Specialty Doctor in Nuclear Medicine

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a radiologist to join our team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust as a speciality grade doctor.

This is primarily a general cross-sectional imaging post with some sessions in general/ subspecialty ultrasound. The post holder would support the current radiology team working closely with the specialists and will be encouraged and supported for developing a subspecialty interest like neuro- head and neck, cardiothoracic, gastrointestinal, urology-gynae, nuclear medicine and musculoskeletal imaging. Highlighting the subspeciality interest and evidence in the application under supporting information will be appreciated.

There are weekly MDTs which also serve as an educational resource for trainees and allied health professionals. MDTs are shared amongst specialist Radiologists. Contribution to specialist cancer MDTs and smaller non-cancer MDTs is expected out of this post.

Please find the attached job description and person specification.

The successful candidate will be part of the radiology team at Queens and King George Hospitals with rotation to community diagnostic centres at Barking and Hornchurch.

Main duties of the job

Specialty Doctor in Nuclear Medicine

o To provide medical cover for patients while in the Nuclear Medicine.o Vetting and supervision of scans in the Nuclear Medicine department to maintain quality.o Supervision of cardiac stress procedures.o Reporting of all imaging and non-imaging examinations including paediatric scans performed in the department.o Processing of SPECT and SPECT/CT studies as required.o To participate in the delivery of the radionuclide therapy service for benign and malignant thyroid therapy following discussion.o Administration of radium therapy injections for castrate resistant metastatic prostate cancer, working closely with the Clinical Oncologists.o General liaison with other departments and attendance to agreed MDT's.o To participate in teaching of staff and students.o To be involved with the development of the Nuclear Medicine service, including participating in and initiating research within the department.o To participate in departmental meetings, and in-house teaching programs.o To participate in regular clinical audit within the department and to comply with audit information requests from other Trust departments.o To commit to personal development within the scope of practice and comply with any revalidation requirements.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Date posted

06 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£59,175 to £95,400 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

162-0667-UE

Job locations

Nuclear Medicine

Romford

RM7 0AG

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic specialty doctor in Nuclear Medicine to join our team and contribute to the modernization and expansion of the nuclear medicine services in the trust.

The advertised post is for a specialty doctor role with 10PAs and will cover all diagnostic Nuclear Medicine work as well as a range of outpatient therapeutic procedures.

The post is primarily located at Queenss Hospital, Romford, Essex, although there may be some sessions at King George Hospital, Ilford.

The successful candidate will support the current Clinical Lead and will be directly involved in the implementation of hybrid imaging in the trust.

The post holder will be encouraged to develop a particular area of expertise.

Each consultant/ specialty doctor has access to a PACS reporting station, a PC and in addition a reporting workstation for remote access to images.

It is expected that the post holder will contribute to specialist MDTs.

The candidate will undergo Trust induction before starting the job.