Consultant Radiologist with a GI/HPB radiology interest in Nottingham

An opportunity has arisen to appoint a Clinical Radiology Consultant with an interest in Gastrointestinal (GI) and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) imaging to join the Radiology Department of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The successful candidate would be joining a team of 9 full time equivalent GI / HPB radiologists at a University hospital as part of a wider 22-member body radiology group within a dynamic team of over 60 consultant radiologists. The successful candidate will work across both NUH campuses with close working relations with many clinical medical and surgical disciplines. We are a Major Trauma Centre, the first Radiology centre in the East Midlands Radiology Consortium and a Tertiary referral centre for HPB, GI and Oncology.

Main duties of the job

The post will have a commitment to support a range of services, including CT, MRI, plain radiograph reporting, interventional, ultrasound, multi-disciplinary team meetings and clinical-radiological meetings. There will be an on-call commitment.

About Us

We have an important contribution to make to life in Nottingham and the wider region and we take this responsibility seriously. With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Our specialist services allow us to deliver care to 4.5m people from across the East Midlands and nationally for a handful of services. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. We have a budget of just under £1 billion, 90 wards and 1,700 beds across three main sites: QMC, City Hospital and Ropewalk House. We have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services, including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma. We play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Job responsibilities

All consultant radiologists will have the option of having a home reporting workstation facilitating remote working days, insourcing and on-call reporting. The post holder will be expected to participate in under-graduate and post-graduate teaching and training and there will be opportunities for research working with the Biomedical Research Centre and Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre at the University of Nottingham. Candidates must hold the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists or an equivalent qualification, and must either be on the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of anticipated receipt of a CCT / CESR at the time of interview. An appropriate period of experience with specialist diagnostic/interventional techniques is desirable, as is a track record in research.

Person Specification

• Essential

• Professional Qualifications/Development: FRCR
• Professional Registration: Full GMC registration, Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register, CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
• Clinical Skills/Experience: Completed radiology training program, Evidence of technical skills as described in the job description, Documented evidence of experience in performing and reporting GI and HPB studies
• Teaching, Audit & Research: Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit, Able to teach and support junior staff effectively.
• Personal Skills/Qualities: Able to work flexibly in a changing health service, Able to use the Trust's IT support systems
• Management Skills: Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health Professionals, Able to develop, present and implement coherent ideas for service development/delivery, Able to delegate appropriately, Able to work within a team.
• Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours: Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's 'We listen we care' behavioural standards

• MRCP, MRCS or other professional or higher qualification
• Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
• Documented sub-speciality non vascular interventional competencies and experience
• Specific training in communication skills
• Track record in radiology research preferably with original publications

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

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.