Job summary
- Main area
- Breast Radiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-5104
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £101,694 - £134,126 per annum inclusive (basic salary + london weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Breast Radiologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
This is a post for a breast radiologist with sessions at both North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and University College London Hospital Trust. This is a single contract with an SLA with UCLH. Line management for the UCLH role will be provided by Divisional Clinical Director for Imaging, UCLH).
The post will involve two one stop symptomatic breast clinics with cross cover for a further clinic, attendance at the symptomatic breast multidisciplinary meeting and cold breast reporting sessions.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in the radiology department
- Look at current radiology practice and patient pathways within North Middlesex University Hospital and in conjunction with the Clinical Director further develop the service in line with best practice.
- Lead in ongoing development of clinical guidelines in radiology, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda
- Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
- Actively participate in the department’s teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of radiology registrars, medical trainees and other multiprofessional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies
- The successful applicant, as per trust policy, will undertake an active mentoring programme within the trust. The appropriate mentor/mentors will be discussed and decided by the Divisional Director and Speciality lead, in conjunction with the successful applicant.
- SPA activities will include:
- Service Development – radiology protocols and guidelines
- Developing joint protocols/pathways and clinical governance with ED and other specialties
- Teaching/Training including clinical and educational supervision
- Individual CME/CPD
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospital here
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
An indicative job plan/timetable for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be reassessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.
For a part-time 6 PA contract, 5:1.5 is the basic DCC:SPA split:
- Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 5 PAs on average per week
(clinical activity, clinically-related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)
- Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): 1.5 PAs on average per week
(CPD, audit, teaching & research) and including 0.5 PA for a quality & service role
An additional 1 SPA is available to all Consultant Staff, subject to review and agreement, for Trust-wide roles which must be approved prospectively by the Divisional/Medical Director.
Job plans are reviewed annually, and applicants are encouraged to study the provisions of the Consultant Contract for England 2003 under which this post is offered.
Delivery of the highest quality service possible is the main priority of this department. This means integrating evidence-based practice, research, QI/audit and other aspects of clinical governance particularly the delivery of quality training and exceptional risk management. There are many areas for service development and requirements for working with all health care professionals and specialties.
The hot reporting/duty radiologist role is an essential component of the DCC allocation.
There is potential to increase the weekly job plan if desired.
|
Day/Site |
Session/Time |
Session/Time |
PAs |
|
Monday/NMH |
ADMIN (4 HRS SPA)
|
Breast MDM/cold breast work (4 HRS DCC)
|
1 DCC 1 SPA
|
|
Tuesday/NMH |
|
Consultant Meeting/Admin 14:00-16:00 (2 HR SPA) |
0.50 SPA
|
|
Wednesday/NMH |
Breast One Stop (4 HRS DCC) |
Cold breast reporting (4 HRS DCC) |
2 DCC |
|
Thursday |
|
|
|
|
Friday/UCLH |
Cold breast work 10:00-14:00 (4 HRS DCC) |
Breast One Stop 14:00-18:00 (4 HRS DCC) |
2 DCC |
|
|
|
6.5 PAs |
|
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- FRCR or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in radiology and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR
- Sub specialty training in breast radiology
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Evidence of leadership and management experience
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
Desirable criteria
- Training/qualification in leadership and management
- Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and participation in clinical audit
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable criteria
- Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Masters in teaching
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients
- Knowledge of resource management issues.
- Ability to stay calm under pressure. Computer literate
- Willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kiran Patel
- Job title
- Lead Breast Radiology Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust in Medical and Dental or all sectors