Senior Radiation Therapist - Icon Cancer Centre Richmond & Freemasons
*** Applications Close 11:59PM, Friday 8th November 2024***
Key Points:
- Develop your Career within a Highly Innovative, Patient-Focussed, Rapidly Expanding Company.
- Deliver Exceptional Patient Care with Cutting-Edge Technology and Therapy Techniques.
- Competitive REM, 5 Weeks Annual Leave, PD Allowance
- Permanent Full-Time – Richmond & Freemasons Centres, Melbourne
We are seeking a full-time Senior Radiation Therapist to join our Cancer Centre team across Richmond and Freemasons Epworth Centres. The primary purpose of this role will be to provide high quality radiation therapy planning and treatment as prescribed by the Radiation Oncologist. This role reports to the Radiation Therapy Manager and operates on a 9-day fortnight.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the Radiation Therapy Manager in providing effective leadership of the RT team in their unit.
- Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centred clinical radiation therapy planning and treatment delivery services that complies with all relevant safety and quality standards
- Ensure training and support services are effectively provided to the Radiation Therapists and act as a technical resource to colleagues.
- Apply effective resource and workflow management strategies to optimise quality, efficiency, and productivity.
- Exhibit strong decision-making abilities.
- Support change management initiatives and implement related processes.
- Assist in the support, orientation, education and mentoring of radiation therapists and students rostered to the unit.
- Support a high-performance culture that delivers quality patient care services through a patient centric and collaborative approach.
Icon Cancer Centre are pioneers of private cancer care in Australia with over 35 years' experience. There are currently 40 cancer centres across Australia and a joint venture in New Zealand with several in development. These centres include a mix of dedicated medical oncology, haematology, and radiation oncology facilities, as well as comprehensive cancer centres that bring all services together under one roof, including research and pharmacy. Over half of Icon’s cancer centres are in outer-metro and regional communities delivering on our mission to bring the best possible care, closer to home.
For more information on our cancer services in Australia visit https://icongroup.global/en/our-services/cancer-services-australia/ or www.iconcancercentre.com.au
Here’s why our people choose us:
- Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.
- Impact, at Scale: We’re Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.
- Connection, at Heart: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.
- Opportunity, at Hand: We’re continually innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.
Icon is committed to providing exemplary patient care and radiation therapy services to the community. Our dynamic and innovative teams collaborate closely to maintain a team focus on providing cutting edge radiation therapy techniques. We are looking for candidates who are highly enthusiastic, motivated and quick to adapt in a supportive environment. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Skills & Experience:
- Demonstrated leadership qualities evident with capacity to lead small teams under guidance.
- Proven technical proficiency in radiation therapy treatment planning and delivery.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills that inspire the trust and confidence required to build strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated understanding of, and a commitment to, delivery of high-quality radiation therapy services including awareness of national quality standards relevant to the service
- Understanding of the service delivery model within the private healthcare sector.
- Demonstrated capacity to develop, implement, monitor and report on clinical protocols and adherence.
- Demonstrable capacity to work effectively and positively both independently, and as a member of the Multidisciplinary team.
- Strong patient focus.
- Current AHPRA radiation therapist registration with Victorian Radiation Use Licence.
If you meet the above criteria and have a special interest in working for an organisation that delivers outstanding care and service to patients and stakeholders, please attach a cover letter and resume to your application using the ‘Apply’ button.
Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.
Pre-employment Health Requirement
Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.