Principal Duties of this Post Include
* Take on‑going responsibility for timely reporting of patients scans.
* Provide a consultation service and advisory service to other clinical colleagues in other specialties within the Trust and Primary Care.
* Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
* Develop and maintain good communications with General practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
* Participate in the development of the care of patients arriving as emergencies.
* Participate and encourage two‑way communications encompassing briefing systems as appropriate.
* Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures.
* Ensure that all trust wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come in contact with services provided by GEH.
* Ensure compliance with all appropriate legal and statutory requirements, including Health and Safety, Standing financial Instructions and Incident Reporting.
* Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers.
* Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit – this will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical practice.
* The post holder will be active part of the medical student teaching team. The hospital also supports the Warwick Medical School in providing lectures, tutorials and workshops for students both on site at GEH and at the University. The post holder will be expected to take part in exit examinations for the university.
* We have recently appointed 7 IMG Clinical Fellows who are aiming to achieve FRCR and CESR. The successful appointee would be expected to support and encourage them in any way that is required.
* The post holder will support postgraduate students during their posting to the hospital. There is an active programme of continuing medical education at the GETEC centre which is supported by the consultants in the trust.
* Direct Clinical Care: 7.5 to 8.5 PAs on an average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency clinical work).
* Supporting Professional Activities: 1.5 to 2.5 PAs per week e.g. teaching, participating in student exams, and audit; or taking on a lead role e.g. for Audit, Research, Education in the department and to participate in peer assessments. Each doctor is allocated 1.5 PA of SPA for Personal Development, Mandatory Training, Appraisal, Job Planning etc. but the additional SPA over initial 1.5 SPA depends on agreement in Job Plan review with the clinical manager and trust's medical director as Departmental SPA.
* The post‑holders will be expected, as a general Radiologist to undertake all types of work through the hospital (e.g. respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, strokes, colorectal surgery, cancers etc.) and any interest from candidates in the radiology departments' specialist investigations including Cardiac, GI and Interventional radiology etc. will be encouraged.
* For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non‐elective, surgical, medical, women's, children's, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people. The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south‑west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you’ve got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.
In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke‑free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees as they are at the heart of our patients' journey. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued, respected, empowered and included within an organisation that is representative of all members of the community. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.
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