Job summary
Applicants with a particular interest in interventional radiology are invited to apply for the position of Consultant Radiologist. The department provides a wide range of diagnostic services. You will be joining a team of 14 Consultants. We are looking for an individual who wants to be part of an innovative and dedicated team. The department offers a friendly and supportive atmosphere. CPD is well supported. We are currently planning for our new hospital so this is an exciting time to join our Trust. All Radiologists have dedicated home reporting stations and home reporting sessions are encouraged. The department has been QSI accredited for 11 years running and we pride ourselves on high standards. We have several reporting radiographers across plain film, MRI, fluoroscopy and CT. Equal participation in the on-call system is expected. Overnight reporting is currently outsourced. Applicants are encouraged to contact the department prior to application.
Main duties of the job
KEY TASKS:
To provide specialist radiological advice and services to users of the radiology departments.
To accept responsibility for compliance with Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations, along with the radiation protection supervisor and the radiation protection advisor.
To accept personal responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred.
To provide advice and information as required to clinical colleagues and other staff.
To share responsibility for the supervision, training, and professional development of radiographic staff and other staff as necessary.
To participate in teaching sessions with other clinical specialties.
To attend regular department meetings and participate in department management and development of the service.
To participate fully in personal and departmental audit and governance procedures.
To attend relevant Trust multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
To participate in the general radiology on-call rota.
To maintain CPD as per RCR guidelines.
To fully participate in Trust appraisal and revalidation process.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full Job Description attached.
KEY TASKS:
To provide specialist radiological advice and services to
users of the radiology departments.
To accept responsibility for compliance with Ionising
Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations, along with the radiation protection
supervisor and the radiation protection advisor.
To accept personal responsibility for the clinical care of
patients referred.
To provide advice and information as required to clinical
colleagues and other staff.
To share responsibility for the supervision, training, and
professional development of radiographic staff and other staff as necessary.
To participate in teaching sessions with other clinical
specialties.
To attend regular department meetings and participate in
department management and development of the service.
To participate fully in personal and departmental audit and
governance procedures.
To attend relevant Trust multidisciplinary team (MDT)
meetings.
To participate in the general radiology on-call rota.
To maintain CPD as per RCR guidelines.
To fully participate in Trust appraisal and revalidation
process.
This vacancy is full time, however part-time hours will be
considered. The contact is fixed term
for 1 year, with the opportunity for it to become a substantive post. The post
holder will join a team of 14 Consultant Radiologists in providing a
comprehensive radiology service to patients in West Suffolk. All Consultants undertake general radiology
including CT, MRI, ultrasound, and plain film reporting. All Radiologists have specialist interests
and support the relevant multidisciplinary teams.
The job is for a radiologist with an interest in interventional
radiology, with experience in vascular and non-vascular intervention with
skills including but not limited to, angioplasties, nephrostomies, ureteric
stents, biopsies, drains, biliary intervention, varicocoele / uterine artery
embolisation. Appropriate clinical skills and knowledge will be expected.
Currently, WSH employs one interventional radiologist who works 4 PAs at WSH.
The post holder has the opportunity to initiate service expansion and aid in
the development of IR services in the planned new hospital, which is due to be
built by 2028. The post does not include
an out-of-hours interventional on-call commitment as the out of hours
interventional service is provided by a neighbouring tertiary centre.
The post holder will join the other radiologists sharing the
provision for general on-call service out of hours. CT reporting is outsourced overnight 7 days a
week (8pm-9am weekdays and weekends/bank holidays). Currently all Radiologists
have the facility to undertake home reporting with dedicated AGFA work stations
and VR dictation facilities provided for all current and future Radiologists.
The department actively encourages skill mix with various
radiographer reporting and extended practice roles.
There is a Duty Radiologist as part of the rota, available
in-hours within the department. All
requests for inpatient Smart imaging examinations are vetted by radiologists
and cases are discussed with hospital clinicians and GPs. The postholders will be expected to
participate in, and support this process.
