Consultant in Nuclear Medicine & Clinical Radiology

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Trust offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic Nuclear Medicine services including PETCT, general Nuclear Medicine studies, SPETCT, and radionuclide therapy. The Nuclear Medicine department is dynamic and innovative, specialising in non-FDG tracers - such as amyloid brain PET, Ga-68 DOTATATE & PSMA, F-18 choline - as well as being the leading centre in multiple molecular radiotherapy trials.

The Nuclear Medicine department is a leading centre in the UK in amyloid PET imaging in dementia and was also one of the first in the UK to introduce Ga-68 DOTATATE PET into clinical practice. The Trust is involved in the NHSE Phase 2 PETCT contract in partnership with the RM Partners consortium, which has seen a steady growth in PET activity over several years, and implemented rapid scanning and reporting turnaround times, including a FDS lung service.

Currently, the Trust has one digital PETCT based at Charing Cross Hospital. In order to continue delivering an effective PET service, we are currently in the process to add a second PETCT on the Charing Cross Hospital campus, to go live in 2027. We have also upgraded our NM specific software system this year, which is used throughout the department and will also be a reference site for the vendors.

The department has two SPECTCT scanners at the Hammersmith site, which were the first of its type to be installed in the world at the time.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
• On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
• Appropriate Royal College of Radiologist Membership

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential criteria

• Dual CCT in Nuclear Medicine/clinical Radiology, or formal CCT in Clinical Radiology with radionuclide radiology training, including ability to report FDG and non-FDG PET/CT studies, general nuclear medicine and SPECT/CT studies (including VQ SPECT/CT for specialist pulmonary hypertension and orthopaedic SPECT/CT)
• Experience in complex joint prosthesis MDT
• Independent in provision of molecular radiotherapy
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Leadership/ Management Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
• Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
• Management of staff
• Knowledge of finance/budgets

Teaching & Training

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Academic achievements/ publications

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Language

Essential criteria

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

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