Consultant Radiologist - Major interest in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Consultant Radiologist - Major interest in Musculoskeletal Radiology Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated colleague to join our team of 39 consultants, as a Consultant Radiologist with a major interest in Musculoskeletal imaging. This new post reflects an ever-increasing imaging workload. We are a dynamic and innovative department with Radiologists providing acute general and sub-speciality Radiology. We teach 15-18 Radiology registrars on the Portsmouth training scheme.

Main duties of the job

Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, providing acute and specialist services to a population of greater than 650,000 people. The trust has benefitted from substantial grants including £58 million to redevelop our Emergency Department. We also offer some tertiary services to a wider catchment in excess of two million people. The Trust employs over 7,300 staff and is the largest employer in Portsmouth.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Participate fully in the provision of multimodality musculoskeletal radiology services in collaboration with existing consultant team, having flexibility during colleague leave to provide acute, onsite and other priority weekday services.
2. Acute in-patient cross-sectional imaging.
3. On-call service. 1 in 9 maximum (Currently 1:18). There is 0.5 hours per week in job plan for unpredictable on call.
4. Supported by local Trainees until 22:00 hrs.
5. Occasional emergency ultrasound 22:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs. Weekend on-call working is in and working for 9 hours, compensated with time in lieu (time and a half). This can be taken within three months of the on-call date.
6. Share with colleagues in the training, supervision and support of radiographers and ultra-sonographers, including skill mix training.
7. Provide training for the Radiology Registrars from the Wessex School of Radiology who will be working in different Wessex NHS Trusts.
8. The job comprises 8 direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 supporting programme activities (SPA). One of the SPA sessions can be taken off site. We are happy to support flexible working (e.g., compressed job plan, four day working etc.).

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights.
• Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists, or equivalent.
• Management course or experience.
• Additional training in related areas (e.g. medical education, ethics, etc).
• Fellowship level training in Musculoskeletal imaging.

Experience

• Demonstrable, significant, and ongoing experience in Musculoskeletal radiology with evidence of significant subspecialist training, including competence in a broad range of ultrasound (diagnostic, injections, aspirations, and soft tissue biopsies), MRI, CT, arthrography, and radiography interpretation as applied to Trauma, Orthopaedic and Rheumatological patients and Musculoskeletal manifestations of Oncology.
• General Diagnostic Radiology skills to support local requirements for acute general radiology service weekday time and on-call in and working at weekend and to support the skin cancer pathways and participate in the MDT.
• Understanding of clinical risk management.
• Experience in spinal intervention and bone biopsy.
• Experience in isotopes pertinent to musculoskeletal pathology.
• Experience in paediatric areas of musculoskeletal radiology.
• Experience of AI radiology technology.

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.