Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for patients and communities, through its five-year strategy ‘Working Together’.

The Trust’s main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which started life more than a century ago as a military hospital. Today it is one of the largest, modern hospitals on the south coast, with 1,200 beds housed in light, bright, infection resistant, en-suite wards. With a turnover of close to £600m, the Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. Some tertiary services are provided to a wider catchment in excess of two million people.

 We welcome and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds. We recognise the value that a diverse workforce has in initiating fresh ideas and the contribution to delivering excellence for our patients, their families and carers.

Due to Increased demand, the radiotherapy service in Portsmouth is expanding it's workforce and capacity over the next 5-10 years. We welcome applications for our Team leader role. As we modernise the staffing structure we are investing in 6 additional, band 7, leadership roles to oversee the 4 Linacs, Data Inputting and CT scanner clinical areas. The team leader roles include taking responsibility for daily coordination and management of the service in your clinical area, line management responsibilities for the radiographers and oncology assistants whilst acting as an expert practitioner and role model within the team. 

This is an exciting opportunity for staff wanting to progress into a leadership role while maintaining expert clinical skills. We are looking for dedicated professionals who are proactive/self motivated with a passion for high quality, patient care and service improvement. As such you will have completed a MSc in radiotherapy (or equivalent) or have started level 7 post-grad education.

The team at Portsmouth pride itself on being flexible/adaptable and every staff member is competent in 2 clinical areas. The team leaders would rotate through the department 6 monthly, or as the service requires to maintain expert practitioner status. 

Depending on your experience and competence this could look like:

Linacs & CT/ Linacs & Data Inputting/ Linacs & Superficial/ Linacs & Brachy/ Linacs & Treatment Review

CT & Linacs/ CT & Data Inputting/ CT & Superficial/ CT & Brachy/ CT & Treatment Review

In addition to the team leader roles, a number of apprentice roles are in the pipeline which will focus on improving the quality of treatments our patients receive, with increased staff training opportunities.  Look out for the following adverts;  Trainee Consultant Radiographers, Advanced Practitioners, Enhanced Practice Radiographers and Apprentice Radiographers. 

Or feel free to reach out to the Radiotherapy Service Manager Directly; [email protected] 

•    BSc Therapeutic Radiography or equivalent
•    HCPC registration to practice as a Therapeutic Radiographer
•    MSc in Radiotherapy (or relevant post-graduate level 7 education)
     Leadership or Management qualification (or In-House Management Essentials Training)

Skills and Knowledge
•    Expert in delivery and verification of modern radiotherapy techniques
•    Expert in using equipment associated with pre-treatment including CT scanners, virtual       simulation software and clinical mark up
•    Able to participate in the planning of specialised techniques i.e., 4DCT, SGRT and               SABR
•    Self-confidence and ability to lead, manage, support and mentor a team
•    Ability to use conflict resolution skills to lead an effective team
•    Ability to problem solve using evidence based practice 
•    Ability to initiate changes in procedures or policies to improve service development
•    Ability to convey highly complex instructions, ideas and opinions clearly and concisely         both orally and in writing
•    Strong personal resilience and ability to act appropriately in stressful situations 
•    Current knowledge of developments in radiotherapy practice
•    Excellent organisational and time management skills
•    Self-motivated, enthusiastic and the ability to motivate others
•    Be able to speak and write fluently in English 
•     Mature, caring, professional, role model
•     Flexible; ability to prioritise the service needs.
Experience
•    Experience of clinical leadership
•    Experience of staff management 
•    Experience of staff development/appraisals
•    Evidence of change management and innovation in clinical practice
•    Experience of working within the NHS
•    Evidence of multi-disciplinary working
•    Evidence teaching/mentoring
•    Experience in cannulation and administering IV contrast media
•    Experience in research/audit 
•    Project work experience
•    Evidence of the management of the patient experience
•    Ability to meet deadlines
•    Ability to manage own time and schedule the time of others.
 

This year the radiotherapy team were awarded "team of the year" by the society of radiographers for the South East region. Everyone here shares the same passion for patient-centred care, showing immense teamwork and flexibility in achieving our goals. We treated our 100 SABR lung patient this year and are now expanding our SABR portfolio to include Oligometastasis and Prostate SABR.

The area combines the advantages of city life with rural villages and seaside towns. Portsmouth is a thriving naval city, steeped in history, on the beautiful South Coast. It is ninety minutes from central London and has good transport links by ferry and airplane into Europe. Waters sports facilities are excellent with access to the Solent, and sandy beaches are within easy reach. Inland is the spectacular and relatively unspoilt countryside of rural Hampshire, and the South Downs National Park.

For staff relocating, we can offer support booking hospital accommodation onsite.

We can also provide a number of flexible working opportunities; For this role we can offer 30 or 37.5 Hours per week over 3/4/5 days.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.