Job summary
The successful applicant will be a General Radiologist with an interest in MSK radiology.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It serves a population of around 430,000 people, a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year.
If a newly appointed consultant, the successful applicant will be eligible to apply for additional study leave to undertake up to 3 months additional subspecialty radiology training to meet specific learning objectives that are of benefit to the applicant and the Clinical Imaging Directorate at RCHT. This additional study leave must be taken within 2 years of appointment. There may be a requirement to participate the on call rota during this period of additional study leave.
The successful candidate will join a team of 29 Consultants providing a wide range of general and specialist radiology services andwill be expected to contribute to the second on 1:11 general radiology on call service. First on call is provided by Peninsula Radiology On Call, a network Registrar delivered service.
Main duties of the job
RCHT is a large training centre for the Peninsula Postgraduate School of Radiology. A number of Specialty Registrars rotate through the department at any one time (16 in 2022/3).
Radiology services are based at The Royal Cornwall Hospital. The department however will support Consultants working general radiology sessions at community sites if appropriate. Home workstations are available for consultant radiologists to facilitate more flexible working. For most consultants on a standard full time contract job plans include one day a week for flexible SPA/off work (subject to job planning).
- Provision with Consultant Colleagues of appropriate Subspecialty Radiology services to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
- The provision of general elective and emergency radiology services to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
- Support and ensure the efficient functioning of the Clinical Imaging department and service
- Out-of-hours responsibilities, including weekend working and participation in the Consultant on-call rota.
- Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
- Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
- Contribution to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Participation in medical audit, the Trust's Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
- Managerial responsibilities where appropriate.
- To comply with the IR(ME)R 2000.
About us
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael's Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side
Clinical Imaging Department
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the Peninsula Medical School, Peninsula Dental School and University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, the Trust is continually developing its clinical services and is committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
The Clinical Imaging department at RCHT registration with QSI renewed in 2022 and the department was rated as Outstanding by the CQC in 2018.
All major diagnostic imaging modalities are provided at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The PACS system was replaced in 2013 and is now with Insignia as part of a southwest consortium installation, linking all peripheral sites with the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The PACS system is currently being reprocured. PACS workstations are installed in dedicated reporting areas with image viewing also available via any networked Trust PC using WebPACS technology. All reporting is performed via Wellbeing CRIS and Dragon voice recognition software in dedicated ergonomically designed reporting rooms. Workstations are also available for home reporting.
Screening and IR: The main department has a general fluoroscopy room with a digital C-arm remote screening unit for non-vascular intervention and general fluoroscopy. Interventional Radiology is provided in a dedicated theatre suite with dedicated recovery. There is a Hybrid operating theatre for Vascular intervention and co-located floor mounted screening room for non-vascular interventions. Coronary angiography is performed in a separate facility of two laboratories.
MRI Provision: The purpose-built MRI unit comprises two Philips 1.5 T scanners (Intera D-Stream and Achieva). A third Philips 1.5T MRI scanner was commissioned in September 2018 and provides outpatient MRI in a dedicated relocatable unit on The RCHT site. The new MRI department with two new Philips scanners and space for a third is due to open in 2023.
CT provision: In the main scanning suite there are both a Canon 128 slice scanner and a GE Revolution with dual headed pump injectors. A Canon Aquilion 1 Genesis multislice CT was installed in 2019 in the Emergency Department and there is a GE Evo at West Cornwall Hospital. A fifth GE Evo CT scanner was commissioned in Bodmin in autumn 2022.
Ultrasound provision:- Ultrasound machines are leased within the Trust as part of a managed service contract with Canon. The main scanning suite has 4 advanced Canon Aplio ultrasound machines. There are also further Aplio machines in the IR suite and at Bodmin, Camborne, St. Austell and West Cornwall Hospitals. The ultrasound contract has recently been renewed with new equipment supplied by Canon due in 2021.
The Trauma and General Trelawny X-Ray Department has three digital radiography (DR) general x-ray rooms adjacent to the Emergency Department.
