- The successful candidate will be expected to support delivery of service in line with clinical key performance indicators (relating to maximum reporting waiting times and reporting productivity) to take part in Duty Radiologist, and to take part in Discrepancy Meetings, Peer review, Clinical Audit and other Clinical Governance activities.
- To work with colleagues, medical, radiographic and nursing to improve and advance the service.
- To share with colleagues the responsibility for the management of the Department.
- To share with colleagues the responsibility for teaching and training of trainees, junior medical staff, nursing staff, primary care colleagues and medical students.
- To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
- FRCR or equivalent (FRCR2a with intention of FRCR2b-CESR)
- You must be on the specialist register for Radiology or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee
- Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
- Relevant higher degree
- Must be able to demonstrate clinical experience and competence in all aspects of breast and Radiology
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
- Understanding current issues within chest radiology and the future direction of the specialty
- Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
- Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
- Wide based experience in Radiology
- Attendance at a recognised management course
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
- Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
- Training in clinical and educational supervision
- Attendance at a teaching course
- Formal qualification in teaching/education
- Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes
- Critical Appraisal Skills
- Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
- Ability to use IT Systems - inc Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook
- Evidence of innovation
- Evidence of continual learning and development
- Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
- Access to own transport
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the
Specialty Doctor in Breast Imaging - Doncaster, United Kingdom - Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
Description
Job summary
The appointee will be a member of the Medical Imaging department and working with the consultant radiologists provide a comprehensive imaging service for the population of Doncaster, Bassetlaw and the surrounding areas.
The successful candidate will join our team of four breast radiologists, 2 advanced practitioner's who assist with breast fast track clinics and screen reporting, and also 3 advanced practitioners who perform the majority of our stereotactic biopsies. We have close and mutually supportive working relationships with the breast surgeons, oncologists and breast care nurses.
The appointee will play an active role in the weekly MDT and consensus/QA meetings. They will be involved in performing ultrasound guided and stereotactic core/ vacuum assisted biopsies and wire localisations. We have trialled and now have funding for Magseed localization of breast tumours and hope to begin tomosynthesis later this year following the completion of the PACS upgrade. The radiologist will also be expected to report screening mammograms as part of the NBSS, staging CT's and breast MRI's.
Main duties of the job
About us
Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it's our pledge to help you Develop , Belong and Thrive , Here .
As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
We offer a range of benefits including: o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
The Imaging Department at Doncaster Royal Infirmary comprises four general X-Ray rooms, a DEXA room, two digital screening rooms, and a dental room. There are total of 3 CT scanners. Siemens Edge and a Siemens Go 128 slice scanners were installed in 2020 in a brand new CT scanning suite. A Siemens Somatom Definition AS 64 slice CT scanner was installed in September 2011. The interventional suite consists of two adjacent rooms. The main room is used for vascular and general interventional procedures and was replaced in 2012. The other is used predominately for cardiac work. The MRI is a Siemens Aera, commissioned in spring 2011, and housed adjacent to the department in refurbished accommodation. Seven state-of-the-art ultrasound machines are sited in a purpose built Ultrasound suite within the main department and provide general ultrasound examinations. There is a separate ultrasound unit in the Womens Hospital with five ultrasound machines for obstetric and gynaecological examinations. A range of nuclear medicine scans are delivered by a SPECT/CT machine, which was installed in 2012.
Satellite radiography rooms are present in the Orthopaedic Clinic and Tickhill Road Hospital.
Medical Imaging sits within the Clinical Specialties division, which also includes Pathology, Pharmacy, Theatres, Intensive Care and Outpatient Services. Fuji PACS is well established and is supported by Vital RIS, incorporating voice recognition reporting, and ICE Order Communication.
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Experience and Achievements
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Teaching and training
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Audit and Research
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Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities
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General
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