Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardio-Thoracic Radiology

Job overview

This is a clinical post suitable for sub-specialty clinical training in Cardio-Thoracic Radiology, equivalent to ST5 or above. The post is for 12 months. Applicants must hold a full GMC registration with active license to practice to be considered for this post.

The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) provides medical and surgical adult cardio-thoracic services to the people of Merseyside, North Wales, Isle of Man, parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. This catchment area has a population of 2.8 million people.

The Trust provides a full range of diagnostic cardiac and pulmonary facilities. LHCH Radiology department has two dedicated Cardio-vascular MRI scanners (Siemens 1.5T Sola, Siemens 3T Vida) and two dedicated Cardio-thoracic CT scanners (Siemens Somatom Force). Siemens Colour Doppler is used for ultrasound studies, which are performed by LHCH Radiologists. The department is fully digital with Carestream PACS integrated with HSC CRIS with digital dictation and voice recognition systems.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join the Radiology and Imaging team, currently consisting of 12 Consultant Radiologists, 4 specialist Radiology trainees as well as 6 Imaging Cardiologists and Cardiology trainees.

The Clinical Fellow will have the opportunity to work in multi-modality Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic imaging (XR, ultrasound, CT, MRI, lung biopsies).

The Fellow will be required to contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings at-least once a week. This will include liaison with the clinical team (cardiology, respiratory medicine, cardio-thoracic surgery). Adequate supervision and support will be provided.

The Fellow will be given the opportunity to provide medical cover for adenosine stress perfusion MRI, pre-medication for coronary artery CT imaging and help with general clinical scan vetting and supervision. Again, adequate supervision, training and support will be provided for this.

The appointee will also be given the opportunity to independently verify general CT scans of the head/chest/abdomen, after 2-3 months, once they are comfortable with the workflow of the department.

The appointee will be encouraged to participate in teaching, research and audit. The appointee will also be expected to contribute to certain admin tasks such as junior doctor rota management and journal club organising, for which appropriate administration time will be allotted. The successful candidates will have shared secretarial support and appropriate equipment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.