Job summary
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Consultant in Radiology. The post will have a special interest in Cardiac and Thoracic Imaging. The Directorate provides services across 3 hospital sites within the county of Worcestershire. The candidate will benefit from working within a friendly and experienced team of 23 Consultant General Radiologists and 6 Consultant Interventional Radiologists.
As a Trust, we are actively involved in developing the training program for students from the Three Counties Medical School based in Worcester, which opens in September 2023. We look forward to establishing links with the new Medical School in addition to well-established relationships with the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick.
As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic: "What are the challenges of developing a Lung Health Screening Service for the population of Worcestershire?" Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Mark Maddock to discuss the opportunity.
Interview date: 16/01/2025
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will join the team of diagnostic Radiologists providing countywide imaging services for the Trust. Sub-specialty thoracic and cardiac interests will be accommodated within the remit of wider team job planning.
* Attendance at one or more Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings (MDTs) including cardiac and thoracic MDTs.
* In-hours duty radiologist and in-patient reporting sessions.
* In-hours out-patient reporting sessions, with home reporting availability if desired.
* Sub-specialty reporting including cardiac CT and MRI sessions with further reporting sessions in CT, MRI, ultrasound etc.
* Participation in the out-of-hours duty and reporting rota, involving resident sessions weekdays until 9pm and various weekend sessions covering the hours of 9am until 9pm. Non-resident on call at other times with overnight outsourced reporting.
* On-call frequency 1:20, Category A, 3.0% availability supplement.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
* Best services for local people
* Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
* Best use of resources
* Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Date posted: 22 November 2024
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year On-call availability supplement where applicable
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: C9365-24-1300
Job responsibilities
* A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.
* The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.
* The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
* The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.
Person Specification
Research Experience
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise.
* Entry on Specialist Register in Radiology (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date) via; CCT or CESR (CP), CESR or European Community Rights, Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent.
Experience
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT in Radiology
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Expertise in Thoracic and Cardiac radiology, including chest biopsies
Management and Administrative Experience
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
* Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
* Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
* Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
Teaching Experience
* Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
* Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work in a team
* Enquiring, critical approach to work
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
* Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
Other requirements
* An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1DD
Employer's website: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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