Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details of the post. 

The breast imaging team benefits from long established skill mix and comprises 4 consultant radiologists, 2 consultant radiographers, 1 trainee consultant radiographer and 1 advanced practitioner.   The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of high quality breast imaging in both the breast screening programme and the symptomatic breast service.

In the breast department the post holder would share responsibility for covering symptomatic and assessment clinics, ultrasound guided pre-treatment localisations. Most stereo procedures are undertaken by consultant radiographers or advanced practitioners, ultrasound excisions are undertaken by some of the team.  Screen reading in dedicated sessions includes reading follow up and family history mammograms. MRI is double read independently by two breast radiologists. Timetabled MDT preparation and presentation is shared, with Consultant Radiographers participating in presentation of new cases. Consensus meetings occur three times a week at dedicated times.

The post holder will join the other radiologists sharing the service provision for the Radiology Department, which would include reporting CT, MR and XR for inpatients / emergency department attenders, outpatients and GP patients and performing and reporting Ultrasounds.  

Clinicoradiological conferences and MDTs are recognised as an important part of the department workload. The post holder will also be expected to participate in departmental audit and clinical governance processes and will be expected to provide training and education to medical and other departmental staff as required. The department was one of the first in the country to achieve ISAS/QSI accreditation and consultants are expected to embrace and participate in this process.

On call work will be included in the role which comprises evening and weekend daytime cover. Overnight acute studies are outsourced with the radiologist acting as back up in case of system failures or for other radiological queries that need immediate input.

The department actively encourages skill mix with the following roles and responsibilities implemented:
• Sonographers run and report on obstetrics, gynaecology and general ultrasound lists. 
• Several reporting and consultant radiographers report a mixture of X-ray,  fluoroscopy, CT, MRI and nuclear medicine studies

The Royal College of Radiologists’ guide ‘iRefer Making the Best Use of Clinical Radiology’ is in use to assist with justification of all examinations.

The post(s) will be for 10 programmed activities.  The exact nature of these programmed activities will be discussed with the Lead Radiologist and consultant colleagues prior to taking up the post.

The successful candidate(s) will be expected to hold the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists, or equivalent, and to satisfy the current regulations concerning accreditation prior to taking up this appointment.  Accreditation is not, however, a statutory requirement.  Since 1st January 1997 it has been a legal requirement for all doctors to be on the Specialist Register before taking up a consultant appointment. The vacancy is full time, but any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered. 

The successful candidate should ideally have completed appropriate training to participate in the NHS breast screening programme.