Applications are invited for a Specialty Doctor in General Radiology, full time 10 PA's per week position. This is a permanent post.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a General Hospital with supra-regional Plastics and Burns Service. The Trust provides acute and specialist hospital services to more than 500,000 people in Mid. and South Buckinghamshire. There are 2 acute hospitals sites at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville as well as peripheral sites, the largest of which is situated in Amersham. The world-renowned National Spinal Injury Centre is on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the Radiology Department provides a wide range of specialist imaging and interventional services to the Unit.
There are ample opportunities for teaching and research. Radiology Registrars from Oxford rotate through the Department, and as of this year, the training of 2 IR Fellows is shared with Oxford.
Qualifications required: Full GMC registration and relevant specialist experience.
Planned Interview Date: Monday 8 July 2024
Main duties of the job:
The radiology department at BHT is highly regarded within the Trust as an approachable and innovative department. It has consistently achieved the highest score in the Oxford radiology registrars feedback in the past decade in the regional programme.
The department believes in delivering excellence through developing and supporting subspecialty radiologists and delivering access through maintaining and supporting general radiology skills in addition to supporting role extension.
The post is full time (10 programmed activities) for a Specialty Doctor in Radiology. The successful candidate will join a team of 20 consultant radiologists. The post holder will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital but will be expected to work on other sites as required.
The post holder would be expected to contribute general duties including to a duty radiology system, hot reporting and cold reporting which combines both special interest and general reporting.
Radiologists undertake ultrasound lists with specialist and some general examinations.
The post holder would be expected to undertake minor interventional procedures including procedures related to their special interest and those required in particular for urgent in-patients including chest aspiration/drainage and ascites drainage.
Working for our organisation:
* As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification:
* Education, Qualifications and training:
o FRCR
o BM, BS or equivalent GMC registered qualifications
o Full GMC Registration
o Subspecialist Fellowship training is an advantage
* Experience:
o Experience reporting general CT, MRI, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and plain film
o Ability to act as duty Radiologist
o MDT experience
o Ability to perform minor interventional procedures
* Skills, Abilities and Knowledge:
o Ability to work as part of a team
o Ability to conduct an MDT
o Good organisational skills
o Ability to perform image guided radiology including aspiration and drainage for on call and urgent cases
o Ability to undertake and organise audit of practice
o Knowledge related to governance in radiology including discrepancy review
* Other Requirements:
o Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
o Ability to travel between sites
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations: remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful: at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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