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Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

The South West London Collaborative Bank

Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance
-Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.
-HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are: 

- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Job overview

A general radiologist with a specialist interest in Urological and Gastrointestinal imaging is sought. Ability to report Colon CT, small bowel MRI, Upper and lower GI MRI would be favorable. The successful candidate will participate in regular Urology Cancer MDT as part of an MDT team of radiologists. The department has regular Upper/lower GI and colorectal MDTs which the successful candidate would be encouraged to participate in and develop. The successful candidate would be encouraged to develop new opportunities in Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal imaging with clinical and radiology colleagues locally and across South West London Integrated Care System.

Main duties of the job

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance. -Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year. -HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

- Caring- Safe - Responsible - Value Each Other- Inspiring 

Working for our organisation

Each department has a Clinical Lead who reports to the Cluster Director. For the Radiology department the Clinical Lead / Deputy are Dr Nimrat Mangat / Dr Nevin Wijesekera and the Cluster Director is Dr Vin Majuran

Consultant

Subspecialty interests

Dr Vin Majuran

Cardiac (Lead); Nuclear Medicine (Lead), Cluster Director

Dr Nimrat Mangat

MSK (Lead); IM&T (Lead); Clinical Lead

Dr Nevin Wijesekera

Gastrointestinal (Lead–Lower GI); Cardiac

Dr Basil Abdi

Intervention; Chest (Lead–Malignant)

Dr Zeid Al-Ani

MSK

Dr Ashwin Algudkar

Head and Neck

Dr Charles Bishop

MSK

Dr Hannah Constanti

Breast (Lead); Paediatric; Gynae

Dr Harini Dharmana

Intervention; Uro-gynae

Dr Bijan Hedayati

Paediatric (Lead)

Dr Michael Lynch

Intervention (Lead); Gastrointestinal

Dr Patricia Marin-Crespo

Breast; Gastrointestinal

Dr Alastair Oakes

Gastrointestinal

Dr Pradip Patel

Intervention

Dr Anita Rhodes

Chest (Lead–Non-malignant); Breast; Education Lead

Dr Helen Richardson

Breast; DEXA

Dr Zbynek Stetina

Urological (Lead); Intervention

Dr Oniaza Syed

Breast

Dr Anna Thornton

Paediatric; Nuclear Medicine

Dr Ramesh Yella

Head and Neck (Lead); Gastrointestinal

Dr Faraan Khan

Neuroradiology

Dr Sahil Chhabda

Neuroradiology

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will be part of the diagnostic radiology on-call rota. We have a weekday on call on site from 5-8pm. Overnight CT between 8pm-8am is reported by an outsourced company (4Ways) and there is a separate weekend interventional on call rota. 

The department has a key focus on Risk and Governance and has developed a joined-up structure for reviewing, reporting and learning from errors. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in regular REALMS meeting and participate in a panel of three radiology consultants (on a 3-month rolling rota) who will review all incidents, assign degree of risk and undertake appropriate investigations to fruition. SPA up to 2 PAs is contingent on this participation and participation in regular audit in the department.

Please see the attached supporting document and person spec which contains more information about the role 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Full GMC Registration with License to Practice CCT and on GMC’s Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of the interview or have confirmed eligibility for Specialist Registration.

Desirable criteria

Appropriate higher degree (e.g. MD, PhD or equivalent) Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) or Surgeons (MRCS)

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Current wide range of cross-sectional experience (CT, MRI, US). Subspecialty Uroradiology experience.

Desirable criteria

Experience of upper GI radiology reporting Basic interventional radiology skills (e.g. biopsies / drainages)

Management Skills

Essential criteria

Able to communicate at a strategic and operational level.

Desirable criteria

Attended management training course Knowledge of finance / budgets

Experience in Training, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and junior doctors. Experience of clinical audit Relevant research articles in peer-reviewed journals

Desirable criteria

Completed ‘Train the Trainers’ course.

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Demonstrate leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team. Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate appropriate changes in clinical practice and to work as part of a team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm and approachability. Commitment to continuing professional development and clinical governance.

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : Kingston Hospital NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Salary : 

For applicants without prior NHS experience at the same pay band or higher, the salary will start at the lower value within the advertised range. 

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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