Consultant in Breast Radiology

Job overview

Consultant in Breast Radiology

The advertised post is for a substantive Consultant Diagnostic Radiologist with a special interest in Breast Radiology based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. The successful candidate will join a team of 8 breast radiologists at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, a wider team of 13 breast radiologists across BartsHealth and within a larger team of 86 diagnostic radiologists across BartsHealth.  All breast imaging services at St Bartholomew’s hospital are located in the West Wing, a state-of-the-art breast unit funded by the Lord Mayor of London’s Appeal which opened in 2005. This unit offers unparalleled diagnostic services and is amongst the best-equipped in the UK. Barts Health Breast Network Service encompasses 3 sites: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, and Newham University General Hospital. The successful candidate may be required to travel to these sites to provide cover for leave on an ad hoc basis.

The successful candidate will provide both symptomatic breast imaging care and support the Central and East London Breast Screening Service, managed by the Royal Free NHS Trust, but also delivered at St Bartholomew’s site.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate adequate training in both symptomatic and screening breast imaging including diagnostic mammography, ultrasound examinations, ultrasound guided biopsies, stereotactic and vacuum biopsies, wire and seed localisations under ultrasound and mammographic guidance. Candidates should also have experience in reporting breast MRIs, and previous contrast mammography experience is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be expected to present at breast MDT meetings on a rotational basis. The job plan will be split into 8 DCC and 2SPA. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate professional excellence and the ability to deliver effective care. They will need to agree levels of activity and throughput with the Lead Breast Consultant, Imaging Clinical Director and Breast Imaging Manager. These activity levels will be aligned to the capacity and demand of the department

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The breast sessions will typically comprise one-stop symptomatic clinics, symptomatic  mammogram and MRI reporting, breast interventional work and screening sessions. There is a weekly multidisciplinary meeting at 08:45 every Wednesday morning, which the successful appointee would be expected to attend.

The appointee will also join the Metastatic breast  MDM and benign breast MDM.  The job plan will include general radiology sessions.

To support other imaging developments within the Trust

To provide evidence-based care for all patients.

To have always adhered to the appropriate clinical and quality standards

To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with colleagues, General Practitioners,   community services, and all healthcare agencies.

To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work.

To participate fully in the management of the Departments and to liaise closely with the respective Network Breast Manager and the Breast Clinical Director.