Consultant Radiologists - United Kingdom - Porthosp

Description

Full-time

Staff Group:
Medical and Dental


Contract Type:
Permanent


Job Area:

Medics Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for patients and communities, through its five-year strategy 'Working Together'.

The Trust's main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which started life more than a century ago as a military hospital.

With a turnover of close to £600m, the Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire.

Some tertiary services are provided to a wider catchment in excess of two million people. We are seeking a dynamic consultant colleague to join our friendly and cohesive team in the Portsmouth Breast Unit. Assessment clinics are routinely shared and led by a pair of consultants, supported by specialist breast care nurses, Advanced Practitioner, radiographers, radiographic department assistants and surgeons

Involvement in symptomatic fast-track clinics: patients are triaged so may be seen initially by a surgeon or a radiologist.

Supporting the ethos of service redesign with flexible working, role extension and mentoring of junior and paramedical colleagues
Support colleagues in the training of the Portsmouth Radiology Training Scheme Specialty Trainees and other Southampton based rotating Wessex SpRs

Participate in the general development of the Radiology Department by involvement with departmental or Trust projects/committees, equipment procurement, administration and management, audit, teaching, research, fostering good working relations within the department and good liaison with hospital clinicians and GPs.

Share with colleagues in the training, supervision and support of paramedical colleagues being developed for and working in an environment of greater skills mix.

Quality of care
Relationship building (communicate effectively, be open and willing to help, courtesy, nurtures partnerships)
Personal credibility (visibility, approachable, back bone, courage, resilience, confidence, role model, challenge bad behaviour, manage poor performance, act with honesty and integrity)
Harness performance through teams (champion positive change, develop staff, create a culture without fear of retribution, actively listen and value contribution, feedback and empower staff , respect diversity)

Job holders are required to act in such a way that at all times the health and well being of children and vulnerable adults is safeguarded.

In addition all staff are expected to completeessential/mandatory training in this area.
Higher professional training in Radiology
Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
Experience of certified training at a UK Breast Screening Teaching Centre
Demonstrable skills and experience of breast radiology to sub-speciality level including breast MRI
Understanding of clinical risk management
Demonstrable skills in oncology imaging

Effective, confident presentation ability with good oral and written communications skills The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do.

We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

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