Specialist Grade Doctor Radiology

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Specialty Doctor in General Radiology, full time 10 PA's per week position.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a General Hospital with supra-regional Plastics and Burns Service. The Trust provides acute and specialist hospital services to more than 500,000 people in Mid. and South Buckinghamshire. There are 2 acute hospitals sites at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville as well as peripheral sites, the largest of which is situated in Amersham. The world-renowned National Spinal Injury Centre is on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the Radiology Department provides a wide range of specialist imaging and interventional services to the Unit.

There are ample opportunities for teaching and research. Radiology Registrars from Oxford rotate through the Department, and as of this year, the training of 2 IR Fellows is shared with Oxford.

Qualifications required are full GMC registration and relevant specialist experience.

Many clinical services have recently been reconfigured across the Trust with most acute services being localized at Stoke Mandeville, Wycombe remains the acute site for Cardiology and Hyper Acute Stroke, serving Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.

Planned AAC interview date is Tuesday 3 December 2024 .

Main duties of the job

The radiology department at BHT is highly regarded within the Trust as an approachable and innovative department. It has consistently achieved the highest score in the Oxford radiology registrars feedback in the past decade in the regional department believes in delivering excellence through developing and supporting subspecialty radiologists and delivering access through maintaining and supporting general radiology skills in addition to supporting role extension.

The post is full time (10 programmed activities) for a Specialty Doctor in Radiology. The successful candidate will join a team of 20 consultant radiologists. The post holder will be based at Wycombe Hospital but will be expected to work on other sites as required.

The post holder would be expected to contribute general duties including to a duty radiology system, hot reporting and cold reporting which combines both special interest and general reporting.Radiologists undertake ultrasound lists with specialist and some general post holder would be expected to undertake to minor interventional procedures including procedures related to their special interest and those required in particular for urgent in-patients including chest aspiration/drainage, ascites drainage.Informal enquires and visits are welcomed and strongly encouraged. Please see contact information below.

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our CARE values are collaborated, aspire, respect and enable. Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Post

Provide diagnostic and specialist breast support to the Trust. Develop Radiology Services. Share Breast workload in the department Develop a subspecialist interest Contribute to registrar supervision Contribute to minor interventional work, urgent reporting and Duty radiologist sessions. Career development with a view to Specialist Registration via the CESR route Person Specification

Trust 'CARE' Values

Essential

Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. Enable - Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative.

Professional values and behaviours, skills and knowledge

Essential

Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow. Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework. Demonstrates the underpinning subject specific competencies knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope Clinically evaluates and manages a patient formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan and reviewing and adjusting this dependent on the outcomes of treatment Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients: employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent /autonomous practitioner Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits and seeks help when required Communicates effectively and can share decision -making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals promoting a patient centred approach to their care, including self- management Respects patients dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist eg using interpreters and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent: ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty: data protection: equality and diversity

Desirable

Applies basic principles of public health: including population health, promoting health and well Being, work, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention for people with SCI

Leadership and Teamworking

Essential

Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate behaviour:managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with and confidence in others. Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes- appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams-promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and inter professional team working Critically reflects on decision making processes and explains those decisions t others in n honest and transparent way Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments

Patient safety and quality improvement

Essential

Takes prompt action where there is a safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems Applies basic human factor principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system level Collaborates with MDT and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings with the respect for and recognition of the roles of other health care professionals Advocates for and contributes to organisational learning Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families and carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvement reviews Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, incidents or complaints and implements appropriate changes Engages with relevant stakeholders to implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes

Desirable

Evaluates and audits own and others clinical practice and acts on the findings. Reflects on personal behaviour and practice Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice: designing projects and evaluating their impact

Safeguarding vulnerable groups

Essential

Recognises and takes responsibility for safeguarding children, young people and adults using appropriate systems for identifying, sharing information, recording and raising concerns, obtaining advice and acting. Applies appropriate equality and diversity legislation, including disability discrimination requirements in the context of patient care

Education and training

Essential

Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan, reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop a service Promotes and participates in individual and team learning:supporting the educational needs of individuals and teams Identifies and creates safe and supportive working and learning environments Can act as a role model, educator, supervisor,coach or mentor for medical and non-medical practitioners Creates effective learning opportunities and provides developmental feedback, both verbally and in writing, to learners and doctors in training Plans and provides effective teaching and training activities Understands how to raise concerns about the behaviour or performance of any learner under their clinical supervision Takes part inpatient education

Qualifications and Research

Essential

Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant specialty. Full GMC registration or equivalent registerable qualification MRCP / MRCS / MRCGP MRCPsych or Equivalent Keeps up to date with current research and best practice in the individuals specific area of practice, through appropriate continuing professional activities and their own independent study and reflection Critically appraises and understands the relevance of the literature, conducting literature searches and reviews; disseminates best practice including from quality improvement projects Locates and uses clinical guidelines appropriately Communicates and interprets research evidence in a meaningful way for patients to support shared decision making Works towards identifying the need for further research to strengthen the evidence base or where there are gaps in knowledge, networking with teams within and outside the organisation

Other Requirements

Essential

Ability to travel to and between sites

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