Trust Grade Doctor (Neuroradiology)

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

TRUST GRADE DOCTOR IN NEURORADIOLOGYFull Time Appointment from January 2024

Applications are invited for a full time position in The Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust from 1st January 2024, although there may be scope to extend the position.

We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to join our friendly multidisciplinary team and to support the diagnostic neuroradiology workload in one of London's premiere Teaching Hospital Trusts. This post would suit a post-FRCR or post-CCT radiologist, with some prior experience in neuroradiology, who wishes to gain a further dedicated period of experience in diagnostic neuroradiology at a recognised Neuroscience Centre.

Candidates must hold full GMC registration have obtained their FRCR 2B qualification. Essential qualifications for this post include some dedicated experience in neuroradiology, preferably at a recognised centre. The post is offered on a whole-time basis. Applications for a part-time appointment will be considered.

We value and promote diversity and equality in the workplace.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join a team of 7 diagnostic neuroradiology and 2 neurointerventional SpR trainees. He or she will be fully supported by a thriving and friendly department. A new dual-energy CT scanner has just been installed in the department and the department is undergoing a major refurbishment project whereby 2 new biplane angiography rooms are being installed together with additional replacement of the 1.5 T MR, 2x 3 T MR systems and the Interventional MRI suite. The department supports Gamma knife radiosurgery on site.

The doctor will have a role defined as follows:

o Take part in the reporting of plain films, CT and MR examinationso Perform US examinations (occasional body ultrasound and transcranial Doppler ultrasounds on in-patients.o CT-guided nerve root and facet injection sessionso Participation in the on-call rota, including evenings, weekends and night shifts o Other duties as required, including cover for leave and sickness absence.

o There are daily opportunities to attend teaching. These include grand rounds, clinico-pathologic cases, and consultant-led tutorials as well as twice weekly protected teaching sessions.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.