Consultant Interventional Radiologist

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Interventional Radiology

You are invited to join our small team based at Broomfield Hospital offering a broad range of vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology procedures which include but are not limited to; lung microwave ablations, peripheral angioplasty/stenting, embolisation, vascular access procedures, urological/biliary stenting, gastrostomy and GI stenting.

The team support a supra-regional multidisciplinary service for the treatment of adults and children with vascular malformations is based at Broomfield Hospital. Interventional radiology and plastic surgery lead the vascular malformation team with shared outpatient clinics. Sclerotherapy, embolisation and hybrid IR/surgical procedures are performed within IR.

Out of hours work is delivered at Basildon Hospital on a 1:12 rotation. Job plans are developed to reflect this commitment. You may wish to explore what could be available to you to advance your potential within this role, or to arrange an informal social visit to our location to meet our dedicated, professional and diverse colleagues.

Informal discussion to be held with Muhammad Hanif; Clinical Lead IR; Broomfield; Ali Zaman, Clinical Director MSE IR

Approaches from agencies are respectfully declined.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to development of the general and specialist imaging service to support the Trust in ensuring provision of high quality diagnostic support throughout the week including sessions in ultrasound & cross-sectional imaging.
• Work flexibly with colleagues to support the timely management of emergencies and inpatients
• Undertake an appropriate share of the on-call rota for interventional radiology, this will involve working at Basildon Hospital.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary clinical meetings (MDT).
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of clinical protocols.
• Ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, evidence- based research and appraisal.
• Be familiar with the College curricula for junior doctor training and contribute to their training requirements, including tutorials, on-the-job teaching, mentoring, appraisal and assessment.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are interested in this role, please review the Job Description and address any queries to our Clinical Leaders detailed below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GMC registration or meets criteria

Desirable criteria

• Further postgraduate qualification ATLS certificate

Professional Experience

Essential criteria

• CCST/CCT in Diagnostic Radiology; OR Registration on GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of achieving CCST/CCT at the time of interview.
• Interest and experience in supporting juniors in training
• Active role in governance
• Qualification in Interventional Radiology specialist training

Communication

Essential criteria

• Competent in all relevant IT packages, including Microsoft and patient administration systems and PACS.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of presentations.

Audit and Clinical Governance

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of audit participation

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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