Consultant in Radiology - Chester, United Kingdom - Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Chester, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Consultant Radiologist with special interest in either Chest/GI/Cardiac imaging.

10 Progammed Activities per week

The appointee will be expected to fully participate in the delivery of a high quality, responsive diagnostic imaging service.

We are seeking a dynamic radiologist to join our team to be involved in the increasingly interesting and challenging demand for general and advanced imaging.

Radiologists are second on call, supervising a Mersey Specialty Trainee as part of an on call collaborative reporting hub.

The appointee will be expected to fully participate in the delivery of a high quality, responsive diagnostic imaging service

The main duties are

Contribute to the general workload of the department including ultrasound, CT, MRI and plain film reporting
Provide specialist reporting within area of interest
Participate in MDTs as appropriate
Share with colleagues in the training of SpRs
Share with colleagues in the training, supervision and support of trainee and qualified ultrasonographers, and when appropriate of radiographers undergoing skill mix training
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
Participate in the general radiologist oncall rota

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services.

The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do.

The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life.

The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.