This is a new substantive post and has arisen primarily to cover our interventional neuroradiology services as part of transformation and expansion. The Radiology Directorate is in the process of developing interventional neuroradiology services aiming to:
1. Support the Hyperacute Stroke and Trauma Services
2. Develop a centre of excellence for Interventional Neuroradiology
The candidate will be expected to support core interventional neuroradiology procedures, including acute, in-patient, and elective pathways. The acute cases include, but are not limited to, mechanical thrombectomy and haemorrhagic services.
The candidate should be well-versed with and confident in reporting diagnostic neuroradiology, including CT Angiograms for Stroke, aneurysms, etc., and contribute to MDTs, clinics, and support other services as required or interested.
We pride ourselves in delivering a State-of-the-Art service, where our patients are at the core of a strategy of delivering high-quality individualized treatments in a culturally sensitive, dignified, and compassionate environment.
Main duties of the job
Consultant Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiologist
The post is designed to share the responsibility for the provision of comprehensive interventional and diagnostic neuroradiology services, including the provision of neurovascular clinics and MDTs.
The successful candidate is expected to support the Radiology department primarily in the following areas:
1. Neuro Interventional procedures
2. Mechanical Thrombectomy Service (MT)
3. Weekend MT and coiling service
4. MDTs
5. Clinics
6. On call
7. Cross-sectional neuroradiology reporting
8. Work cross-site KGH and QH
It is desirable that the candidate has experience with advanced imaging modalities such as Perfusion, Spectroscopy, and Functional MRI to expand the service, as we have recently acquired a 3T MRI with all the facilities.
Contribution to the vetting of cross-sectional scans, interventional procedures, and solving queries from clinical and radiology teams is mandatory.
About us
We're an organization that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures, and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff, who come from 146 different countries, live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve, and the majority are from black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programs, and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state-of-the-art theatres at KGH, and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We work in close collaboration with the neurosurgery department and have commenced dedicated interventional neuroradiology clinics.
We are a Neuroscience centre catering to a large population and are a referral centre for neurosurgery for other trusts in Essex. We have dedicated neuro physicians, neurosurgeons, five full-day dedicated anaesthetists, interventional nurses, and radiographers at Queen's Hospital to cover acute and elective interventional neuroradiology procedures.
We have an angiographic suite (Philips Azurion) dedicated to interventional neuroradiology based within the main theatre complex, with the latest angiographic bi-plane unit from Siemens for general interventions.
We have recently acquired a 3T MRI with Spectroscopy, perfusion, and DTI facilities, and it is desirable that the candidate has experience in these advanced imaging modalities.
Our workload is varied but largely consists of supporting inpatient/AE neuroradiology service, busy Stroke Unit, Neurology service, Neurosurgery, and Neuro ITU.
The interventional neuroradiology service consists of neurovascular interventions for five weekdays and one day over the weekend. Currently, we see a mix of approximately 500 acute and elective examinations over the current five days per week service. The acute examinations include, but are not limited to, mechanical thrombectomy and haemorrhagic services.
The service is being developed to provide a 24/7 neuro-interventional service Northeast London STP-wide for Stroke INR service with our partner organizations with the following existing facilities.
Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form, or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* FRCR or equivalent
* Fellowship in interventional neuroradiology/Relevant experience
* CCT/equivalent
Desirable
* MRCP/MRCS
* Log book
* 3-year post CCT experience
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