**Interviews for this post will take place in January 2025**
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Radiologist in Paediatric Radiology to complement our established and experienced Radiology team.
It is envisaged that this will be a part time post, hours to be negotiated with the appointee.
Flexible job plans will be considered, including sessions at other centres to support research and expertise sharing opportunities.
The duties of the post include provision of ultrasound and plain film reporting of patients under the age of 18 years. There is no requirement to provide adult radiology or out of hours service.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.
We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey
“Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Share in the provision of paediatric radiology to the Trust.
work with the clinical lead for paediatric imaging and the clinical team to help to develop the service.
Supply paediatric radiology to a negotiated job plan.
Timetabled commitments of the appointed candidate will cover both Hartlepool and North Tees sites, as do all newly appointed radiologists. The majority of clinical activity for radiologists takes place on the North Tees site.
The appointee will be expected to share the aspirations of the other radiologists to provide a wide ranging, high quality imaging service to patients within the Trust.
General Radiology Duties:
The main focus of the post will be to provide ultrasound imaging and plain film reporting of paediatric patients. There will be opportunities for the post holder to develop skills in other areas of paediatric imaging if appropriate.
Generic Duties:
Contribute to the achievement of the Trust’s Strategic Objectives.
Respect and practice the Trust’s People First Values:
• Treat all people with compassion, care, courtesy and respect
• Respect each person’s right to privacy, dignity and individuality
• Take time to be helpful
• Respond quickly and effectively
• Always give clear, concise explanations
• Practise good listening skills
• Develop and maintain an appropriate environment
• Look the part
• Deal effectively with difficult situations
• Perform as a team
Actively participate in the annual cycle of appraisal and job planning, both as appraiser and appraisee.
Undertake mandatory training as directed.
Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace
Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff
Commitment to maintaining a high quality of services to patients, with particular regard to high levels of patient safety, by continual development of practise in the light of research evidence and by audit based against relevant standards.
Prevention and control hospital acquired infection by ensuring close liaison with the Trusts control of infection department
Implementation of Trust Risk Management strategy and understand implications of same within area of work
Compliance with Blood Transfusion policy to ensure a safe service is provided to patients
This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Dec 2024