Job overview

  Consultant Radiologist – general radiologist with specialistinterest in Gynaecology Imaging

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed radiologist to join our friendly and dynamic team within the Radiology Department at Colchester General Hospital (which is part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust). 

1.    This post is a general radiology consultant post with about 50% of sessions dedicated to subspecialty interest in gynaecology imaging.

Several sessions would be devoted to general radiology including acute inpatient and A+E CT reporting, general and inpatient acute MRI reporting and duty room or “hot seat”.

The candidate would be a member of the general radiology on-call (1:15-1:16 depending on numbers of radiologists).

Home reporting is an option with the majority of full time radiologists reporting one session or one day of outpatient reporting from home.

Additional reporting on top of 10PA role, is available with additional sessions, ultrasound lists and pay per scan additional out of hours reporting (subject to conditions).

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL

The post holders’ duties will be primarily based at the Colchester General Hospital. The timetable will include 8.5 direct clinical care (DCC) sessions and 1.5 supporting programmed activities (SPA). 1 SPA is usually off-site. The Candidate will be expected to share with colleagues a commitment to the general reporting, Duty radiology, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, MRI, and CT depending on interests and experience.

The post-holder will:

·         Work in conjunction with colleagues to provide a comprehensive imaging service. The timetable is worked flexibly and will be agreed with colleagues.

·         Provide specialist radiological advice and services to users of the radiology department, including MDT participation

·         Accept responsibility for compliance with ionising and radiation regulations, along with radiation protection supervisor and the radiation protection officers

·         Accept personal responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to him/her. Provide advice and information as required to clinical colleagues and other staff

·         Share responsibility for the supervision, training, and professional development of radiographic staff including radiology SpRs and other departmental staff as necessary

·         Attend regular departmental meetings and participate in department governance and development of the service

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.  

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.  

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