The post holders will also be expected to participate in
departmental audit and clinical governance processes, and will be expected to
provide training and education to medical and other departmental staff as
required. Clinicoradiological conferences and MDTs are recognised as an
increasingly important part of the department workload and active participation
in the sub speciality meetings of interest will be expected. The department was
one of the first in the country to achieve ISAS/QSI accreditation and
consultants are expected to embrace and participate in this process.
The posts will be for ten programmed activities in addition
to on-call. The exact nature of these
programmed activities will be discussed with the head of department and
consultant colleagues prior to taking up the post.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to hold the
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists, or equivalent, and to satisfy
the current regulations concerning accreditation prior to taking up this
appointment. Accreditation is not,
however, a statutory requirement. Since
1st January 1997 it has been a legal requirement for all doctors to be on the
Specialist Register before taking up a consultant appointment.
For a full-time Consultant a standard week would consist of
8.5 sessions of DCC and 1.5 sessions of SPA. This DCC/SPA split has been agreed
by the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust LNC.
The Trust does pay additional PAs for those consultants performing
agreed, specified additional roles.
All full-time Consultants would expect to have at least one
session of CT, one ultrasound, one MRI, one plain film reporting and one Duty.
The remainder of the sessions would depend on the individuals specialist
interests.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full Job Description attached.
KEY TASKS:
To provide specialist radiological advice and services to
users of the radiology departments.
To accept responsibility for compliance with Ionising
Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations, along with the radiation protection
supervisor and the radiation protection advisor.
To accept personal responsibility for the clinical care of
patients referred.
To provide advice and information as required to clinical
colleagues and other staff.
To share responsibility for the supervision, training, and
professional development of radiographic staff and other staff as necessary.
To participate in teaching sessions with other clinical
specialties.
To attend regular department meetings and participate in
department management and development of the service.
To participate fully in personal and departmental audit and
governance procedures.
To attend relevant Trust multidisciplinary team (MDT)
meetings.
To participate in the general radiology on-call rota.
To maintain CPD as per RCR guidelines.
To fully participate in Trust appraisal and revalidation
process.
This vacancy is full time, however part-time hours will be
considered. The contact is fixed term
for 1 year, with the opportunity for it to become a substantive post. The post
holder will join a team of 14 Consultant Radiologists in providing a
comprehensive radiology service to patients in West Suffolk. All Consultants undertake general radiology
including CT, MRI, ultrasound, and plain film reporting. All Radiologists have specialist interests
and support the relevant multidisciplinary teams.
The job is for a radiologist with an interest in interventional
radiology, with experience in vascular and non-vascular intervention with
skills including but not limited to, angioplasties, nephrostomies, ureteric
stents, biopsies, drains, biliary intervention, varicocoele / uterine artery
embolisation. Appropriate clinical skills and knowledge will be expected.
Currently, WSH employs one interventional radiologist who works 4 PAs at WSH.
The post holder has the opportunity to initiate service expansion and aid in
the development of IR services in the planned new hospital, which is due to be
built by 2028. The post does not include
an out-of-hours interventional on-call commitment as the out of hours
interventional service is provided by a neighbouring tertiary centre.
The post holder will join the other radiologists sharing the
provision for general on-call service out of hours. CT reporting is outsourced overnight 7 days a
week (8pm-9am weekdays and weekends/bank holidays). Currently all Radiologists
have the facility to undertake home reporting with dedicated AGFA work stations
and VR dictation facilities provided for all current and future Radiologists.
The department actively encourages skill mix with various
radiographer reporting and extended practice roles.
There is a Duty Radiologist as part of the rota, available
in-hours within the department. All
requests for inpatient Smart imaging examinations are vetted by radiologists
and cases are discussed with hospital clinicians and GPs. The postholders will be expected to
participate in, and support this process.
