About this role
Job summary
An opportunity to join an established interventional radiology service and help shape its future development
The highly regarded, forward-thinking Radiology Department at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated substantive Consultant Interventional Radiologist to join our friendly and ambitious team. This permanent appointment offers the opportunity to contribute to an established interventional radiology service, work across a broad range of procedures and help shape the future direction of the service across Hampshire Hospitals and the wider regional network.
This is an exciting time to join Hampshire Hospitals. We have invested in our interventional radiology service, with refurbishment and modernisation of our angiography suites to provide a modern clinical environment. We are looking for a colleague with a strong interest in vascular and general interventional radiology who would also welcome the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of our interventional oncology service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work across Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, delivering a broad range of vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology procedures. Our established workload includes peripheral vascular intervention, embolisation, venous intervention, nephrostomy and biliary intervention, image-guided drainage and biopsy, vascular access and other minimally invasive treatments.
We are particularly interested in recruiting a colleague with a strong vascular interest and a broad-based general interventional radiology practice who is keen to develop their clinical interests within a supportive and collaborative team.
Alongside our established interventional workload, our interventional oncology service continues to develop, creating opportunities for the successful candidate to become involved in and contribute to the growth of minimally invasive oncological treatments, including tumour ablation and other image-guided therapies. We would welcome someone enthusiastic about developing their experience and expertise in this area and helping shape the future direction of the service.
About us
Across HHFT we currently have 2 IR/Fluoro rooms and 1 Interventional room, 2 clinical rooms for ultrasound guided procedures, and day case recovery faculties on each site, 5 static CT scanners and 3 static MRI scanners (details below). This includes a private imaging facility on the Basingstoke site (Candover Clinic) which is part of the NHS trust and offers general X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI. Insignia PACS, CRIS and Talking point Voice Recognition are integrated across HHFT (PACS system undergoing replacement currently). Home-reporting workstations are provided for all Consultant Radiologists to facilitate the on-call service, flexible reporting and additional voluntary reporting ('insourcing').
The diagnostic on-call runs from 1700 - 2000 weekdays and 0900 - 2000 at the weekend, a separate rota for each site. An out of hours IR service is provided via a regional network with Frimley Health Foundation Trust.
The trust has recently committed to a multi-million pound programme of investment to refresh diagnostic imaging equipment over the next 10 years. The department has already benefited from a completely new fleet of Ultrasound machines, new X-ray rooms, and a new CT scanner. Two new MRI scanners are to be installed at the end of 2023.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
TO APPLY
Informal enquiries, requests for further information and requests for informal visits should be directed to:-
Dr Andrew Thrower Radiology Clinical Director [email protected] or Dr Shaheen Noorani, Lead Interventional Radiologist [email protected]
For further information about the Trust - Please visit the Trust website http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Professional qualifications
Essential
- FRCR (or equivalent)
- Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or within six months of CCT date at the time of the interview.
- Full GMC with licence to practice
Desirable
- Higher qualification (MRCP or FRCS)
- Relevant UK NHS experience
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- All applicants should have a solid background in General Radiology and experience of reporting in plain films, ultrasound, CT and MRI
- Specialty training in vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology
Desirable
- Fellowship training in subspecialty area
Skills & Ability
Essential
- Proficiency in a wide range of vascular and non-vascular interventional procedures
- Ability to supervise, cover and report on examinations carried out by radiographers and specialist registrars in radiology
- oExperience in conducting clinico-radiological meetings or MDTs.
Desirable
- Ability to supervise and report cardiac CT
- Ability to cross cover for colleagues at MDTs
Research & Teaching
Essential
- Willingness to participate in teaching to promote role expansion and skill mix among the radiographic staff
- Willingness to teach medical students and junior medical staff
Desirable
- Experience in teaching
- Peer review publications
Other Requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise
- Ability to contribute to the running of the department
Desirable
- Formal leadership or management training
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
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
Aldermaston Road
Basingstoke
RG24 9NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)