Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PA)
- Job ref
- 321-CON-MS-6219447-S5-PH
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Radiology Medical JR & CH A74620
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Not defined
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Paediatric imaging
Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic radiologists to join the team of paediatric radiologists working cross site to provide high quality paediatric imaging services to Oxfordshire and to support the on-call service. The Trust includes a large paediatric tertiary referral centre with a dedicated paediatric surgical, medical, oncology, urology and neurosurgical units and is also a major trauma centre. The Directorate is progressive and keen to invest in the future workforce with such measures as a 4 day week, home reporting, advanced practitioner radiographers and cycle to work schemes.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of the paediatric radiology team and deliver high quality diagnostic imaging services across the Trust. Additional subspecialty interests may be accommodated/supported e.g. in paediatric interventional imaging. Candidates with an interest in paediatric intervention will be provided training and support as required.
The Trust is a tertiary referral centre for paediatrics with a large neonatal unit and paediatric intensive care. The service is delivered at the Horton and Oxford Hospitals. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations as and when required, although travel will be remunerated.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Trust has installed Insignia PACS and has image sharing agreements in place with regional hospitals, to support multidisciplinary team meetings and allow access to comparative images across the region. The Radiology Directorate supports flexible working arrangements for consultant radiologists, and consultants have home-reporting workstations to support on-call provision and elective specialist reporting. The Radiology Directorate is actively exploring alternative, more flexible working patterns to support acute service provision and also to aid in offering work-life balance. The paediatric radiologists have developed into a strong team in recent years that listens and empowers its members in exploring innovative ways to improve service delivery.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- FRCR or equivalent
- CCT in Radiology or registration on GMC Specialist Register in Radiology, or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview
- At least one-year higher level training in paediatric radiology at a recognised training centre.
- Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Fellowship in Paediatric imaging.
- Additional post graduate medical qualification
- Training in paediatric intervention
Experience
Essential criteria
- General training in Radiology to Specialist Level or equivalent.
- Additional work experience in paediatric radiology as above.
- CT, MRI and US imaging of paediatric disease in a tertiary referral centre
- CT and US interventional skills
- Ability to make decisions at consultant level
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Evidence of organisational skills, communication skills, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in Radiology in a major teaching hospital.
- Evidence to support good professional skills as required for good medical practice.
- Evidence to support good interpersonal skills.
- Evidence to support good communication skills.
- Evidence of previous teaching experience at various levels.
- An understanding of clinical governance and experience of clinical audit.
- Interest in research with publications and presentation(s) at National/International meeting(s)
Desirable criteria
- Previous management experience
- Knowledge of organisation of NHS and governments agenda for modernisation of the NHS. Evidence of management training.
- Good computing skills, word processing/ spreadsheet and web browser use.
- Post graduate teaching experience
- Recent peer reviewed publication
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kay Platt
- Job title
- Consultant Radiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
- Additional information
Candidates are highly recommended to visit the departments and hospitals and are invited to contact Dr Kaye Platt, Paediatric Radiologist and Clinical Lead Paediatric Radiology by email at [email protected]
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