Job summary
This is a locum consultant appointment for a radiologist with subspecialty training in interventional radiology. Oncological Interventional skills and or cardiovascular reporting would be a bonus.
The post will be predominately based at the Chelsea and Westminster site with sessions at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
The successful candidate will supervise interventional lists covering procedures such as US/CT guided biopsy and drainage procedures, venous access, urological and HPB intervention. There is also the possibility to perform and further develop more subspecialist work such as PCNL, embolization of prostate / uterine / testicular embolisation, paediatric AVM therapy, ablation of liver and lung lesions, MSK intervention.
At present there is no dedicated peripheral vascular intervention, however, this will change in the near future. The successful candidate may wish to pursue this.Development of new techniques will be encouraged and experience in paediatric intervention would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
The applicant should be on the Specialist register of the GMC and be a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists or equivalent.
The new appointee will be expected to participate in the IR on call rota covering the Chelsea and Westminster, Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton Hospitals. On call frequency will be 1:8 weeks / year.
In addition, there may be emergency situations when attendance outside routine hours is required.
Provision of IR at the West Middlesex site is currently limited, therefore emergency cases are transferred to Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. There are early plans to expand IR at West Middlesex with installation of a new IR suite in the coming years.
The job plan will include sessions dedicated to general and cross sectional reporting so it would be essential for the prospective candidate to be able to report body CT and MRI.
The 10 PA contract comprises 8.5 DCC sessions and 1.5 SPA session. This may be subject to change to accommodate any on call requirements in the near future.
The proposed job plan will be subject to change to allow for any future extended 7-day service requirement and provision of services across the entire Trust.
The successful candidate will be expected to partake in local MDT's.
Each Consultant has access to a dedicated PACS reporting station, a PC and a laptop for remote image viewing when on call.
About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people.
Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.
We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must adhere to the standards outlined by the GMC for Good Medical Practice.
- Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
- Demonstrate, model and encourage Trust Values at all times to all patients and staff.
Research, Teaching and Training
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- Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as agreed with the Service Lead. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
- Act as a clinical supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director/Service Lead to ensure external accreditation of training post.
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- Ensure that your mandatory training is up to date as per Trust policy.
- The Trust expects all consultants to participate fully in continuing professional development to ensure that skills and knowledge are updated in line with relevant medical developments. Consultants may apply to the study leave budget for help with associated expenses in line with the terms and conditions of their contract. In addition consultants will be expected to undertake some non-clinical training and development at the discretion of the trust management, for example, Leadership Training.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. Length of Stay (LOS) reductions, admission on day of surgery, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must adhere to the standards outlined by the GMC for Good Medical Practice.
- Develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- Ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
- Demonstrate, model and encourage Trust Values at all times to all patients and staff.
Research, Teaching and Training
-
- Provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as agreed with the Service Lead. To contribute to training and teaching of medical trainees, medical students, other doctors in training and other staff groups.
- Act as a clinical supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director/Service Lead to ensure external accreditation of training post.
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research/audit portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- Ensure that your mandatory training is up to date as per Trust policy.
- The Trust expects all consultants to participate fully in continuing professional development to ensure that skills and knowledge are updated in line with relevant medical developments. Consultants may apply to the study leave budget for help with associated expenses in line with the terms and conditions of their contract. In addition consultants will be expected to undertake some non-clinical training and development at the discretion of the trust management, for example, Leadership Training.
Performance Management
- To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency e.g. Length of Stay (LOS) reductions, admission on day of surgery, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.
- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates
- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration
- oRelevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMET/GMC by date if Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC))
- oEntry on GMC Specialist Register OR eligible within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee
- oGood understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- oAchieved Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR)
- oPast record of academic achievement.
- oPublications in peer reviewed journals in relevant areas.
- oExperience in teaching medical trainees and other NHS professionals
Desirable
- oHigher Degree
- oAdditional related qualifications e.g. BSc, BA
- oTeaching/ education qualification
- oLevel 3 Safeguarding Children as per intercollegiate document.
- oManagement Training
- oUnderstanding of business planning and hospital contracting
Experience
Essential
- oUnderstanding of Clinical Governance and Audit.
- oUnder and post graduate teaching experience
- oWide training in general, cross-sectional radiology and ultrasound
- oInterventional radiology fellowship training
- oExperience in general ultrasound
- oExperience in general CT reporting
- oExperience in MRI reporting
- oUnderstanding of audit and Clinical Governance and quality control in Radiology
- oExperience of Radiology service delivery within a National Health Service department
- oParticipation in a system of annual appraisal
- oParticipation in a recognised continuing medical education scheme
Desirable
- oExperience in Oncological intervention
- oExperience in Cardiovascular imaging
- oExperience in paediatric intervention
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration
- oRelevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMET/GMC by date if Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC))
- oEntry on GMC Specialist Register OR eligible within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee
- oGood understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
- oAchieved Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR)
- oPast record of academic achievement.
- oPublications in peer reviewed journals in relevant areas.
- oExperience in teaching medical trainees and other NHS professionals
Desirable
- oHigher Degree
- oAdditional related qualifications e.g. BSc, BA
- oTeaching/ education qualification
- oLevel 3 Safeguarding Children as per intercollegiate document.
- oManagement Training
- oUnderstanding of business planning and hospital contracting
Experience
Essential
- oUnderstanding of Clinical Governance and Audit.
- oUnder and post graduate teaching experience
- oWide training in general, cross-sectional radiology and ultrasound
- oInterventional radiology fellowship training
- oExperience in general ultrasound
- oExperience in general CT reporting
- oExperience in MRI reporting
- oUnderstanding of audit and Clinical Governance and quality control in Radiology
- oExperience of Radiology service delivery within a National Health Service department
- oParticipation in a system of annual appraisal
- oParticipation in a recognised continuing medical education scheme
Desirable
- oExperience in Oncological intervention
- oExperience in Cardiovascular imaging
- oExperience in paediatric intervention
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
369 Fulham Road
London
SW10 9NH
Employer's website
https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)