Nuclear Medicine, located in a dedicated department, equipped with two hybrid CT systems (including a new 64 slice GE Discovery unit commissioned in 2018). A third dual head gamma camera is currently being replaced. A full range of nuclear medicine investigations is performed and the department has a particular interest in hybrid imaging. Radio-isotope therapy is available locally. The Trust hosts a PET-CT service delivered in partnership with Alliance Medical Ltd.
Symptomatic mammography is provided in the Mermaid Centre. This also acts as the Assessment Centre for the Cornwalls Breast Screening Programme.
West Cornwall Hospital is located 27 miles to the west, in Penzance. There are 75 beds on this site along with day case, rehabilitation, pharmacy and radiology services and a satellite dialysis unit. Outpatient clinics for a large range of specialties also take place at this site. The x-ray department has two general rooms, an ultrasound room and a 128 slice CT scanner (mentioned above).
The Community Diagnostic Centre in Bodmin provides plain film radiography, ultrasound, CT and mobile MRI.
There are also imaging departments carrying out general X-ray and/or ultrasound work in a number of community hospitals around the county. These are at Bude, Camborne/Redruth, Falmouth, Helston (US only), Newquay, St. Austell and St. Marys, Isles of Scilly. The Directorate of Clinical Imaging is responsible for staffing these departments.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
- We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
- Agency interest will not be considered until this advert has closed
Job description
Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side
Clinical Imaging Department
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the Peninsula Medical School, Peninsula Dental School and University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, the Trust is continually developing its clinical services and is committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
The Clinical Imaging department at RCHT registration with QSI renewed in 2022 and the department was rated as Outstanding by the CQC in 2018.
All major diagnostic imaging modalities are provided at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The PACS system was replaced in 2013 and is now with Insignia as part of a southwest consortium installation, linking all peripheral sites with the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The PACS system is currently being reprocured. PACS workstations are installed in dedicated reporting areas with image viewing also available via any networked Trust PC using WebPACS technology. All reporting is performed via Wellbeing CRIS and Dragon voice recognition software in dedicated ergonomically designed reporting rooms. Workstations are also available for home reporting.
Screening and IR: The main department has a general fluoroscopy room with a digital C-arm remote screening unit for non-vascular intervention and general fluoroscopy. Interventional Radiology is provided in a dedicated theatre suite with dedicated recovery. There is a Hybrid operating theatre for Vascular intervention and co-located floor mounted screening room for non-vascular interventions. Coronary angiography is performed in a separate facility of two laboratories.
MRI Provision: The purpose-built MRI unit comprises two Philips 1.5 T scanners (Intera D-Stream and Achieva). A third Philips 1.5T MRI scanner was commissioned in September 2018 and provides outpatient MRI in a dedicated relocatable unit on The RCHT site. The new MRI department with two new Philips scanners and space for a third is due to open in 2023.
CT provision: In the main scanning suite there are both a Canon 128 slice scanner and a GE Revolution with dual headed pump injectors. A Canon Aquilion 1 Genesis multislice CT was installed in 2019 in the Emergency Department and there is a GE Evo at West Cornwall Hospital. A fifth GE Evo CT scanner was commissioned in Bodmin in autumn 2022.
Ultrasound provision:- Ultrasound machines are leased within the Trust as part of a managed service contract with Canon. The main scanning suite has 4 advanced Canon Aplio ultrasound machines. There are also further Aplio machines in the IR suite and at Bodmin, Camborne, St. Austell and West Cornwall Hospitals. The ultrasound contract has recently been renewed with new equipment supplied by Canon due in 2021.
The Trauma and General Trelawny X-Ray Department has three digital radiography (DR) general x-ray rooms adjacent to the Emergency Department.
Nuclear Medicine, located in a dedicated department, equipped with two hybrid CT systems (including a new 64 slice GE Discovery unit commissioned in 2018). A third dual head gamma camera is currently being replaced. A full range of nuclear medicine investigations is performed and the department has a particular interest in hybrid imaging. Radio-isotope therapy is available locally. The Trust hosts a PET-CT service delivered in partnership with Alliance Medical Ltd.
