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Job overview

The successful candidate will work alongside 5 Consultant Breast Radiologists (5wte) with mixed involvement in the symptomatic and breast screening services, who together with 5 Breast Surgeons provide a first class service.  The Breast department supports the National Breast Screening Programme for a population of 107,000 ladies equating to screening 34,000 per annum.  The Radiologists work alongside a Consultant Radiographer, 2wte Clinical Specialists, 6.6wte Advanced Practitioners, 10.9wte Radiographers and 6.6wte Assistant Practitioners.  The Breast Consultants are actively involved in training registrars and advanced practitioners.  The successful applicant will also contribute to body imaging CT reporting and body imaging on-call cover.  This is also supported by 20 body radiologists.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of a team of 20wte Consultant Body Radiologists (“BodRad”) within a department of 48wte Consultant Radiologists.

The Body Radiologists provide a full on-call service, currently on a 1:18 weekdays and 1:10 Saturday or Sunday rota, with SpRs providing the first level of cover.  Separate on-call cover is provided by neuroradiology and vascular radiology colleagues.

At UHNM the cross-sectional radiologists work closely with their colleagues in Surgery, Histopathology and Oncology through cancer MDTs and joint clinico-radiological conferences.  Breast MDTs are established, with cover in rotation between all the radiologists.  The MDTs are a full sessional commitment with approximately 110 cases discussed at the main meeting and 30 cases discussed at the additional one.

Working for our organisation

The Imaging Services are based on a strong ethos of Quality assurance, Audit, Evidence and Research.  The UHNM Breast service has a long history of active research participation at national level and are currently recruiters for 10 national and international multicentre studies, with grants for 3 local trials in progress i.e. SLOANE, KORTUC and ATNEC.  We are actively involved, as a pilot Trust, in assessment of AI in breast mammogram reading with support from a third-party AI company.

UHNM is a research active organisation. There are a large number of active oncology trials, across all cancer groups, many of which require radiology support. The Imaging Department is also building up a portfolio of imaging-based research aligning to the Trust priority to become a major clinical research centre and developing a research interest will be actively encouraged.

Successful applicants would be expected to actively engage in Governance and Audit and specifically contribute to the Department’s on-going QSI accreditation. 

Areas of recent service improvement include Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography, both ultrasound and stereo Magseed localisation, expansion of the VAB service, establishment of high- risk breast cancer screening and the addition of Tomosynthesis.

We are one of the top ranked trauma unit’s in the country and a Consultant job here will provide great exposure to acute body radiology imaging.