Job summary
Employer heading
Locum Consultant Radiologist with Specialist interest in MSK
Locum consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
The post holder’s duties will be to provide a comprehensive musculoskeletal imaging service across the Trust. They will be part of a team, with 12 musculoskeletal radiology consultants already in post, with a range of sub-specialty interests.
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has a world-wide reputation for excellence in orthopaedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation, and is a Regional Sarcoma Centre. Specialist services are supported including bone infection and sports medicine. The radiology department is key in supporting these services, as well as providing musculoskeletal imaging services for primary care.
Main duties of the job
There are multi-disciplinary meetings for sarcoma, spine, trauma, sports, rheumatology, bone infection and specialist orthopaedics. The post holder will provide imaging across the full range of modalities including ultrasound, MRI, CT and fluoroscopy. Ability to perform image-guided intervention such as biopsy and injections is also a requirement. The post holder will work across site at the Horton and Oxford Hospitals. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations although travel will be remunerated.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students and training junior doctors, radiology trainees and radiographers. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review and the Oxford Deanery is keen to remunerate these activities. Consultants involved in Medical Student teaching can receive an honorary Clinical Lectureship from the University
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- FRCR or equivalent
- CCT in Radiology or registration on GMC Specialist Register in Radiology, or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
- Evidence of subspecialist training in MSK
Desirable criteria
- Additional post graduate medical qualification
- MSK CCT
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Radiology to Specialist Level or equivalent.
- Additional work experience in MSK as above.
- Experience of cross-sectional imaging in a tertiary referral centre
- Ability to make decisions at consultant level
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship in MSK Radiology at a recognised training centre
- Experience in working in a MSK centre.
- CT and US interventional skills to support on call
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of organisational skills, communication skills, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in radiology in a major teaching hospital.
- Evidence to support good professional skills as required for good medical practice.
- Evidence to support good interpersonal skills.
- Evidence to support good communication skills.
- Evidence of previous teaching experience at various levels.
- An understanding of clinical governance and experience of clinical audit.
- Evidence of interest in research activity including publications and presentation(s) at national or international meeting(s)
Desirable criteria
- Management training
- Knowledge of organisation of NHS and governments agenda for modernisation of the NHS. Evidence of management training.
- Good computing skills, word processing/ spreadsheet and web browser use.
- Post graduate teaching experience
- Post-graduate research degree
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration
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 Rajat Chowdhury
- Job title
- Clinical lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0186538202
- Additional information
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Dr Rajat Chowdhury, Clinical Lead Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (Tel: Oxford (01865) 38202) or via the directorate PA, Melissa Stone 01865 223684 or by email at [email protected]
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