Senior Clinical Fellow in Nuclear Medicine

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to join our team, and experience a wide range of subspecialty and general Nuclear Medicine within a supportive environment. The post is for 12 months with subject to extension. There may be the opportunity to apply for future substantive positions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will expected to carry out the following:

Programmed activities for direct clinical care:

Nuclear Medicine and DXA reporting
Nuclear Medicine Therapy/Clinics

Supporting programmed activities which include; Job Planning, appraisal, continuing professional development, clinical governance, mandatory training, teaching & service improvement work

Sessions will be allocated to supporting professional activities e.g. administrative duties / audit.

About us

The Department of Nuclear Medicine sits within the directorate of Clinical Imaging and Medical Physics (CLIMP). Joint Clinical Directors lead the directorate supported by a General Manager and Head of Nursing.

The Directorate supports the development of the AHSC through its participation in the Imaging and Biomedical Engineering Clinical Academic Group.

The Nuclear Medicine Department delivers imaging and therapy in multiple locations across 2 main sites, St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital with in patient therapy provision based at Guy's Hospital. There is a full RIS and PACS system (Sectra) linking all the Departments allowing image interpretation from any site. The Departments are linked with video-conferencing capability. There are PACS links to other hospitals in the region to allow combined review of patients. We also have recently installed EPIC software.

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£61,825 to £70,425 a year per annum excl LZ

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-MED4720

Job locations

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

Job description

Job responsibilities

The postholder will be expected to undertake a supervisory role of junior trainees and will be encouraged to take part in teaching and other educational activities. There will also be an opportunity to undertake subspecialty research, if the postholder wishes.

*** Please refer to the Senior Clinical Fellow Nuclear Medicine JD for more detailed information.

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***

Job description

Job responsibilities

*** Please refer to the Senior Clinical Fellow Nuclear Medicine JD for more detailed information.

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training:

Essential

Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
Higher degree in NM/FRCR or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

Three years of higher specialty training (or equivalent) in or Nuclear Medicine/radiology with documented broad experience and competencies in Nuclear Medicine/Radionuclide Radiology
Four Years postgraduation, with two years in the relevant specialty

Clinical Skills:

Essential

Independent reporting of Nuclear Medicine imaging
Experience of delivering radionuclide treatments in current or most recent last job

Desirable

Experience of PET/CT, Nuclear cardiology

Audit Management & IT

Essential

Understand the role of clinical governance and audit in a successful department
Management and IT skills
Understanding of principles of audit

Desirable

Specific audits in nuclear medicine
Track record of involvement in service improvement projects

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

Understand the importance of research and its role in imaging
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

Desirable

Track record of published research in peer reviewed publications, in the field of nuclear medicine

Leadership / Management skills

Essential

Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
Ability to work as part of a team
Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training:

Essential

Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
Higher degree in NM/FRCR or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

Three years of higher specialty training (or equivalent) in or Nuclear Medicine/radiology with documented broad experience and competencies in Nuclear Medicine/Radionuclide Radiology
Four Years postgraduation, with two years in the relevant specialty

Clinical Skills:

Essential

Independent reporting of Nuclear Medicine imaging
Experience of delivering radionuclide treatments in current or most recent last job

Desirable

Experience of PET/CT, Nuclear cardiology

Audit Management & IT

Essential

Understand the role of clinical governance and audit in a successful department
Management and IT skills
Understanding of principles of audit

Desirable

Specific audits in nuclear medicine
Track record of involvement in service improvement projects

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

Understand the importance of research and its role in imaging
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff

Desirable

Track record of published research in peer reviewed publications, in the field of nuclear medicine

Leadership / Management skills

Essential

Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others
Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
Ability to work as part of a team
Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets

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.