Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and adaptable Pre-treatment Superintendent to join our work force and be part of a friendly and patient focused Radiotherapy Team.

The Deanesly Centre, based at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, is a paperlite radiotherapy facility equipped with two Philips Brilliance Wide Bore CT scanners, four Elekta HD Linear Accelerators and has a fully integrated Mosaiq network. The department is innovative and has developed the service it delivers to embrace new technology, offering IMRT, VMAT, DIBH (voluntary breath hold and using Elekta ABC), IGRT, SABR, 4DCT/4DCBCT and gynaecological Brachytherapy. This offers plenty of learning and development opportunities for all staff members.

The team includes our dedicated booking team, support workers, assistant practitioners, therapeutic radiographers, advanced practitioners and Consultant Therapeutic radiographers, and provides a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your career with us. 

Applicants must have 2 years clinical experience as a Senior I Therapeutic Radiographer working within the pre-treatment setting, be adaptable to support service needs and able to communicate effectively with all members of the Oncology team.

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will be expected to play a key role in the operational and clinical management of the radiotherapy service. They would be expected to ensure the provision of a high-quality patient-focused service and to provide support to radiographers at all levels, assistants and students.

2. The post holder will be one of the team of dedicated superintendents and advanced practitioners, each with specific individual responsibility, providing leadership for staff and quality care for patients within the centre.

3. To be primarily responsible for managing and co-ordinating the day-to-day clinical operations of the CT simulator suite and pre-treatment and on-treatment review clinics in accordance with the policies of the directorate and trust

4. To assist in the provision of all aspects of the radiotherapy service to ensure high quality patient care in collaboration with the superintendent team, advanced practitioners and department managers, to ensure a seamless service.

5. To liaise with other disciplines to monitor and improve the radiotherapy service.

6. To support junior members of staff in maintaining and developing professional and personal skills and standards.

7. To assist in the production of all departmental policy as required.

8. To assist the Head of Radiotherapy in the implementation of change within the radiotherapy service.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.