Consultant Paediatric Radiologist

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This appointment is for a General Consultant Paediatric Radiologist with a special interest in musculoskeletal imaging to join the team at a busy tertiary Children's Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Duties

The Diagnostic Paediatric Radiologists at Alder Hey cover all aspects of paediatric radiology including plain film reporting, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and CSI reporting and support Alder Hey's wide range of tertiary and quaternary services.

Alder Hey is a Major Trauma Centre and delivers tertiary care in Orthopaedics and Rheumatology as well as a national second opinion reporting service for imaging in suspected inflicted injury.

The new appointment will join 2 Consultant Radiologists with an interest in Musculoskeletal Imaging and will help to support the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology MDT Meetings.

Non vascular interventional radiology skills are also desirable.

You will be expected to work flexibly according to changes in work patterns and requirements and will be required to participate in the consultant on-call rota (1:10 on call).

Teaching & Academic role

There will be opportunities to participate actively in training the rotating Specialist Registrars in Radiology, and in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching.

Managerial responsibilities

Supervise junior staff.

Participate in departmental meetings related to strategic planning.

Take an active role in service review and development

CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance

Participate in CPD activity

Initiate and undertake appropriate audits

Take part in the clinical governance programme

About us

As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Date posted

27 August 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

411-MED-24-6556338

Job locations

Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

All Radiologists participate in an agreed Team Job Plan allowing for prospective (cross) cover for core modalities.

An outline of a typical weekly timetable of programmed activities is as follows, but this will be flexible depending on service needs, the availability of other staff, and the special interests of the appointee.

At least 8.5 sessions of DCC to ideally include:

1 session for external second opinion reporting

1 session for general on call

1 session for musculoskeletal ultrasound

5.5 sessions for diagnostic work (plain radiography, fluoroscopy, US, CT, MRI)

Job description

Job responsibilities

All Radiologists participate in an agreed Team Job Plan allowing for prospective (cross) cover for core modalities.

At least 8.5 sessions of DCC to ideally include:

1 session for external second opinion reporting

1 session for general on call

1 session for musculoskeletal ultrasound

5.5 sessions for diagnostic work (plain radiography, fluoroscopy, US, CT, MRI)

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential

Full GMC registration, licence to practice and specialist registration in Interventional Radiology (or eligible for or within 6 months of eligibility for)
Primary medical degree
-MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent degree
-CCT or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent)

Desirable

-DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas

Person Specification

Essential and Desirable

Essential

Full GMC registration, licence to practice and specialist registration in Interventional Radiology (or eligible for or within 6 months of eligibility for)
Primary medical degree
-MRCPCH/MRCP or equivalent degree
-CCT or within 6 months of CCT (or equivalent)

Desirable

-DCH, DCCH, MBA or other relevant diplomas

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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