope and practice of the 
Radiotherapy Trial portfolio. This will be guided by approved policies, work 
instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), good clinical practice 
(GCP), and established precedents.  Support will be given by the 
Radiotherapy Research Team. 
 Report any clinical errors at the earliest possible opportunity. To take or 
initiate any remedial action required, investigate the incident and work with 
the Operational Managers & Quality Manager to reduce any further risks.  
 Take responsibility for own continuous professional development by being 
proactive in assessing training needs in conjunction with the appraisal 
process.  
 Work with the Operations Managers and other team leaders managing the 
radiotherapy service across the department monitoring and recording staff 
sickness, annual leave, clinical supervision, probation, appraisals and staffing 
levels.  
 Undertake appraisals identifying training needs and personal development 
needs in line with departmental objectives. Feeding back staff needs to the 
training needs assessment. 
 Train radiographers in the use of new technical equipment and highly 
complex radiotherapy techniques. 
 Participate in the recruitment of therapy radiographers and departmental 
support staff and to induct new staff and students to the department.