Consultant Radiologist Head & Neck Imaging and Nuclear Medicine

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Radiology Directorate to recruit a substantive Consultant Radiologist with sub-specialist expertise in Head & Neck Imaging and Nuclear Medicine.

The Radiology Directorate offers a full range of diagnostic investigations over a number of sites (2 acute and 5 community).

The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is part of the PFI hospital. Radiology comprises 6 general rooms, 1 fluoroscopy room, 1 multipurpose interventional suite, 4 CT scanners (Canon 640 slice, Siemens 128 slice and 2 x 80 detector row Toshiba systems), 2 MRI scanners (Siemens Sola 1.5T) and a 3 room ultrasound suite.  A further 5 ultrasound rooms are situated adjacent to antenatal and include Siemens and Canon machines. The angiography suite is within the theatre complex.

Our dedicated Nuclear Medicine Department has 2 Siemens SPECT enabled Gamma Cameras.

Burnley General Teaching Hospital primarily supports out-patients and GP patients.  Radiology has a single CT, two MRI systems, five general rooms, a single digital fluoroscopy room and 2 ultrasound rooms. Further ultrasound equipment is located within the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre.

Both breast screening and symptomatic breast imaging services are provided for the women of East Lancashire from a dedicated Breast Imaging Unit on the Burnley General Teaching Hospital premises.

The service also has a mobile MRI scanner (Philips Ingenia Evolution 1.5T).

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint a  capable and forward-thinking doctor to join our highly functional, accomplished and friendly team. The candidate should have completed the radiology training (either in the UK or equivalent abroad) and should have sufficient skills to be able to independently report MRI, CT and US examinations within their areas of sub-specialty expertise. We would like the applicant to also be able to provide evidence of work towards an ARSAC license with a view to being able to obtain this within 1 year of joining the Trust. Must have good experience with general CT and MRI, both inpatient and outpatient scans. Essential skills are:

• Independently undertake head and neck ultrasound including FNAs and biopsies
• Independently perform head and neck x-ray, CT and MRI reporting
• Independently provide specialist head and neck opinions for clinicians
• Independently lead the head and neck MDT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A sample 10 PA job plan subject to discussion with the Clinical Director would include:

• 2 session acute CT/MRI reporting
• 3-4 session reporting mixture of general CT, MRI and NM with a focus on head and neck radiology and nuclear medicine. Plain film reporting can be offered if so desired
• 1 session MDT prep and MDT
• 1-2 session ultrasound including one stop head and neck lump clinic
• 1.25 core SPA session for continuous professional development, governance quality improvement, service development and departmental activities
• 0.75 session free in lieu of on-call
• 0.25 core SPA session for ad hoc departmental meetings (e.g. audit, REALM and directorate meetings) **replaces other activity**

The job plan will be reviewed through discussion with the clinical director within the first 3 months and annually thereafter.

The general reporting sessions can be at either Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital or Burnley General Teaching Hospital, which are 11 miles apart.

As a senior employee of the Trust the candidate will work in close co-operation with clinical staff and other medical professionals and managerial colleagues in providing high quality health care to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities is:

• The provision of a first-class service
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research
• Undertaking all work in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies