Locum Consultant in Radiology

Job summary

Radiology Services is seeking to appoint a new full time (10 PA) Locum Consultant. The post is for 12 months and is required to fill temporary vacancies and to meet increasing demand for our services.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Guy's and St. Thomas'. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

The post is primarily to cover general radiology, however, an interest in oncology imaging is welcome, and other subspecialty interests would be considered, particularly within breast or gastrointestinal imaging. It is expected that the post holder will be involved in the full range of adult diagnostic radiology and have experience in acute imaging. The post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to oncology multidisciplinary team meetings.

About us

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Job responsibilities

Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites and includes on-call commitments. As a department we are open to flexible working patterns which suit the Department and individual needs with agreement with the Clinical Director and Clinical Lead.

Remote Home Reporting solution has been deployed to the radiologists across all subspecialties. A proposed job plan is provided below, and the post holder will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan, including personal and professional objectives, with the Clinical Director within 3 months of starting.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends. It is stressed that as part of the Directorates move to extended working that the post holder may be asked to include weekend sessions as part of their regular job plan.

The post will be based at Guys and St. Thomas. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT.
• FRCR or equivalent

Clinical Experience & Skills

Essential

• Completion of specialist radiology training programme Independent performance and reporting of general CT< MRI and X-ray imaging.

Desirable

• Experience in participating and leading multidisciplinary meetings
• Experience of Independent MDM work

Audit Management and IT

Essential

• Understand the role of clinical governance and audit in a successful department.
• Management and IT skills.
• Understanding of principles of audit.

Desirable

• Specific audits in Radiology.

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

• Understand the importance of research and its role in imaging.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.

Desirable

• Track record of published research in peer reviewed publications.
• Innovative and enthusiastic approach to imaging research

Leadership / Management skills

Essential

• Excellent leadership skills and ability to motivate a team.
• Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Interpersonal Skills; Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Interpersonal Skills; Ability to work as part of a team
• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.

Desirable

• Leadership experience of Transformation and Change Management within the NHS