Consultant Radiologist (Interest in Non-Vasc Interventional Radiology)

Applications are invited for a Consultant Radiologist to join a friendly, forward-thinking team of 32 Consultant Radiologists at the Royal United Hospital Bath. This post is for a Consultant Radiologist with a specialist interest in Non-Vascular Interventional Radiology (10 PAs). This is a replacement post due to job plan changes in the interventional radiology department. This post will help meet the increase in demand for interventional and diagnostic radiology services and to help us establish and provide an interventional oncology service.

The post is full time but anyone wishing to work part time is also encouraged to apply. The post includes participation in the IR on-call rota (participation in the diagnostic on-call rota is optional). Home PACS links are available.

Main duties of the job:

• The candidate must be able to provide a range of non-vascular interventional radiology procedures and ideally will be competent in haemorrhage control.
• This role also demands a good level of diagnostic radiology competence and another specialist area of interest is encouraged but not essential.
• The post holder will contribute to the general radiology work of the department in conjunction with the other radiologists all of whom perform regular sessions in general radiology.

The case mix in interventional radiology at the RUH predominantly comes from our busy Urology, Gastroenterology and Surgical departments and from the wide range of Oncology patients. Approximately 1300 IR procedures are performed per year. With this appointment we will provide a 1:5 IR on call service between 08.00-17.00 seven days per week. Our aim is to establish an interventional oncology practice providing thermal ablation and some elective embolisation.

Working for our organisation:

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Qualifications:

• GMC recognised general medical qualification.
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• FRCR.
• Be on the Specialist Register/post-CCT at time of commencement of post.

Skills:

• Fully accredited clinical radiologist on GMC specialist register.
• Extensive current general radiological practice and ability appropriate to a district general hospital environment, including general on-call skills.
• Fully motivated in contributing to general and specialised work in the department and in maintaining a high standard of personal development.
• Completion of recognised interventional radiology training programme.

Personal Attributes:

• Good interpersonal skills with ability to relate to all members of staff and patients.
• Committed to working within a team.
• Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Teaching Experience:

• Able to support multidisciplinary teaching and subspecialty training.

Research Experience:

• Interest in participating in departmental audit and research.

Management and administration:

• Awareness of audit process, appraisal, principles of Clinical Governance, confidentiality and data protection.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.