Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The department has a diverse workforce of over 100 qualified Radiographers and actively encourages role extension with Reporting Radiographers in place in Plain Film, CT, Breast and MRI. Plain film offer Hot Reporting to ED for all axial and appendicular imaging.

Our Interventional Radiology Department serves both inpatients and outpatients referred from all specialities throughout MMH, as well as providing IR support to neighbouring Trusts. The IR department is a spoke centre to the Vascular Hub based in Kent and Canterbury Hospital, performing outpatient vascular procedures.

The Interventioanl Radiology Department proudly supports the Center of Excellence for Post Partum Haemorrhage procedures, based at MMH. This is the only centre in the county so provides care to all patients thoughout Kent.

The IR Department runs busy list from Monday to Friday with oncall support out of hours. The team have close connectinos with Urology, Oncology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and the vascular teams. Close working relationships with referring teams has led to the development of several specialist pathways, including:

·         Radiofrequency Ablation or renal tumours

·         Prostate Embolisations

·         Pulmonary Embolism/Deep Vein Thrombosis  thrombolysis

·         Post Partum Haemorrhage embolisation

·         Thyroid ablation

·         Uterine fibroid embolisations

Both CT and MRI have core team members specialising in these areas and are supported by the rotational staff that once trained work alongside these staff allowing for CT and MRI specialists to rotate through General Imaging in order to not deskill.

Ultrasound has successfully recruited in recent months and has a dedicated and specialised team of 8 Sonographers that work to vet, scan and report. Active continued professional learning has allowed us to retain staff and develop them to be competent in all areas of scanning inclusive of small parts, Vascular and MSK.  Recently, a Sonographer Led Neck biopsy service has been developed.

The Interventional Suite is supported by a team of nine nurses and seven Radiographers who partake in the on call rota allowing for 24/7 cover. All have on-site training from existing staff and Radiologists.

Nuclear Medicine has a team of 5 nurses who work to support the technicians and run therapy clinics alongside the Nuclear Medicine Physicians.

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director (Dr V. Ganesh), on behalf of the Divisional Director, three months after the commencement date of the appointee, or sooner, dependent on service requirements.  This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.

This is an  Interventional Radiologist post with commitments to the General Radiology rota.

The job plan for the first three months will be based upon the experience of the successful applicant and how independently they are able to perform Interventional Radiology procedures. Typically, a weekly job plan ill consist of 2 Interventional Radiology sessions, 1 US session, 1.5 SPA, Corss sectional reporting session as per interest,  but may well be subject to change, dependent on service requirements.

Interventional Radiology On Call is rostered as a whole week at a time at a frequency of 1 week in 5. There are 4 other Consultant Radiologist on the on call rota so swapping on calls is often an option.The Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year.  It should cover all aspects of a Consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities.  It should provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.  In addition it should include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives, and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfill the job plan and the objectives.

Provisional assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan:

There is expectation that fixed sessions of clinical activity will need to change between job plans to ensure the needs of the department are met. Flexibility is also expected to cover leave and un-expected workloads. This is departmental policy.

This is a 10PA post which can be increased to 11PA or 12PA if the post holder so wishes.

It is essential for the candidates to have the fellowship from the Royal College of Radiologists.

The indicative job plan includes on call (1PA), 7.5 DCC & 1.5 SPA.