The post holders will also be expected to participate in
departmental audit and clinical governance processes, and will be expected to
provide training and education to medical and other departmental staff as
required. Clinicoradiological conferences and MDTs are recognised as an
increasingly important part of the department workload and active participation
in the sub speciality meetings of interest will be expected. The department was
one of the first in the country to achieve ISAS/QSI accreditation and
consultants are expected to embrace and participate in this process.
The posts will be for ten programmed activities in addition
to on-call. The exact nature of these
programmed activities will be discussed with the head of department and
consultant colleagues prior to taking up the post.
The successful candidate(s) will be expected to hold the
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists, or equivalent, and to satisfy
the current regulations concerning accreditation prior to taking up this
appointment. Accreditation is not,
however, a statutory requirement. Since
1st January 1997 it has been a legal requirement for all doctors to be on the
Specialist Register before taking up a consultant appointment.
For a full-time Consultant a standard week would consist of
8.5 sessions of DCC and 1.5 sessions of SPA. This DCC/SPA split has been agreed
by the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust LNC.
The Trust does pay additional PAs for those consultants performing
agreed, specified additional roles.
All full-time Consultants would expect to have at least one
session of CT, one ultrasound, one MRI, one plain film reporting and one Duty.
The remainder of the sessions would depend on the individuals specialist
interests.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in Clinical Radiology or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Training) at the time of interview and hold a licence to practice.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBBS or equivalent
- ALS (to be decided by department)
- IR(ME)R 2000 Certificate (dept decides if required)
Desirable
- Any other relevant qualifications.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Interventional Radiology.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Experience in running MDTs.
- Experience of implementing IRMER Regulations.
Desirable
- Interests to compliment the department.
Knowledge
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following:-
- -that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or
- -have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Overall 7.5. Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7.
- If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence
Desirable
- Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside speciality/medicine.
Management Ability
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead staff.
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
- Experience and competent with IT.
Desirable
- Ability to manage and lead staff.
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
- Experience and competent with IT.
Teaching & Education
Essential
- Experience of teaching radiology to non-radiologists and/or trainees.
Desirable
- Attendance at a teaching skills course
Motivation, Personality & Governance
Essential
- Ability to priortise clinical need.
- Ability to organise oneself and own work.
- Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
- Effective communication with patients, relatives, GPs, other clinical colleagues, nurses and other staff.
- Commitment to continuing medical education of requirements of clinical Governance and audit.
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
- Experience of Radiology Governance meetings and Learning meetings (REALM) were discussions around errors in Radiology are performed in a culture of no-blame, and learning from errors.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC specialist register in Clinical Radiology or be eligible for entry (within six months of attaining Certificate of Completion of Training) at the time of interview and hold a licence to practice.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
- MBBS or equivalent
- ALS (to be decided by department)
- IR(ME)R 2000 Certificate (dept decides if required)
Desirable
- Any other relevant qualifications.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining CCT in Interventional Radiology.
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Experience in running MDTs.
- Experience of implementing IRMER Regulations.
Desirable
- Interests to compliment the department.
Knowledge
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following:-
- -that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or
- -have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Overall 7.5. Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7.
- If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence
Desirable
- Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside speciality/medicine.
Management Ability
Essential
- Ability to manage and lead staff.
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
- Experience and competent with IT.
Desirable
- Ability to manage and lead staff.
- Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.
- Experience and competent with IT.
Teaching & Education
Essential
- Experience of teaching radiology to non-radiologists and/or trainees.
Desirable
- Attendance at a teaching skills course
Motivation, Personality & Governance
Essential
- Ability to priortise clinical need.
- Ability to organise oneself and own work.
- Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
- Effective communication with patients, relatives, GPs, other clinical colleagues, nurses and other staff.
- Commitment to continuing medical education of requirements of clinical Governance and audit.
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
- Experience of Radiology Governance meetings and Learning meetings (REALM) were discussions around errors in Radiology are performed in a culture of no-blame, and learning from errors.
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
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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).
