Post CCT Fellow in Thoracic Radiology

Job overview

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust invite applications for a post-CCT fellowship in thoracic Imaging.

The fellow would work with two dedicated and experienced thoracic radiologists to cover specialist reporting in thoracic imaging and would be expected to partake in regular image guided interventions such as lung biopsies and pleural drains on both an in patient and out patient setting. There may also be the opportunity to gain experience in interventional neck ultrasound and coronary CT reporting.

Main duties of the job

There is a Lung cancer MDT weekly and a weekly non-cancer chest radiology meeting covering ILD and Fungal disease amongst others which the fellow would be encouraged to partake in. UHBW is a regional centre for adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ( ECMO) and the fellow would also be strongly encouraged to partake in the weekly ICU/ECMO meeting.

There would be provision for one session of acute CT reporting (Hub session) per week and a plain film or general ultrasound session per week. The remaining sessions would be for specialist work.

There will be opportunities to assist with audit, service improvement projects and ongoing research in the Unit.

Funded for a period of 12 months, with the opportunity to be part of the adult/ paediatric  radiology registrar on call rota, depending on numbers of rotating registrars on the Severn radiology scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.