Consultant Radiologist - Breast Imaging

Job overview

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust wishes to invite applications for the post of a 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 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 practice 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 welcomed and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Main duties of the job

JOB SUMMARY:

This job is for a Consultant Radiologist with a Specialist Interest in Breast Imaging

The job is a full time post comprising of 10 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

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

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Qualifications

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 relating to Breast Imaging

Specific Competencies

Able to evaluate own Radiological practice

Able to demonstrate innovative thinking

Good written and oral communication skills

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

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• FRCR or equivalent
• Knowledge of legislation relating to Radiology IR(ME)R
• Knowledge of RCR / NICE guidance

• MRCP or equivalent

Specific Competencies

• Able to evaluate own Radiologocial practice
• Demonstrate innovative thinking
• Ability to organise and develop service provision

Proffessional Experience

• Wide grounding of all aspects of General Radiology / Breast imaging / CT /MRI
• Experience in teaching
• Understanding of clinical governance and evidenced based practice

• Undertaken research
• Ability to manage and contribute to MDM

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.