At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team as a Consultant Radiologist focusing on MSK Radiology and enhance patient care.
- Company: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, dedicated to providing excellent healthcare services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, full-time role, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Engage in teaching and research within a dynamic radiology department.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patient lives while advancing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Must have MB BS, GMC registration, and experience in MSK and General Radiology.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
We require an enthusiastic Consultant Radiologist with a subspecialty interest in MSK Radiology to join our team of 23 substantive Consultant Radiologists on a fixed-term maternity cover basis. The appointee will be primarily based at either Eastbourne DGH or Conquest Hospital Hastings, although this may change depending on service need. Applicants should demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Radiology alongside General Radiology. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the delivery and development of MSK and wider Radiology services within the department.
The Radiology Departments are actively involved in teaching, with four radiology trainees on rotation from the HEKSS deanery. Audit and other continuing professional development activities are actively encouraged. This post will be offered on Terms and Conditions in line with national pay scales.
Main duties of the job
Our General Radiology consultant team is responsible for checking scans the following day to ensure quality assurance and education on a 1 in 8 rota.
Job responsibilities
- First line on call is provided by Specialty Registrar or Specialty Doctor radiologists until 10pm weekdays and 5pm weekends with on call outsourced to a reporting company overnight.
- Daytime cover is also provided for a Malignant cord compression MRI at weekends on the same 1 in 8 rota.
Person Specification
Qualification & Registration
- Essential
- MB BS or equivalent
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists
- Full Registration with licence to practise with GMC
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of interview or to have obtained CCT within 6 months of interview date.
- Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration (CESR)
- Desirable
- MD or equivalent
- Other higher degree or diploma
Training and experience
- Essential
- Wide experience of all aspects of radiology including multislice CT and MRI
- Desirable
- Fellowship in a specialist area of Radiology
Administration & Management
- Essential
- Experience in day to day organisation of radiology services in a busy DGH radiology department
- Leadership skills
- Familiar with and committed to the principles of Clinical Governance, risk assessment, adverse incident recording and appraisal
- Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal
- Desirable
- Management course and/or qualifications
- Knowledge of the structure of Health Service
Audit, Research and Publications
- Essential
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
- Understanding of the role of research
- Desirable
- Completion and/or Publication of audit projects
- Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation and publication of original studies, review articles, etc, relevant to speciality
- Ability to lead clinical research project
Personal skills & attributes
- Essential
- Effective communicator, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to work with colleagues in other specialities to develop local services
- Professional attitude towards work, good record of attendance
- Good communication & interpersonal skills
- Desirable
- Good presentation skills
- Demonstration of initiated projects
Teaching
- Essential
- Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups
- Desirable
- Educational qualification
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. 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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Compensation & Contract
- Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year, per annum.
- Contract: Fixed term, 12 months.
- Working pattern: Full-time.
- Grade: Consultant.
- Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff.
- Pay scale: national.
Employer details
- Employer name: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Address: Eastbourne, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: Apply through our website
- Service Manager - Radiology: Melissa Brotherwood, m.brotherwood@nhs.net
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