Consultant Radiologist with an interest in GI imaging

Job description

Job responsibilities

ClinicalThe post holder will be part of the gastrointestinal radiology team and deliver imaging services across the Trust. Additional subspecialty interests may be accommodated/supported, e.g. in luminal or solid organ imaging.

The Trust is a tertiary referral centre for lung cancer, pleural and interstitial lung disease and supports the following GI cancer MDT meetings: upper GI, lower GI, hepatobiliary and liver/intervention.

The Trust has installed Insignia PACS and has image sharing agreements in place with regional hospitals, to support multidisciplinary team meetings and allow access to comparative images across the region. The Radiology Directorate supports flexible working arrangements for consultant radiologists, and consultants have home-reporting workstations to support on-call provision and elective specialist reporting. The Radiology Directorate is actively exploringalternative, more flexible working patterns to support GI and acute service provision and to aid in offering work-life balance.

The post holder will be part of the gastrointestinal team and deliver imaging services across the Trust. The post holder will be required to attend and present at regular GI MDT meetings. There areseparate upper, lower and hepatobiliry MDT for cancer. There are also benign meetings for solid organ and luminal pathology. The post holder will also contribute to acute imaging,providing in-patient CT sessions and Ultrasound. The post holder will work at the Horton and Oxford Hospitals. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations.

Oxford University Hospitals_______________________________________________________________________________The Trust has committed to leading the way in health technology with the implementation of an electronic patient record (EPR) system (Cerner), supporting digital requesting of diagnostics, and real-time on-line sharing of patient information between health professionals.

SPAThe job plan includes core SPA for revalidation of 1 PA, with an additional 0.5 PA available for non-core activities.

On-Call.The post-holder will be required to participate in an on-call rota providing on-call radiologycover (1:10). The post holder will be included in the weekend working rota on a 1:20 basis.There is a junior and senior specialist registrar on call system, with a senior specialist registrar resident providing first-line cover for referrals. There are separate consultant on-call rotas for neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, cross-sectional radiology, paediatric radiology and interventional radiology. On-call consultants have a central role in the major incident plan.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of every dayclinical activity. The post holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Consultants involved in Medical Student teaching can receive an honorary Clinical Lectureship from the University

The Oxford Rotational Training Scheme in Radiology provides full and comprehensive training for junior radiology medical staff. There are formal courses for the Part I and Part II FRCR examinations and all consultant radiologists are expected to contribute to these courses.

During their training, registrars also obtain district general hospital experience, usually at three of the following: Wexham Park Hospital, Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Stoke MandevilleHospital in Aylesbury and Milton Keynes General Hospital.

Radiology is identified as a core subject in medical student training and is taught as a thread throughout the clinical course. Radiology is also one of the optional elective subjects for final year medical students.

All consultant radiologists are involved in teaching these students.Individual Responsibilities Clinical Radiology at the Oxford University Hospitals is provided on four sites; Churchill site, Horton site, John Radcliffe site and Nuffield Orthopaedic site. General radiology, nuclearmedicine, ultrasound, CT, MRI, angiography and interventional radiology are carried out on both the Churchill and the John Radcliffe sites. The Oxford Breast Imaging Centre (OBIC) is situated at the Churchill site, as well as cancer services, elective surgery, transplant and renalservices.

The John Radcliffe site encompasses the Oxford Childrens Hospital as well as neuroradiology, cardiac and vascular services, and the Major Trauma Centre. The Horton Hospital provides accident and emergency services and acute medical services to the North Oxfordshire population as well as providing elective outpatient imaging facilities. The NuffieldOrthopaedic Centre provides specialist musculoskeletal services within Oxford, tertiary services nationally as well providing imaging support for the Major Trauma Centre.

Oxford University Hospitals_______________________________________________________________________________The Radiology Directorate is made up of nine clinical service units (Interventional radiology, Churchill cross-sectional radiology, John Radcliffe cross-sectional radiology, Nuclear Medicine/PET, Childrens radiology, Neuroradiology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre radiology, Horton radiology, and Breast Imaging). Each clinical unit has a Clinical Lead who is responsible to the Clinical Directorate and through him/her to a Divisional Director and to the Chief Executive. Inaddition, there are 7 modality lead radiographers (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Breast Imaging, General Radiography and Dexa, Fluoroscopy and Intervention, Horton/ISTC and communities with responsibility for PACS and RIS Liaison), supported by clinical modality leads.

The modality lead radiographers have site responsibility under 2 Clinical Service Unit Managers (JR/WW and CH, NOC, Horton/ISTC and communities), who are responsible to the Operational Service Manager. These individuals meet together as the Radiology Directorate Executive once a month.

Clinical GovernanceThe post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust and external accrediting bodies. Additional SPA time will be available to support formal governance roles. The department is in the process of applying for QSI accreditation.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms andConditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevantCME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

ManagementThe post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additionalresources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his /her patients and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair. All consultantRadiologists are expected to participate in some way at some time in the management arrangements of the Clinical Directorate. There are opportunities to take part in Management and Leadership training within the Trust. Additional SPA will be available to support management activities

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• FRCR or equivalent
• CCT in Radiology, or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
• At least one year higher level training in GI /HBP radiology at a recognised training centre.
• Full GMC registration

Desirable

• Fellowship in GI/HBP imaging.
• Additional post graduate medical qualification

Experience

Essential

• General training in Radiology to Specialist Level or equivalent.
• It is expected that the applicant has reached core and higher competence in the vast majority of GI and HBP radiology as laid out in the RCR syllabus. This would include to perform and report specialised imaging techniques independently e.g. Ct virtual colonoscopy MR assessment of the anorectum MRI assessment of the liver and pancreas MR and CT enterography Anatomically relevant image guided biopsy and drainage Anatomically relevant fluoroscopic studies
• CT, MRI, fluoroscopy and US imaging of GI/HBP disease in a recognised training centre.
• CT, and US interventional skills
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level
• Ability to report GI/HBP imaging and on call cross sectional imaging independently

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of leadership skills
• Evidence of organisational skills, communication skills, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in Radiology in a major teaching hospital.
• Evidence to support good professional skills as required for good medical practice.
• Evidence to support good interpersonal skills.
• Evidence to support good communication skills.
• Evidence of previous teaching experience at various levels.
• An understanding of clinical governance and experience of clinical audit.

Desirable

• GI/HBP related publications and presentations at national/international meetings
• Post graduate teaching experience
• Good computing skills, word processing/ spreadsheet and web browser use.
• Knowledge of organisation of NHS and governments agenda for modernisation of the NHS. Evidence of management training.
• Previous management experience

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

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UK Registration

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Radiology Medical JR & CH A74620

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)