At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to specialise in cardiothoracic imaging and make a real difference in patient care.
- Company: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the UK's leading specialist heart and chest hospital.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, mentorship, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Flexible working patterns and excellent career progression opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology and contribute to innovative healthcare solutions.
- Qualifications: Full GMC registration and experience in cardiovascular imaging required.
The predicted salary is between 63696 - 102689 £ per year.
Applications are invited from radiologists who have experience in cardiothoracic and cardiovascular imaging. The successful applicant will have the opportunity for in-house training and work along with our team of eleven experienced cardiothoracic radiologists and six cardiologists with imaging interest.
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is a successful NHS Foundation Trust, dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiothoracic diseases, with an outstanding group of cardiac and thoracic surgeons, radiologists and chest physicians and cardiologists. Our Trust has its own research department which provides excellent support for those colleagues interested in research and innovation.
This post was created to accommodate for the increase in the demand of cardiovascular and cardiothoracic imaging studies, securing an adequate workload to each of the consultants. Our department provides the best technology for cardiothoracic imaging, with two MRI scanners, including a wide bore, 1.5T cardiac optimized Siemens Sola MR scanner and a 3T VIDA Siemens and two dual energy CT scanners, (Siemens FORCE scanners) and it is fully integrated with PACS.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Independently report:
- Cardiothoracic CT (including cardiac, lung cancer, aortic imaging)
- MRI (cardiac/thoracic depending on experience)
- Chest radiographs
- Perform image-guided procedures (where trained), including:
- CT-guided lung biopsies
- Support inpatient and outpatient imaging services
- Urgent and emergency imaging
- Candidates without procedural experience will be supported to develop these skills.
Multidisciplinary Team Working
- Attend and contribute to:
- Lung Cancer MDT
- Cardiac imaging MDT
- Work closely with cardiology, thoracic surgery and respiratory teams
Governance and Audit
- Participate in:
- Clinical Audit Meetings
- Discrepancy meetings
- Quality improvement initiatives.
Teaching
- Contribute to teaching of:
- Radiology trainees
- Junior doctors
- Radiographers
- Support departmental education programs.
Research & Innovation
- Participate in research and service improvement initiatives
Professional Development
- Structured support for the Radiology Portfolio Pathway (CESR)
- Dedicated mentorship from Consultant Radiologists
- Support in building evidence for GMC specialist registration
- This role provides a clear pathway toward Consultant Radiologist appointment.
On-Call
- Participation in on-call rota may be required (depending on experience)
Applications should be made via NHS Jobs, please could all applicants attach a copy of their CV to the application form.
Person Specification
- Qualifications
- Essential: Full GMC Registration
- Desirable: Postgraduate degree (eg MSc, MD, PhD).
- Level II/III Cardiac CT
- Level II/III Cardiac MRI
- FRC(R) or Equivalent
- Clinical Experience
- Essential: Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT Radiology training
- Training in cardiovascular and cardiothoracic imaging
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in cardiovascular MRI and CT, including coronary CT, structural heart imaging (TAVI reporting), cardiac MRI, stress cardiac MRI
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients in the Radiology Department.
- Management and Administrative Experience
- Essential: Ability to organise and manage radiology speciality lists
- Teaching
- Desirable: Experience of supervising SPR's
- Attendance of Training the Trainer Course
- Ability to teach image interpretation and reporting skills
- Audit and Research Experience
- Desirable: Ability to apply research outcomes in radiology practice
- Peer reviewed publications
- Experience of audit management
- Personal attributes
- Essential: Ability to work in a team and engage in innovation.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP's, nurses, radiographers and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
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