Symptomatic mammography is provided in the Mermaid Centre. This also acts as the Assessment Centre for the Cornwalls Breast Screening Programme.
West Cornwall Hospital is located 27 miles to the west, in Penzance. There are 75 beds on this site along with day case, rehabilitation, pharmacy and radiology services and a satellite dialysis unit. Outpatient clinics for a large range of specialties also take place at this site. The x-ray department has two general rooms, an ultrasound room and a 128 slice CT scanner (mentioned above).
The Community Diagnostic Centre in Bodmin provides plain film radiography, ultrasound, CT and mobile MRI.
There are also imaging departments carrying out general X-ray and/or ultrasound work in a number of community hospitals around the county. These are at Bude, Camborne/Redruth, Falmouth, Helston (US only), Newquay, St. Austell and St. Marys, Isles of Scilly. The Directorate of Clinical Imaging is responsible for staffing these departments.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
- We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
- Agency interest will not be considered until this advert has closed
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register in Clinical Radiology, or eligible for such an entry on the Register, or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent at time of interview
- oFRCR qualification
Desirable
- oWide medical or surgical experience
- oPost graduate medical qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oExtensive clinical training and experience in appropriate subspecialty radiology.
- oCompleted (or within 6 months of completing) the RCR appropriate subspecialty curriculum (or equivalent).
- oAbility to contribute to the appropriate subspecialty departmental work load.
- oAbility to contribute to the general departmental work load.
Desirable
- oPost CCT subspecialty training in subspecialty radiology
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- oExperience of audit.
- oAbility and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
Desirable
- oAttendance at management course.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- oAbility to teach clinical skills and the radiology curriculum to radiology registrars.
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching medical undergraduates and/or radiology trainees.
Research Experience
Essential
- oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
Desirable
- oPublications in peer reviewed journals.
Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude
Essential
- oAbility to work in a team Good interpersonal skills.
- oEnquiring, critical approach to work.
- oCaring and professional attitude to patients.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- oAbility and willingness to work hours of the post.
- oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
Additional Circumstances
Essential
- oA Disclosure and Barring record check satisfactory to the organisation.
- oSpeak fluent English to at least I.E.L.R.S level 7.5.
- oCurrent and valid Visa to allow work in the UK.
- oOH clearance
- Receipt of three satisfactory references.
- oTo live no more than 30 minutes travel from hospital for on-call category A rota
- oThe post-holder must have access to their own transport and the ability to travel within and outside of the county, sometimes at short notice, when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register in Clinical Radiology, or eligible for such an entry on the Register, or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent at time of interview
- oFRCR qualification
Desirable
- oWide medical or surgical experience
- oPost graduate medical qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oExtensive clinical training and experience in appropriate subspecialty radiology.
- oCompleted (or within 6 months of completing) the RCR appropriate subspecialty curriculum (or equivalent).
- oAbility to contribute to the appropriate subspecialty departmental work load.
- oAbility to contribute to the general departmental work load.
Desirable
- oPost CCT subspecialty training in subspecialty radiology
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- oExperience of audit.
- oAbility and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
Desirable
- oAttendance at management course.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- oAbility to teach clinical skills and the radiology curriculum to radiology registrars.
Desirable
- oExperience of teaching medical undergraduates and/or radiology trainees.
Research Experience
Essential
- oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
Desirable
- oPublications in peer reviewed journals.
Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude
Essential
- oAbility to work in a team Good interpersonal skills.
- oEnquiring, critical approach to work.
- oCaring and professional attitude to patients.
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- oAbility and willingness to work hours of the post.
- oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
Additional Circumstances
Essential
- oA Disclosure and Barring record check satisfactory to the organisation.
- oSpeak fluent English to at least I.E.L.R.S level 7.5.
- oCurrent and valid Visa to allow work in the UK.
- oOH clearance
- Receipt of three satisfactory references.
- oTo live no more than 30 minutes travel from hospital for on-call category A rota
- oThe post-holder must have access to their own transport and the ability to travel within and outside of the county, sometimes at short notice, when required.
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).
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