Job summary
Full time Locum Consultant Breast Radiologist to contribute to Breast screening and participate in symptomatic breast radiology on any Hospital sites within UHB. The base site will be at the Birmingham women's hospital.
The successful applicant are expected to join a team of enthusiastic Consultant Radiologists to contribute to the increasing workload of the department which has been driven upwards by a combination of service expansion, cancer pathway driven targets and multidisciplinary meeting attendance.
The successful applicant are expected to have completed specialist training in Clinical Radiology by the time of taking up the post.
The successful applicant should have breast screening accreditation and training from any of the national breast screening training centres is desirable.
The Imaging Department is part of CDG11 within the Trust management structure incorporating Radiology, Medical Physics, Laboratory Medicine & Pharmacy. The Imaging Department covers all of imaging including Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Protection and Radiotherapy Physics. The Medical Director is Dr Madava Djearaman and Manging Director is Ms Yma Choudhury.
Dr Fady Khattar is Clinical Service Lead, and individual Consultants also provide a sub speciality lead role in areas of sub specialist interest where they coordinate service delivery and modernisation initiatives as well as ensuring service developments are introduced effectively within their areas. The lead Radiologist for breast is Dr Colin Walker.
Main duties of the job
There are 86 Consultant Radiologists in post across UHB and the Trust has a Carestream PACS with Voice Recognition capability.
All aspects of Breast Imaging are undertaken by Breast Radiologists and Consultant Radiographers including:
*Breast Screening Film Reading
*Breast Screening Assessment Clinics
*Mammography including Tomosynthesis Reporting
*Ultrasound
*Image-guided biopsies
*MRI reporting
*Staging CT scans reporting
*Vacuum Assisted Biopsies
*2nd line Vacuum Assisted Excisions
*Stereotactic and US guided wire localisations
*Breast MDM presentations
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;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership & Governance:
a.Ensures service delivery by the department is within the resources available.
b.Helps manage demand and prioritises on the basis of need imaging services as required.
c.Demonstrates excellence in patient quality care.
d.To cover for radiologists as required during time of leave in order to maintain a good service.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
a.The post holder must be willing to join an established collaborative department which involves working closely with radiological colleagues to provide a comprehensive and cohesive service.
b.Contribute to the design and implementation of imaging service by applying the latest evidence and delivering high quality patient care.
c.Have excellent radiology report writing skills and be able to communicate effective with clinical colleagues. To develop and maintain effective networks within the region enabling best practice to be identified and implemented by the Trust.
d.The post holder must have well-developed listening and communication skills and be able to interact effectively with a wide range of clinicians, managers and professionals both within and outside the Trust.
Planning and organising:
a.Be willing to be involved with and implement a comprehensive Breast imaging service including multiple modalities.
b.Contribute to the discussion on the future development of general imaging services within the department.
c.Support the development of a culture of continuous improvement.
d.Effectively plan, communicate and execute changes ensuring engagement and involvement.
e.Support the department in achieving its financial and performance targets.
Administrative support
a.Office space and shared administrative support will be provided.
This job description will be subject to review and amendment, in consultation with the post holder, to meet the changing needs of the service and the organisation.
This role profile is designed to identify principal responsibilities. The post holder is required to be flexible in developing the role in accordance with changes within the Trust's management agenda and priorities. Although this is a list of the key responsibilities of the post it is expected that the post holder and manager will develop and define the detail of the work to be undertaken.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Leadership & Governance:
a.Ensures service delivery by the department is within the resources available.
b.Helps manage demand and prioritises on the basis of need imaging services as required.
c.Demonstrates excellence in patient quality care.
d.To cover for radiologists as required during time of leave in order to maintain a good service.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
a.The post holder must be willing to join an established collaborative department which involves working closely with radiological colleagues to provide a comprehensive and cohesive service.
b.Contribute to the design and implementation of imaging service by applying the latest evidence and delivering high quality patient care.
c.Have excellent radiology report writing skills and be able to communicate effective with clinical colleagues. To develop and maintain effective networks within the region enabling best practice to be identified and implemented by the Trust.
d.The post holder must have well-developed listening and communication skills and be able to interact effectively with a wide range of clinicians, managers and professionals both within and outside the Trust.
Planning and organising:
a.Be willing to be involved with and implement a comprehensive Breast imaging service including multiple modalities.
b.Contribute to the discussion on the future development of general imaging services within the department.
c.Support the development of a culture of continuous improvement.
d.Effectively plan, communicate and execute changes ensuring engagement and involvement.
e.Support the department in achieving its financial and performance targets.
Administrative support
a.Office space and shared administrative support will be provided.
This job description will be subject to review and amendment, in consultation with the post holder, to meet the changing needs of the service and the organisation.
This role profile is designed to identify principal responsibilities. The post holder is required to be flexible in developing the role in accordance with changes within the Trust's management agenda and priorities. Although this is a list of the key responsibilities of the post it is expected that the post holder and manager will develop and define the detail of the work to be undertaken.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GMC Registration
- *Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME
- *Inclusion on Specialist Register for Radiology
- *Breast Screening Accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Clinical
- *Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain UK CCT in Clinical radiology.
- *A clear and demonstrable commitment to Breast Imaging.
- *Evidence of subspecialty training in Breast Imaging.
- *Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- *An understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
- *Knowledge & understanding of role of ethical committee
- *Ability to develop clinical specialities
- Management & Decision Making
- *Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other clinical specialties involved with imaging.
- *Ability to organise and manage outpatient/inpatient priorities in accordance with Trust requirements
- *Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- *Experience of audit management
- *Knowledge of Complaints; ethical issues and Clinical Governance
- *Prompt & timely responsiveness to Management agenda
- *Ability to synthesise and prioritise complex and conflicting information
- Teaching and Research
- *Understanding of Training system and active participation in training structures/trainee supervision
- *Experience of teaching medical students
- *Ability to teach clinical skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *GMC Registration
- *Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including CME
- *Inclusion on Specialist Register for Radiology
- *Breast Screening Accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Clinical
- *Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain UK CCT in Clinical radiology.
- *A clear and demonstrable commitment to Breast Imaging.
- *Evidence of subspecialty training in Breast Imaging.
- *Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- *An understanding of the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
- *Knowledge & understanding of role of ethical committee
- *Ability to develop clinical specialities
- Management & Decision Making
- *Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other clinical specialties involved with imaging.
- *Ability to organise and manage outpatient/inpatient priorities in accordance with Trust requirements
- *Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
- *Experience of audit management
- *Knowledge of Complaints; ethical issues and Clinical Governance
- *Prompt & timely responsiveness to Management agenda
- *Ability to synthesise and prioritise complex and conflicting information
- Teaching and Research
- *Understanding of Training system and active participation in training structures/trainee supervision
- *Experience of teaching medical students
- *Ability to teach clinical skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
