About this role
Job summary
Imaging services at NHS HHP are primarily located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) and 3 CDCs at Hull, Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Our team of 80 consultant radiologists work across 4 hospital sites and 3 CDCs. 3 consultants are set to join the team over the next 6 months and recruitment of 7 more are ongoing. There will a substantial increase in imaging capacity with new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) recently opening at Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Hull. Imaging division sits with in the Specialist Cancer & support services care group led by Dr James Bailey - Chief of service, Helen Horth - director of operations and Wendy Krstenic - director of nursing
Main duties of the job
The appointee will join a team of 9 highly experienced vascular interventional radiologists providing the full spectrum of diagnostic and vascular interventional procedures. The department based in Hull, currently provides acute on call services 24/7 for vascular emergencies across various sites including Scarborough general hospital, Diana Princess of Wales hospital Grimsby and York for highly specialised vascular procedures.
The new post has arisen to meet the demand arising with a new hybrid theatre in main theatres where an opportunity is available to work alongside the vascular surgeons, performing a variety of endovascular procedures. The service offers an opportunity to be part of the stroke thrombectomy service currently running 8am-6pm 7 days a week. There is also an opportunity to take part in cardiac imaging for those colleagues possessing the required cardiac imaging accreditations.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
FRCR (UK) or equivalent qualification
Desirable
Postgraduate degree: e.g. MRCP or MRCS Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Fitness To Practise Essential
Full Registration with the GMC GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Desirable
UK CCT (IR) - interventional radiology
Eligibility Essential
Subspecialty interest within vascular interventional radiology
Desirable
Fellowship in vascular interventional radiology
Management and Administration Experience Essential
Ability to manage and lead radiology teams Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit Ability to organize, prioritize and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
Ability to develop, present and operationalize coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research Essential
Experience of supervising junior medical staff Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students Evidence of participation in audit Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal skills Essential
Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Road
Hull
HU3 2JZ
Employer's website https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)