Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Imaging and Endoscopic Ultrasound 2025

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Applications are invited for a full time Fellow in Hepatobiliary imaging plus or minus Endoscopic Ultrasound to join the existing team of 81 Consultant Radiologists in post across UHB.

This is a unique opportunity to join the HPB imaging team and work as a part of the wider Liver transplant and HPB team, the largest combined unit in Europe offering a tertiary and quaternary care service.

The successful applicant will have access to dedicated sub-specialty sessions covering a range of complex imaging across modalities, in addition to a general commitment to the departmental workload. This post offers the opportunity to work closely with HPB clinical consultant colleagues in providing a cross specialty comprehensive diagnostic service to in patients and out patients, and also direct access primary care referrals. It will be an opportunity to gain significant experience in specialist HPB imaging services and to work alongside highly specialised clinical teams.

The job plan will likely include:

*Research,

*HPB diagnostic work (department general inpatient imaging and basic intervention (drainage/biopsy) is expected),

*The option to undertake Endoscopic Ultrasound training.

Main duties of the job

A standard full time job plan will contain 10 programmed activities. A programmed activity will normally have a timetable value of 4 hours. The balance between the two types of programmed activities will be subject to agreement with the consultant and should reflect the actual typical distribution of Direct Clinical Care Activities and Supporting Professional Activities. This may include a requirement to undertake evening and weekend working in conjunction with other Radiological colleagues, as well as providing flexible capacity across modalities in line with service requirements.

The job plan for this post will likely include:

*Research,

*HPB diagnostic work (department general inpatient imaging and basic intervention (drainage/biopsy) is expected),

*The option to undertake Endoscopic Ultrasound training.

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.

Date posted

11 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£70,425 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

11323

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The timetable of activities can be discussed at interview and will be agreed with the Clinical Service Lead in Radiology and the Clinical Lead for EUS before taking up the post. The job plan may be altered in future in consultation with radiological colleagues, the Clinical Service Lead and Divisional Medical Director depending on the future needs of the service and the individual.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please see attached Job Description for further details
The appointee will be expected to be on or to be eligible for the Specialist Register for Clinical Radiology before taking up the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please see attached Job Description for further details
The appointee will be expected to be on or to be eligible for the Specialist Register for Clinical Radiology before taking up the post.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).