Job summary
This is a new post to meet the growing demand in Neurointervention services. The appointee will add to a team of 10 full time, 2 part time and 1 externally contracted neuroradiologists providing the full spectrum of diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. The department currently provides acute mechanical thrombectomy service Monday-Friday between 08:00-20:00 with plan to extend to a 24 hr service once the thrombectomy service is fully established. The appointee will take part in a 1:10 on call for diagnostic neuroradiology initially and will move to a thrombectomy rota once the service is finalised.
Main duties of the job
A standard full time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs) comprising PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and for supporting activities (SPAs). SPAs are classed as 'core' and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings. There are opportunities to participate in undergraduate teaching within the HYMS medical school curriculum. Additional SPA time can be allocated for research, clinical management and educational supervisor (ES) activity. It is envisaged that this post would include the educational supervision of at least one trainee per year who could be from any level of training from FY1 to speciality registrar. It is expected that the appointee will have completed ES training or complete this within a short time of taking up the post. All new appointees will be encouraged to develop their management skills by taking on a management role which could include assisting more senior colleagues with the organisation of educational activities, audit, junior doctor management, recruitment etc. Personal preferences can be taken into account and training will be given for the chosen role. Additional PA time is negotiable for more senior management, research or educational roles within the department.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
1. oFRCR (UK) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
2. oPostgraduate degree: MRCP or MRCS
3. oPostgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Professional Registration
Essential
4. oFull Registration with the GMC
5. oGMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Desirable
6. oUK CCT (IR) - neurointerventional radiology
Clinical Experience
Essential
7. oSubspecialty interest within neurointerventional radiology
Desirable
8. oFellowship in interventional radiology
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
9. oAbility to manage and lead radiology teams
10. oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
11. oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
12. oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
13. oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
14. oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
15. oEvidence of participation in audit
16. oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
17. oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
18. oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses
19. oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
20. oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
21. oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
22. oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
23. oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
24. oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines