Applications are invited for a Specialty Doctor in General Radiology, full-time 10 PA's per week position. This is a permanent post.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a general hospital with a supra-regional Plastics and Burns Service. The Trust provides acute and specialist hospital services to over 500,000 people in Mid and South Buckinghamshire. It comprises two acute hospital sites at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville, along with peripheral sites, the largest being in Amersham. The world-renowned National Spinal Injury Centre is located at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and the Radiology Department offers a wide range of specialist imaging and interventional services.
There are ample opportunities for teaching and research. Radiology Registrars from Oxford rotate through the department, and as of this year, the training of 2 IR Fellows is shared with Oxford.
Qualifications required include full GMC registration and relevant specialist experience.
Many clinical services have been recently reconfigured across the Trust, with most acute services localized at Stoke Mandeville, while Wycombe remains the acute site for Cardiology and Hyper Acute Stroke, serving Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
Planned Interview Date: Monday 8 July 2024
Main duties of the job
The radiology department at BHT is highly regarded within the Trust as approachable and innovative. It has consistently achieved the highest scores in Oxford radiology registrars' feedback over the past decade in the regional programme.
The department emphasizes excellence through developing subspecialty radiologists and maintaining general radiology skills, supporting role extension.
The post is full-time (10 programmed activities) for a Specialty Doctor in Radiology. The successful candidate will join a team of 20 consultant radiologists and will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with work required at other sites as needed.
The post holder will contribute to general duties, including duty radiology, hot and cold reporting, combining both special interest and general reporting.
Radiologists undertake ultrasound lists with both specialist and general examinations.
The post holder will perform minor interventional procedures, including those related to their special interest and urgent inpatient procedures such as chest aspiration/drainage and ascites drainage.
Informal enquiries and visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please see contact information below.
Working for our organisation
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* Flexible and agile working opportunities, along with NHS benefits such as generous annual leave, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
* Health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We promote inclusion and welcome colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
* We aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues are treated with dignity and respect.
* Diversity within our Trust improves outcomes for the communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision: Provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
* Our mission: Deliver personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values: Collaborate, Aspire, Respect, Enable.
Person specification
Trust Values
* Collaborate: Communicate openly and promote teamwork.
* Aspire: Prioritize patients, drive improvements, and seek growth.
* Respect: Treat everyone with kindness and ensure they feel valued.
* Enable: Listen to others and empower initiative.
Education, Qualifications and training
* FRCR
* GMC registered qualifications (BM, BS or equivalent)
* Full GMC Registration
* Subspecialist Fellowship training (advantageous)
Experience
* Reporting general CT, MRI, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and plain films
* Ability to act as duty Radiologist
* MDT experience
* Performing minor interventional procedures
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
* Teamwork
* Conducting MDTs
* Good organizational skills
* Image-guided radiology procedures
* Practice audit and governance knowledge
Other Requirements
* Full GMC Registration with license to practice
* Ability to travel between sites
PPE requirements: All staff must wear appropriate PPE as per infection control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations: Vaccination is encouraged to protect yourself and others. Completion of a Covid-19 risk assessment will be required if successful.
Application deadline: The post closes at midnight on the specified date. Early closure may occur if applications are numerous or circumstances change.
Application information: Successful candidates' details will be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: Monitoring and safeguarding info are not visible to the shortlisting panel; safeguarding info may be visible to the interview panel depending on the role.
Travel expenses: Reimbursement for interview travel expenses is not provided.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING areas.
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