Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Radiologist with a specialist interest in MSK and Gastrointestinal imaging to join this friendly department.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to jointly support the Lower GI MDT and to attend Orthopaedic and Rheumatology meetings.
The post will be based at Watford General Hospital, though some MSK ultrasound lists will be at either St Albans City Hospital or Hemel Hempstead General Hospitals.
All three sites are well equipped with Imaging equipment and there are advanced plains to increase Imaging equipment and workforce at all 3 sites,
The Trust is committed to the training and development of trainee Radiologists and has recently supported an increase in trainee numbers.
All Consultant Radiologists are supplied with a Laptop and workstation to facilitate home reporting.
Out of hours CT reporting is outsourced to a Teleradiology company
Main duties of the job
The post involves a commitment to general radiology, musculoskeletal radiology (including image-guided (US, fluoroscopic and CT) injections and GI radiology (including complex abdominal and pelvic MRI and CT virtual colonoscopy).
The post-holder would be expected to support the Lower GI MDT and orthopaedic meetings.
The position would also involve a commitment to the AAU Radiology rota. A dedicated 5 hour session per week is currently allocated to this with occasional additional filler sessions. On-call commitments involve a 1 in 21 weekend rota with a requirement to be on site at the weekend/bank holidays between 08:30 and 15:30. Out of these hours CT reporting is out-sourced to an external provider, the on-call Radiologist being available in case of a PACS failure and for emergency ultrasound examinations.
Additional details can be found in the JD.
About us
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust is an acute trust providing hospital services to over 500,000 people living in Hertfordshire and north London. It has three hospitals (Watford General, St Albans City Hospital and Hemel Hempstead Hospital). The trust also manages an outpatient physiotherapy unit at Abbotts Langley. The Watford site is by far the biggest and is the focus for the trusts emergency and specialised care.
The trust provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of north London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and east Hertfordshire.
We employ around 5,000 staff and over the course of a year treat nearly a million people, including 150,900 people attending our emergency services, nearly half a million via outpatient clinics and deliver about 4,600 babies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
Leadership, development and organisation of the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts business plans.
Development of his/her own subspecialty interests including active participation in audit programmes.
To support, develop and enhance radiology at WHHT and to actively lead on the promotion of this service.
To contribute to the high-quality consultant-led diagnostic radiology service at WHHT.
To support the extended hours AAU imaging service (currently 1:20). This entails weekend working in the Acute Admissions Unit.
The Trust have outsourced out of hours CT reporting.
To support other imaging development within WHHT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
Leadership, development and organisation of the services in his/her charge in line with the Trusts business plans.
Development of his/her own subspecialty interests including active participation in audit programmes.
To support, develop and enhance radiology at WHHT and to actively lead on the promotion of this service.
To contribute to the high-quality consultant-led diagnostic radiology service at WHHT.
To support the extended hours AAU imaging service (currently 1:20). This entails weekend working in the Acute Admissions Unit.
The Trust have outsourced out of hours CT reporting.
To support other imaging development within WHHT
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Person Specification
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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).
