Job vacancy: Consultant Radiologist with Interest In Gastrointestinal Imaging, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Northants

Job summary

Main area: Radiology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on-call)
Job ref: 264-6758472-MED

Employer: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kettering general hospital
Town: Northants
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/01/2025 23:59

Consultant Radiologist with Interest In Gastrointestinal Imaging

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General

· Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the highest standard of care.

· Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines.

· To provide support cross-site to cover any gaps across UHN when necessary.

· Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, outpatients, and the ED departments.

· Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments, and primary care.

· Offer educational, clinical support and leadership and junior medical colleagues, radiology colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary teams.

· Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility.

· Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained.

· Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated.

· Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to royal college of radiology requirements.

· Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the trust's agreed policy.

All consultants will undergo appraisal and revalidation, comply with the terms and conditions of the organization, and ensure their statutory and mandatory training is current and compliant.

Person specification

Essential and desirable

Essential criteria

FRCR
Certificate of Specialist Training in Radiology (or be within 6 months of its award at time of Advisory Appointment Committee).
At least 2 years of working in radiology in NHS
Extensive experience in general radiology including plain film interpretation, ultrasound, CT, fluoroscopy and MRI
Competency in specific subspecialty reporting for MDT meetings
Competency in CT colon reporting for bowel cancer screening programme
Interest in teaching medical undergraduates, radiology and non-radiology junior medical staff and other healthcare professionals.

Desirable criteria

Additional undergraduate or postgraduate qualification.
Management and Leadership experience

Important Information

Applications will be transferred to TRAC system, by completing an application your are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

We welcome applications from members of our black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, especially in relation to senior posts within at KGH.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

Appointments will be made on merit.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Kettering General Hospital (KGH) NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training record.

If you need to have a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, as a requirement of the role, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check (£49.50) and this amount will be reclaimed from your first salary. From 1st February 2019 all new starters to the Trust are required to join the DBS update service as per Trust DBS Re-checking Policy which has an annual cost of £16. New employees who do not join the update service will be required to pay £49.50 for a new DBS check in 3 years time.

Please note that news starters with KGH are subject to a six month probationary period.

Please ensure that the information you provide on your application form is correct, accurate and that nothing has been omitted. Any information that is stated in your application form in relation to qualifications/training courses/work/education experience/references must be able to be evidenced. Failure to do so may result if your offer being withdrawn.

"Safeguarding is everyone's business. KGH considers Safeguarding a priority amongst its citizen's and a key value for all employed to the service."

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Leena Naidu
Job title: consultant radiologist and clinical director
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01536491424

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