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To maintain efficiency of radiotherapy equipment for patient treatment.

To provide care to patients in the form of performing in-vivo measurements.

To keep records up to date for all aspects of the job in accordance with the quality system.

To report any faults, potential or real, to senior members of staff.

To plan radiotherapy treatments within the Pre-Treatment Department.

Treatment Planning

To create radiotherapy treatment plans using Eclipse.

Communication & Relationship Skills

Liaises with Radiographers, Physicists and other Technologists to ensure best use of the time available.

Communication with patients and carers which may include help, advice and support concerning the radiotherapy process.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Manage and adjust own workload on a day to day basis.

Ability to prioritise work to be done.

Use own skills and experience to make a judgement as to how to achieve the best and most accurate planning of a patient.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Co-ordinate a TBI treatment, from initial scan and test dose, right through to treatment (while making in-vivo measurements).

Manage own workload and assist the team leader to manage the workload of the assigned work area.

Physical Skills

The post holder must be able to work extremely accurately and to tight tolerances. There is a requirement to manipulate fine tools. Hand and eye co-ordination is paramount and an ability to work quickly and under pressure is crucial.

Keyboard skills required to operate treatment systems and other software programs.

Responsibility for Patient and Client Care

Perform routine QA checks on all treatment machines. Assist in non-routine measurements and commissioning of new equipment.

Perform routine in-vivo measurements on patients during treatment.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

Kind

Empowered

Responsible

Inclusiv e

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.