Job summary
- Main area
- Radiotherapy
- Grade
- Specialist
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 361-R2R-2315
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
- Town
- Northwood
- Salary
- £83,945 - £95,275 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Radiologist Cross Sectional and Cancer Imaging
Specialist
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Specialist Radiologist in Paul Strickland Scanner Centre (PSSC). The PSSC is based at Mount Vernon Hospital and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment: a Dual Source/dual energy CT (Siemens), three MRI scanners (1.5T Siemens), two PET-CT scanners (4 multi-detector PET-CT and a 64 multi-detector PET-CT), and a Sectra PACS/RIS system. There is an on-site Cyclotron producing PET tracers.
The Scanner Centre is a registered charity (No 298867) and is at the forefront of translational cancer imaging. Opened in 1985 and a provider of PET CT scans since 1997, PSSC provides cross-sectional imaging services for both oncology patients and the wider community. There are thriving clinical/research imaging programs supported by knowledgeable and enthusiastic scanning teams.
We provide a range of opportunities for career progression and encourage CPD, in-house training and further study. Staff benefit from having NHS contracts and single accommodation is available if required.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will supervise, and report investigations performed mainly cross-sectional imaging using CT and MRI. There are specialty leads for each modality in place. The post also provides the opportunity to develop research projects in the Centre.
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computer tomography (CT).
Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed. Interpret images using computer-aided detection or diagnosis systems and prepare and present comprehensive interpretive reports of findings. Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Maintenance of high quality patient centred care
- Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
- Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
- Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
- Active participation in continuing medical education
This job description is neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time in the lights of changing circumstances and in consultation with the job holder.
Person specification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either in continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant Specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
- Demonstrate an interest in, commitment to and have broad experience in Oncology, in particular cross-sectional imaging and subspecialty training in a lead area.
- Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
- Can show evidence in leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
- Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
- FRCR Membership or qualification of an equivalent level
- Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
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
- Claire Strickland
- Job title
- CEO PSSC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01923 886353
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