Mould Room Manager

at  Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Full time 37.5 hours per week, part time and job share applications will be considered.
The Northamptonshire Centre for Oncology would like to hear from enthusiastic and capable individuals to lead our Radiotherapy Assistant Team and manage the mould room service.
We are a busy department situated within the Northampton General Hospital site providing the Radiotherapy service for cancer patients for Northamptonshire and surrounding areas.
You will need extensive experience as a Radiotherapy Assistant or Radiographer with an interest in mould room duties to include authority to act as an IR(ME)R operator for construction of immobilisation devices and bolus materials.

Managing the mould room service to include construction of treatment shells and bolus materials.
Management of documents through the quality system for assistant and mould room processes
Line management of the assistant team.
Oversight of the scheduling process
Teaching and training staff, students and apprentices in assistant team duties and mould room.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
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We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Act as line manager to the Lead Radiotherapy Assistants managing sickness absence, conducting appraisals and actively participating in the recruitment selection process.
Develop effective protocols and work instructions to cover the tasks performed by the assistant team and mould room staff to the standard required by the radiotherapy department BSi accredited quality system. Participate in the audit schedule to support the quality system internal audit program.
Take an active role in the multidisciplinary technique development team (TDT) meetings for head and neck and CNS cancers providing guidance and advice on immobilisation devices and mould room issues.
Attend the Radiotherapy Management Meetings to advise the management team on issues relating to the mould room service and assistant team.
Provide support to patients, explain the process for manufacturing treatment shells and ensure all arrangements are in place for the treatment shell process plus all subsequent appointments.
Act as operator under IR(ME)R to lead the shell making procedure, ensuring the patient is correctly positioned while still ensuring a high level of care for the patient who may be experiencing anxiety due to claustrophobia or other issues during a potential distressing process.
Manufacture treatment shells for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy to a high standard capable of providing reliable daily reproducibility to within a maximum tolerance of 3mm.
Providing support to the CT Radiographers to care for cord compression patients who may need personal care, toileting or pain management.
Responsible, with support from the Deputy Radiotherapy Manager, for developing, testing and manufacturing patient immobilisation devices and bolus materials to ensure safe and accurate delivery of radiotherapy