Radiologist Consultant with Nuclear Medicine Expertise

2 weeks ago


Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time
Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of radiologists at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the chance to work closely with our existing radiologists to provide high-quality care across the Trust. We are seeking consultants with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work collaboratively with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.

We are looking for a Consultant Radiologist with a subspecialty interest in Nuclear Medicine to join our team. The post is primarily based at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage and requires a minimum commitment of 4 PAs in nuclear medicine but can attract up to 10 PAs overall in Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, depending on the applicant's skill. The successful applicant will also provide 1 PA of PET-CT reporting at the Paul Strickland Imaging located in MVCC, if desired.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidates will join a team of 25 radiologists to help deliver Diagnostic Imaging Services to the Trust and local commissioners. The candidates are required to have a subspecialty interest in Nuclear Medicine. We are a large teaching hospital for radiology registrars with aspirations to grow further. You will be expected to be fully engaged with the SpR training scheme both locally within the department and more widely within the region. Therefore, any experience in teaching and training including any formal learning in teaching methods would be ideal for this position.

Working for Our Organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
  • Help deliver outpatient and acute general and subspecialty imaging in the trust.
  • Support the urology, gastrointestinal, oncology, paediatric, endocrinology and MSK radiology services
  • Maintenance of high-quality patient-centred care
  • Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
  • Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
  • Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
  • Active participation in continuing medical education

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential Criteria
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
  • College Fellowship (FRCR) or qualification of an equivalent level
  • Subspecialist interest urology, gastrointestinal, oncology, paediatric, endocrinology and MSK imaging
Desirable Criteria
  • Postgraduate academic degree
Previous ExperienceEssential Criteria
  • General radiology
    Competent in plain film reporting, MRI/ CT/US (general).
    Fully competent in General Radiology to partake in the on-call rota.
    Take part in daytime duty sessions and reporting of emergency CT and MRI work
  • Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role
  • Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
  • Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
  • Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
  • Published papers and original work in peer-reviewed journals
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
  • Demonstrable experience and participation in research
SkillsEssential Criteria
  • Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
  • Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
  • Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision-making
  • Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
  • Ability to critically appraise published evidence
KnowledgeEssential Criteria
  • Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
  • Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice
Other RequirementsEssential Criteria
  • Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
  • Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognizes and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
  • Role models our Trust values every day
  • Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution.
  • Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs.

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.



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