Locum Consultant Radiologist

Job summary

Job Title: Locum Consultant Radiologist 12 months with the possibility of extension

Grade: Consultant

Managerially Responsible to: Dr Fady Khattar, Clinical Service Lead of Imaging

Professionally Accountable to: Dr Fady Khattar, Clinical Service Lead of Imaging

Base Site: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital

Location(s): Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital

Key Relationships: The post holder will have close working relationships with both the Imaging Department and specialty teams including Consultants, Radiographic and associated support staff.

Main duties of the job

This is a full time post and incorporates 9 PA's of direct patient care based on a 10 PA contract. Flexibility in association with service needs will be required on a weekly basis in line with an annualised hour's framework. The appointee will support clinical colleagues in offering a comprehensive imaging service for the trust and our patients. The timetable of activities will be agreed with the Clinical Service Lead of Imaging before taking up the post. Sample timetables of activities are available on request.

The successful candidate will also be expected to:-

*Ability to work effectively in a team & with colleagues from a wide range of professional and organisational backgrounds.

*Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills.

*Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies.

*Ability to understand patient and carer/family requirements.

*Ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure.

*Enquiring, critical approach to work

*Caring attitude to patients

*Good IT skills

*Regularly brief line managed staff / trainees on current position & Trust priorities

*Good knowledge of wider health debate & NHS structures

*Ability to modify behaviour to situation and audience

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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