radiologist Nottingham, England
Job description
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Full time
- Part time
Job overview
We are seeking a Consultant Radiologist with special interests in cardiothoracic radiology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust to support ongoing expansion and increasing demand. There is also a commitment to general and emergency body imaging in the Trust.
Services are delivered at the City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre. Emergency medicine is located at Queen’s Medical Centre and the majority of out of hours imaging occurs here. Cardiothoracic radiology is based principally at the Nottingham City Hospital campus.
There are currently seven radiologists with a specialist interest in cardiothoracic imaging who provide the primary input to the thoracic service at NUH. NUH prides itself on a large lung cancer service, diagnosing and treating 600 new lung cancer cases per annum. The Trust is supporting the National lung cancer screening programme. It hosts a large tertiary cardiothoracic surgical unit and the regional PET-CT centre.
Radiologist led cardiac imaging is also undertaken at City, working in close collaboration with the cardiologists at Trent Cardiac Centre.
NUH was amongst the leaders nationwide delivering a completely radiology led day case ambulatory lung biopsy service, offering direct to home discharge from CT in over 95% of lung biopsies. We are also leaders in role extension, having 5 radiographer reporters supporting the lung nodule service, the post will involve supporting their roles.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the summary below you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description attached to this advert.
A full range of emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the imaging procedures of those patients.
The appointee will join the existing team of radiologists within the radiology department and will support the growth in demand for imaging services. With their consultant colleagues they will provide a comprehensive service within their areas of expertise and reciprocal cover for periods of leave.
The successful candidate will be expected to participate in multidisciplinary meetings (MDT), teaching, research, audit and continuing professional development.
Working for our organisation
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
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 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience in a large teaching hospital
- FRCR
Desirable criteria
- MRCP, MRCS or other Professional or higher qualification
Professional
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with GMC
- Eligible to be included on the specialist register
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
Clinical Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed radiology training program
- Evidence of technical skills as described in the job description
- Documented evidence of experience in performing and reporting thoracic studies
Desirable criteria
- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of change management
Personal Skills/Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
Desirable criteria
- Track record in radiology research preferably with the original publications related to Thoracic Radiology
Practical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus
- Ability to return immediately to NUH to provide on-call duties
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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.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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