Locum Consultant Neuro, Head and Neck Radiologist

4 weeks ago


Romford, United Kingdom Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

This is a new post and has arisen due to an increase in demand for radiology services and as a part of transformation and expansion including commissioning of 2 new Community diagnostic centres. This is a locum post for 1 year to begin with a view to be made substantive.

The advertised post is to support diagnostic neuroradiology and head and neck service. The successful applicants should have completed training in diagnostic radiology and experience in neuroradiology or a neuroradiology/head and neck fellowship is preferable.

We are a Neuroscience centre catering to a large population and are a referral centre for neurosurgery for other trusts in Essex as well.Workload is varied, but largely consists of supporting inpatient /AE neuroradiology service, busy Stroke Unit, Neurology service, Neurosurgery and Neuro ITU. Contribution to head and neck services especially head and neck diagnostic scans is preferable. The candidate will be expected to cover Spine MDT and support other Neuro/Head and neck radiology MDT's as required or interested. The candidate is also expected to support the head and neck FNA service.

We also have a separate neuro IR service. This post does not have neuro interventional requirement, but the candidate should be well versed with reporting CT Angiograms for Stroke, aneurysms etc.

The candidate will be expected to support diagnostic neuroradiology on-call service as well.

CANDIDATES THAT HAS APPLIED BEFORE NEED NOT RE-APPLY

Main duties of the job

Report cross-sectional neuroradiology and head and neck scans performed on the MRI and CT scanners at the CDC and at King George's and Queen's Hospital Contribute to the general duty roster and inpatient and AE neuroradiology sessions. The post holder is expected to contribute to the Spine MDTs and other specialist MDT's with colleagues in rotation. It is mandatory to share an on-call commitment equally with existing diagnostic neuroradiology consultants, with a 1:6-1:8 rota. Support Head and Neck FNA clinics. Work cross site KGH, QH and in St Georges/ Barking CDC if required.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A& E performance in 2023/24 we're no longer in special measures and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A& Es in 2023.

Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post is designed to share the responsibility for the provision of comprehensive diagnostic neuroradiology services including the provision of a range of MDT and on-call services.

The successful candidate is expected to report cross-sectional neuro and head and neck radiology scans performed at King Georges and Queens Hospital and the CDC scanners. The successful candidate is also expected to support acute Inpatient/AE neuro/head and neck reporting.

It is desirable that the candidate has experience with advanced imaging modailities such as Perfusion, Spectroscopy, Functional MRI to expand the service as we have recently acquired a 3T MRI with all the facilities.

Contribution to the general duty roster which involves vetting cross-sectional scans and solving queries from clinical and radiology teams is mandatory.

The post holder is expected to contribute to the Spine MDT with other colleagues. If required or interested the candidate may contribute to other neuro/head and neck radiology MDTs as outline above.

We have a separate neuro IR service and there is no neuro IR requirement for this post but the candidate should be able to report CT Head and Neck angiograms independently to support the service..

It is expected that the candidate will support in head and neck FNAs to support the head and neck/Thyroid service. Support can be considered to develop this initially if needed.

It is mandatory to cover diagnostic neuroradiology on-call commitment equally with existing consultants. Currently, there is a 1:6 rota. The on-call is outsourced after 8 pm on weekdays and 6 pm on weekends.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:To adhere to the appropriate clinical and quality standards, liaise effectively and on a timely basis with colleagues, general practitioners, community services and all healthcare agencies and maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary working.

To participate in the development, organization, and management of radiology services To attend and participate in departmental governance meetings including investigations of incidents and audits where necessary.

To attend and participate in operational and clinical meetings where these are deemed essential to the running of the department and/or service.

To acquire and maintain the required level of evidence-based practice within your area of special interest.

To comply with all the trust and departmental policies in relation to job planning, appraisal and leave.

To deputize for an absent consultant or associate specialist colleague on occasions where this is necessary to complete core services in a timely manner.

Ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care programmed activities.Ensure mandatory training is up to date as per the trust policy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

MB BS or equivalent FRCR or equivalent GMC

Desirable

MRCP/MRCS Fellowship in Neuro Radiology Log book reflecting relevant experience in neuroradiology

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