University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Radiologist with Interest in Cardiothoracic Radiology

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Job summary

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Consultant Radiologist with a specialist interest in Cardiothoracic Radiology

Applications are invited for 2 permanent Consultant Radiologist positions with a specialist interest in Cardiothoracic Radiology within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to be based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Heartlands Hospital.

We are offering the opportunity to join an established and proactive Consultant Radiologist team in order to respond to the need of our growing service. UHB has a large radiology training scheme so an enthusiasm and aptitude for teaching and training would be an advantage. The candidate would be expected to participate with colleagues in any out-of-hours provision that is required. Applicants must be on or eligible for GMC specialist register for Radiology.

Interested candidates are invited to contact:

Dr Gareth Lewis

Subspecialty Lead for Cardiothoracic Imaging

Email: gareth.lewis@uhb.nhs.uk

Tel: 0121 371 2370

Dr Fady Khattar

Clinical Service Lead of Imaging (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Solihull Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hispital)

Email: fady.khattar@uhb.nhs.uk

Tel. 0121 424 5259

If a completed online application and CV is not forwarded by the closing date the application will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

*Please Note : For main duties, tasks and skills required for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Date posted

05 July 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-TB-1064373

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
*Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME

Experience

Essential

*Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain UK CCT in Clinical radiology
*Can demonstrate a commitment to cardiothoracic imaging as in radiology training or in an existing post to date with good experience gained in: Thoracic CT e.g. lung cancer and ILD, Cardiac CT and MRI.
*Ability to offer radiological opinion on a range of common on call diagnostic problems.
*An understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
*Commitment to service improvement and clinical audit.
*Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other clinical specialties involved with imaging.
*Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
*Knowledge of Complaints; ethical issues and Clinical Governance

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Ability to work effectively in a team & with colleagues from a wide range of professional and organisational backgrounds
*Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
*Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
*Ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure
*Caring attitude to patients
*Good IT skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
*Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME

Experience

Essential

*Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain UK CCT in Clinical radiology
*Can demonstrate a commitment to cardiothoracic imaging as in radiology training or in an existing post to date with good experience gained in: Thoracic CT e.g. lung cancer and ILD, Cardiac CT and MRI.
*Ability to offer radiological opinion on a range of common on call diagnostic problems.
*An understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
*Commitment to service improvement and clinical audit.
*Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other clinical specialties involved with imaging.
*Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
*Knowledge of Complaints; ethical issues and Clinical Governance

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Ability to work effectively in a team & with colleagues from a wide range of professional and organisational backgrounds
*Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
*Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
*Ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure
*Caring attitude to patients
*Good IT skills

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)