Consultant Radiologist - General and Paediatric Imaging

Job summary

The successful applicant will be a General Radiologist with an interest in paediatric radiology. The split between general and paediatric imaging work will be flexible to address any potential candidate's experience and career aspirations.

If a newly appointed consultant, the successful applicant will be eligible to apply for additional study leave to undertake up to three months additional subspecialty radiology training to meet specific learning objectives that are of benefit to the applicant and the Clinical Imaging Directorate at RCHT. This additional study leave must be taken within years of appointment. There may be a requirement to participate the on call rota during this period of additional study leave.

The successful candidate will join a team of 33 Consultants providing a wide range of general and specialist radiology services and will be expected to contribute to the second on 1:11 general radiology on call service.

The Royal Cornwall Hospital offers general paediatric imaging services including fluoroscopy, ultrasound, plain film, nuclear medicine, MRI (including a well-established GA service), CT as well as some interventional radiology and PET-CT in older teenagers. A large proportion of the subspecialist work is carried out at the main hospital site (Treliske) with additional ultrasound lists currently at Bodmin and Camborne &Redruth Hospital along with plain film at all sites.

Main duties of the job

RCHT is a large training centre for the Peninsula Postgraduate School of Radiology. A number of Specialty Registrars rotate through the department at any one time (20 in 2026-7).

Radiology services are based at The Royal Cornwall Hospital. The department however will support Consultants working general radiology sessions at community sites if appropriate. Home workstations are available for consultant radiologists to facilitate more flexible working. For most consultants on a standard full time contract job plans include one day a week for flexible SPA/off work (subject to job planning).

• Provision with Consultant Colleagues of appropriate Subspecialty Radiology services to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
• The provision of general elective and emergency radiology services to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Support and ensure the efficient functioning of the Clinical Imaging department and service
• Out-of-hours responsibilities, including weekend working and participation in the Consultant on-call rota.
• Cover for colleagues' annual leave and other authorised absences.
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
• Contribution to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Participation in medical audit, the Trust's Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
• Managerial responsibilities where appropriate.
• To comply with the IR(ME)R 2000.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust works in partnership with other healthcare providers to deliver high quality healthcare services across the county.

The Trust has close links to medical specialist services in the Southwest Peninsula and beyond. Serving a widespread local population, as well as thousands of visitors to Cornwall each year, poses a number of unique healthcare challenges.

The Trust provides acute medical and surgical services to a population of around 430,000, which more than doubles during the busy holiday periods, from our three hospitals: The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, West Cornwall Hospital, Penzance and St Michaels in Hayle. Outpatient and other services are also provided at a large number of community-based NHS locations around the county and a number of corporate support services are located away from the main hospital sites.

The Clinical Imaging department at RCHT registration with QSI was renewed in 2023, we have since transitioned to the Royal College of Radiologist accreditation scheme. The department was rated as Outstanding by the CQC in 2018.

There are two dedicated paediatric wards, both of which are split into further sub-set units to provide in-patient general paediatrics, day case surgical cases, inpatient paediatric surgical beds, the CLIC cancer unit, along with the paediatric assessment unit.

A Level 2 20 bed neonatal unit (as well as transitional care beds) is also part of the Women and Children's Hospital

Job responsibilities

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Clinical Imaging Department

The Clinical Imaging department at RCHT registration with QSI renewed in 2023. We are in the process of moving from the UKAS accredited QSI scheme to the RCR / SCoR QSI quality mark scheme. The department was rated as Outstanding by the CQC in 2018.

ll major diagnostic imaging modalities are provided at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The department uses Insignia PACS and Wellbeing CRIS RIS. PACS workstations are installed in dedicated reporting areas with image viewing also available via any networked Trust PC using WebPACS technology. The department uses Dragon voice recognition software in dedicated ergonomically designed reporting rooms. Workstations are also available for home reporting.

Screening and IR: The main department has a general fluoroscopy room with a digital C-arm remote screening unit for non-vascular intervention and general fluoroscopy. Interventional Radiology is provided in a dedicated theatre suite with dedicated recovery. There is a Hybrid operating theatre for Vascular intervention and co-located floor mounted screening room for non-vascular interventions. A Siemens Artis Pheno has recently been installed in the vascular interventional suite. Coronary angiography is performed in a separate facility of two laboratories.

