Job overview

LOCUM CONSULTANT RADIOLOGIST WITH SUB-SPECIALITY INTEREST IN NEURORADIOLOGY

(1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

Newham University Hospital
Radiology Department
General Consultant Radiologist with sub-speciality interest

10 PA’s job

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospital trusts in Britain as well as being the home of London’s Air Ambulance Service. The Trust incorporates St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals, Newham University Hospital and Whipps Cross University Hospital.

NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, as part of Barts Health NHS Trust, is a 350-bed hospital that serves one of Britain’s most diverse, fastest growing, and youngest populations. The Radiology department in Newham University Hospital is a busy, modern and well-equipped department with 6 fully digital general X-ray rooms (DR) and 1 modern Fluoroscopy screening room, six ultrasound rooms, a state-of-the-art 128 slice dual source CT scanner, a new state-of-the-art wide-bore 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, and a digital mammography unit equipped with biopsy module. A second CT scanner is under installation at the moment. We are a completely paperless department with a cross-trust HIS, PACS, RIS and VR system for reporting.

THE POST: This post is for one-year fixed term contract for a Consultant Radiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust with a sub-speciality interest in neuroradiology. 

Main duties of the job

·         To support, develop and enhance the general and specialised imaging services at Barts Health NHS Trust.

·         To contribute to the high-quality consultant-led diagnostic radiology service at Newham University Hospital.

·         Participate in the on-call service.

·         To support other imaging developments within the Trust and within Northeast London (NEL) Imaging Board.

·         To provide evidence-based care for all patients.

·         To always adhere to appropriate clinical and quality standards.

·         To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with hospital colleagues, General Practitioners, community services, and relevant healthcare agencies.

·         To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work.

·         To participate in the management of the Departments and to liaise closely with the Clinical Director and Clinical leads.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.