Locum Consultant with interest in Breast Radiology

Job Overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust wishes to invite applications for the post of a Locum Consultant Radiologist with a Specialist Interest in Breast Imaging.

The Parapet Unit is a dedicated stand-alone Breast Surgical Outpatient and Imaging facility located in the historic town of Windsor with easy access to London and Heathrow.

The Parapet Breast Unit provides Breast Screening and Symptomatic services to the local population and is acknowledged as a flagship service for the Trust with an outstanding local reputation for providing a high quality and comprehensive service.

The Service consistently meets the National Screening Targets, 2WW referrals, 31 and 62 day targets and was highly commended at the last Breast Screening QA visit for many areas of good practice..

The successful candidate would be joining a cohesive and motivated team of Consultant Breast Radiologists, Advanced Radiographic Practitioners, Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons and Oncologists.

The General Radiology and on call service is based at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough and Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot.

Candidates wishing to apply must be registered with the General Medical Council with a license to practise and be on the Specialist Register or be eligible to be on the Specialist Register within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

This job is for a locum Consultant Radiologist with a Specialist Interest in Breast Imaging. The job is a full time post comprising of 9 Programmed Activities (PAs), inclusive of on call commitment.

Purpose Of Job

To provide a full General Radiology service for the Trust with a special interest in Breast Screening and Symptomatic imaging.

Audit & Clinical Governance

A half day per month is dedicated to audit and teaching. All elective work is cancelled for this session and staff are expected to attend and participate as part of clinical governance and audit arrangements. There is also a learning and discrepancy meeting. All CPD requirements must be met.

Directorate Consultant meetings are held monthly and are chaired by the Clinical Lead.

On Call

The post requires participation in the on call rota.

Teaching

The general radiology department are currently hosting radiology trainees from the Kent, Surrey and Surrey Deanery.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health is a leading innovative NHS foundation Trust which came into being on October 1st, 2014. It provides hospital services for 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. Services are delivered from three main hospital sites including Frimley Park near Camberley, Heatherwood at Ascot, and Wexham Park at Slough. Diagnostic and outpatient services are also run from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Bracknell, Gerrards Cross, Maidenhead and Windsor. This post will be based at the Parapet King Edward V11th Windsor.

Qualifications

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Full GMC registration
• FRCR or equivalent registration
• Entry on Specialist Register (CCT or entry expected within 6 months of interview date)
• Knowledge of legislation relating to Radiology e.g.: IR(ME)R 2000
• Evidence of CPD
• Knowledge of RCR Professional code of Conduct
• Knowledge of the latest RCR and NICE guidance
• A wide grounding during training of all aspects of General Radiology including cross sectional imaging CT, MRI & Ultrasound
• Experience of teaching undergraduates, postgraduates and trainee specialists
• Understand principles and participated in audit activity
• Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence based practice
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and Radiological problems
  
  

Specific Competencies

• Experience in breast Radiology
• Able to evaluate own Radiological practice
• Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
• Be able to work effectively in a team
• Able to demonstrate effective leadership skills
• Ability to organise and develop service provision
• Able to manage own time effectively and prioritise work accordingly
  
  

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• FRCR or equivalent registration
• Knowledge of latest RCR and Nice guidance relating to breast imaging
• Evidence of research activity
  
  

Specific Competencies

Essential criteria

• Well grounded experience in all areas of Radiology
• Ability to evaluate own practice
• Experience in teaching
• Understand the principles of clinical governance
  
  

Professional

Essential criteria

• Understanding principles of audit
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Able to demonstarte effective leadership skills
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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