MRI Provision: There are 4 Phillips 1.5 T MRI scanners on the RCHT site (2 x Ambition X, one Ingenia and one Intera D-Stream). At the Bodmin CDC there is a Philips Ambition F scanner. There is a mobile MRI service at Redruth .

CT provision: In the main scanning suite there are both a Canon 128 slice scanner and a GE Revolution with dual headed pump injectors. A Canon Aquilion 1 Genesis multislice CT was installed in 2019 in the Emergency Department and there is a GE Evo at West Cornwall Hospital. A fifth GE Evo CT scanner was commissioned in the Bodmin CDC in autumn 2022.

Ultrasound provision: - Ultrasound machines are leased within the Trust as part of a managed service contract with Canon. The main scanning suite has 4 advanced Canon Aplio ultrasound machines. There are also further Aplio machines in the IR suite and at Bodmin, Camborne, St. Austell and West Cornwall Hospitals. The ultrasound contract is currently being renewed.

The Trauma and General Trelawny X-Ray Department has three digital radiography (DR) general x-ray rooms adjacent to the Emergency Department.

Nuclear Medicine, located in a dedicated department, equipped with two hybrid CT systems (including a new 64 slice GE Discovery unit commissioned in 2018) and a third GE dual head gamma camera. A full range of nuclear medicine investigations is performed, and the department has a particular interest in hybrid imaging. Radio-isotope therapy is available locally. The Trust hosts a PET-CT service delivered in partnership with Alliance Medical Ltd.

Symptomatic mammography is provided in the Mermaid Centre. This also acts as the Assessment Centre for the Cornwalls Breast Screening Programme.

West Cornwall Hospital is located 27 miles to the west, in Penzance. There are 75 beds on this site along with day case, rehabilitation, pharmacy and radiology services and a satellite dialysis unit. Outpatient clinics for a large range of specialties also take place at this site. The x-ray department has two general rooms, an ultrasound room and CT (mentioned above).

The Community Diagnostic Centre in Bodmin provides plain film radiography, ultrasound, CT and MRI (Bodmin, mentioned above) and MRI (Redruth, mentioned above).

There are also imaging departments carrying out general x-ray and/or ultrasound work in a number of community hospitals around the County. There are at Bodmin, Bude, Camborne/Redruth, Falmouth, Helston (US only), Newquay, St Austell and St Marys on the Isles of Scilly. The Clinical Imaging directorate is responsible for staffing these departments.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT at interview)
• oFRCR qualification

Desirable

• oWide medical or surgical experience
• oPost graduate medical qualification

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Extensive clinical training and experience in appropriate subspecialty radiology.
• Completed (or within 6 months of completing) the RCR appropriate subspecialty curriculum (or equivalent).
• Subspecialty training in Paediatric Imaging.
• Ability to contribute to the general departmental work load.
• Emergency and general Radiology competence.

Desirable

• oPost CCT subspecialty training in subspecialty radiology

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• oExperience of audit.
• oAbility and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets.

Desirable

• oAttendance at management course.

Teaching Experience

Essential

• oAbility to teach clinical skills and the radiology curriculum to radiology registrars.

Desirable

• oExperience of teaching medical undergraduates and/or radiology trainees.

Research Experience

Essential

• oAbility to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.

Desirable

• oPublications in peer reviewed journals.

Disposition / Adjustment / Attitude

Essential

• oAbility to work in a team Good interpersonal skills.
• oEnquiring, critical approach to work.
• oCaring and professional attitude to patients.
• oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• oAbility and willingness to work hours of the post.
• oCommitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit

Additional Circumstances

Essential

• oA Disclosure and Barring record check satisfactory to the organisation.
• oSpeak fluent English to at least I.E.L.R.S level 7.5.
• oCurrent and valid Visa to allow work in the UK.
• oOH clearance
• Receipt of three satisfactory references.
• oTo live no more than 30 minutes travel from hospital for on-call category A rota
• oThe post-holder must have access to their own transport and the ability to travel within and outside of the county, sometimes at short notice, when required.