Job summary
- Main area
- Radiologist
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 345-RAD6881387
- Employer
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust (Cross Site)
- Town
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 £105,504 - £139,882 Salary is dependant on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant General and Breast Radiologist or Breast Clinician
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation , however our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.
With a budget of around £365m, three hospitals and 5,500 staff, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital-based services to the population of Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and parts of East Durham and Sedgefield as well as community, therapeutic and screening to a wider population across Durham and Teesside.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Radiologist or Breast Clinician to complement our established and experienced Radiology team.
We are particularly seeking a candidate who has experience in both screening and symptomatic breast work.
North Tees hospital houses a purpose-built breast unit. The unit has an excellent reputation for high quality patient care and we are proud of the first-class breast screening service covering Teesside, County Durham and Darlington and North Yorkshire. The Breast Unit also provides symptomatic breast work for Teesside and parts of County Durham.
The successful candidate will undertake a minimum of 5 PAs of breast radiology. Candidates who wish to work entirely within Breast Radiology or those who wish for a more mixed Breast/General Radiology role will be considered. Duties of the General Radiology role would include participation in the general radiology on call service, supported by overnight outsourcing (Nighthawk). There is no requirement to perform complex intervention out of hours. Candidates employed wholly or predominantly within Breast Radiology will not be expected to participate in out of hours provision.
The post is tenable on a whole time (10 programmed activities) or part-time basis. Applicants unable to work full-time will be eligible for consideration for the post. Flexible job plans will be considered, including sessions at other centres to support research and expertise sharing opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will undertake a minimum of 5 PAs of breast radiology. Candidates who wish to work entirely within Breast Radiology or those who wish for a more mixed Breast/General Radiology role will be considered.
Duties of the post include participation in the general radiology out of hours service (currently 1:11), supported by overnight outsourcing (Nighthawk) from 8pm to 8am on weeknights and from 7pm to 10am at weekends. There is no requirement to perform complex intervention (such as nephrostomy) out of hours.
A standard fully specified Trust workstation (operating via a VPN connection) will be provided for home use to support home working and insourcing.
Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.
We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey
“Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
The North Tees Breast unit houses 3 mammography units equipped with Tomo and CESM facilities, 3 Ultrasound rooms, a shared Consultant Radiologist Office, a film reading room, surgical consultation rooms and Breast Care Nurse and Admin offices. A part of the Screening and Symptomatic service is provided at Hartlepool which houses an Ultrasound room, a mammomat Revelation mammography unit and Breast MRI facilities. Overall the service runs 9 Mammomat revelation mammography units over 3 static sites and 4 mobile vans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Share in the provision of breast and general radiology to the Trust. The successfully candidate will be encouraged to develop a subspecialist interest according to their own interests and expertise. Most specialist interests can be readily accommodated.
Supply breast and general radiology according to a negotiated job plan.
Timetabled commitments of the appointed candidate will cover both Hartlepool and North Tees sites, as do all newly appointed radiologists. The majority of clinical activity for radiologists takes place on the North Tees site.
The appointee will be expected to share the aspirations of the other radiologists to provide a wide ranging, high quality imaging service to patients within the Trust.
Breast Radiology Duties to include:
Independent running of symptomatic clinics
Active participation in breast MDT
Reporting of Breast MRI
Independent running of screening clinics and reading of screening mammograms is desirable but not essential. Candidates who require training in screening work will be considered
Experience of performing vacuum excision is desirable but not essential. Candidates who require additional training will be considered
Teaching and training of radiology registrars, medical students, foundation doctors and advanced radiographic practitioners
Providing support and specialist breast opinions for medical and non-medical colleagues
General Radiology Duties to include:
To provide a high quality reporting service for general CT, MRI and plain film examinations
Perform ultrasound and other hands on imaging procedures appropriate to the candidate’s subspecialist interest
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute the Radiology Out of Hours service and the provision of emergency radiology during normal working hours.
Generic Duties:
Contribute to the achievement of the Trust’s Strategic Objectives.
Respect and practice the Trust’s People First Values:
• Treat all people with compassion, care, courtesy and respect
• Respect each person’s right to privacy, dignity and individuality
• Take time to be helpful
• Respond quickly and effectively
• Always give clear, concise explanations
• Practise good listening skills
• Develop and maintain an appropriate environment
• Look the part
• Deal effectively with difficult situations
• Perform as a team
Actively participate in the annual cycle of appraisal and job planning, both as appraiser and appraisee.
Undertake mandatory training as directed.
Demonstrate commitment to IWL principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace
Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff
Commitment to maintaining a high quality of services to patients, with particular regard to high levels of patient safety, by continual development of practise in the light of research evidence and by audit based against relevant standards.
Prevention and control hospital acquired infection by ensuring close liaison with the Trusts control of infection department
Implementation of Trust Risk Management strategy and understand implications of same within area of work
Compliance with Blood Transfusion policy to ensure a safe service is provided to patients
The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service – Consultants England (2003). You must be fully registered with the General Medical Council (London) and be on the Specialist Register with CCT in Radiology or with Credential in Breast Disease Management (or within 6 months of qualification) at the time of appointment. You must be qualified to a minimum of FRCR.
Person specification
Clinical/educational
Essential criteria
- Full GMC (London) registration and meets the requirements of the ‘GMCs Good Medical Practice’;
- CCT in Radiology (or within 6 months from appointment on Specialist Register with GMC);
- FRCR or equivalent
- Trained at a minimum of 5 years as specialist registrar or equivalent;
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of research involvement including publications in peer reviewed journals (e.g. prizes or scholarships).
- Experience in clinical audit, research and teaching
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Philip Woolfall
- Job title
- Clinical Director, Radiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 624855
- Additional information
Dr Anuradha Anand, Lead Radiologist, Breast services.
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