Locum Consultant Radiologist with a GI/HPB radiology interest

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Locum Consultant Radiologist with a GI/HPB radiology interest NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Main area Clinical Radiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 979

Site City campus Town Nottingham Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/:59

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a Clinical Radiology Consultant with an interest in Gastrointestinal (GI) and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) imaging to join the Radiology Department of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate would be joining a team of 9.5 full time equivalent GI / HPB radiologists at a University hospital as part of a wider 21-member body radiology group within a dynamic team of over 60 consultant radiologists.

The post would be a diagnostic role across both NUH campuses with close working relations with many clinical medical and surgical disciplines. We are a Major Trauma Centre, the first Radiology centre in the East Midlands Radiology Consortium and a Tertiary referral centre for HPB, GI and Oncology.

Main duties of the job

The post will have a commitment to support a range of services, including CT, MRI, plain radiograph reporting, ultrasound, multi-disciplinary team meetings and clinical-radiological meetings. There will be an on-call commitment depending on the skill set of the successful candidate.

Working for our organisation

We have an important contribution to make to life in Nottingham and the wider region and we take this responsibility seriously. With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Our specialist services allows us to deliver care to 4.5m people from across the East Midlands and nationally for a handful of services. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. We have a budget of just under £1 billion, 90 wards and 1,700 beds across three main sites: QMC, City Hospital and Ropewalk House.

We have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services, including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma. We play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All consultant radiologists will have the option of having a home reporting workstation facilitating remote working days, insourcing and on-call reporting.

The post holder will be expected to participate in under-graduate and post-graduate teaching and training and there will be opportunities for research working with the Biomedical Research Centre and Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre at the University of Nottingham.

Candidates must hold the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists or an equivalent qualification, and must either be on the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of anticipated receipt of a CCT / CESR at the time of interview.

An appropriate period of experience with specialist diagnostic techniques is desirable, as is a track record in research.

Person specification Professional Qualifications/Development

• FRCR
• MRCP, MRCS or other professional or higher qualification

Professional Registration

• Full GMC registration
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
• CCT expected within 6 months of interview date

Clinical Skills/Experience

• Completed radiology training program.
• Evidence of technical skills as described in the job description
• Documented evidence of experience in performing and reporting GI and HPB studies
• Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
• Documented sub-speciality non vascular interventional competencies and experience
• Specific training in communication skills

Practical Requirements

• Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen's Medical Centre campus
• Ability to return immediately to NUH to provide on-call duties

Teaching, Audit & Research

• Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit. Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
• Track record in radiology research preferably with original publications

Personal Skills/Qualities

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Able to use the Trust's IT support systems

Management Skills

• Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health Professionals.
• Able to develop, present and implement coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
• Able to work within a team.
• Experience of change management
• Higher management degree or qualification or training

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We listen we care" behavioural standards

Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.