Job summary
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
Newcastle and Leeds Teaching hospitals are pleased to announce a collaborative fellowship organised by Interventional Oncology UK, funded with industry partners, rotating between the two trusts.
This is a one year post CCT fellowship rotating between The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust under the mentorship of Dr Pete Littler for the first six months, and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust under the mentorship of Professor Tze Wah for the second six months.
There will be the opportunity to learn and undertake established IO procedures including Liver ablation, Renal ablation, TACE and SIRT, with exposure to emerging techniques such as IRE and histotripsy where available. There will also be sessions to maintain basic IO and IR skills in preparation for a consultant job.
This Fellowship offers an opportunity for an outstanding candidate to consolidate existing IR skills and learn a range of some of the most advanced IO techniques available in the UK.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification
Main duties of the job
This IOUK one year, two centre, fellowship in Interventional Oncology (IO) is designed to equip a post CCT IR trainee in the latest IO techniques and give opportunity for publication/presentation of projects completed during the fellowship. Once completed the appointee should be in a position to take up a consultant post in IO with a view to develop or contribute to services in their hospital.
There will be no compulsory on-call commitment in order to make time for research commitments. As such, the fellow will be expected to produce a piece of research to be submitted to an international meeting, the research will also need to be presented at IOUK. One international meeting and attendance at IOUK will be funded.
The stated aim of the partners offering this fellowship is to expand the availability of IO procedures to patients in the United Kingdom, as such weighting will be given to applicants with a credible plan to implement their new skills to that effect after the fellowship.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Peter Littler on 0191 2231120 or via email at peter.littler@nhs.net and/or Prof Tze Wah on 0113 2064504 Ext 64504 or via email at tze.wah@nhs.net.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- Interventional Oncology and Interventional Radiology lists
- Ablation lists, clinic and MDTs.
Administrative:
Research:
- Research in the field of Interventional Oncology
Teaching:
- Teaching junior colleagues and allied health professionals
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- Interventional Oncology and Interventional Radiology lists
- Ablation lists, clinic and MDTs.
Administrative:
Research:
- Research in the field of Interventional Oncology
Teaching:
- Teaching junior colleagues and allied health professionals
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non-EEA applicants)
- Specialist training in Interventional Radiology
Desirable
- CCT in Interventional Radiology
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
- Adequate training in interventional radiology to ST6 level
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to run a service and participate in management process
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administration ability
- Understanding of management goals
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit projects
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC registration or eligibility to obtain this within 3 months (or within 6 months for non-EEA applicants)
- Specialist training in Interventional Radiology
Desirable
- CCT in Interventional Radiology
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
- Adequate training in interventional radiology to ST6 level
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Ability to run a service and participate in management process
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Proven management and administration ability
- Understanding of management goals
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Clinical Governance, Audit and Research
Essential
- Experience of audit projects
Communication, Relationships and Working with Colleagues
Essential
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate
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).
