Locum Consultant in Interventional Neuroradiology

Locum Consultant in Interventional Neuroradiology Consultant Main area Neuroradiology Grade Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Locum position) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs) Job ref 321-CSS-MS S1

Site West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 The salary scale is £113,565 - £150,569 with four thresholds. Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/:59

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

The Department of Neuroradiology in Oxford is one of the foremost in the country with a high national profile, and a reputation for clinical excellence. This new post is required to meet ever increasing demand for both diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology services, including the service expansion to two interventional suites and the 24/7 thrombectomy service. The post holder's duties will be primarily at the West Wing and John Radcliffe Hospital but it is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations.

Main duties of the job The post holder will take on a consultant role in the full range of craniospinal imaging, demonstrating broad diagnostic neuroradiology skills, independence in the core skills of neurointerventional practice and participate in the on-call system.

Working for our organisation Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The interventional service is supported by dedicated neuro-interventional nurses and radiographers. There are two dedicated neurovascular advanced clinical practitioners in post in the Neurosurgical department. There are weekly neurovascular MDT meetings and neurovascular clinics. There is a dedicated neurovascular surgical service supporting this workload. There is an increasingly busy neurointerventional service managing most neurovascular disorders in adults and children, the latter in conjunction with Great Ormond Street Hospital. The Neuroradiologists have access to day-case beds, intensive care and ward beds. There are 10 vascular GA lists per week, which is planned to expand with the second interventional suite. The job plan includes time for administrative duties; and there is a time "supplement" added to interventional lists to allow for direct patient care. The aim with the expansion is for all consultants to have one angiography list per week. The 24/7 thrombectomy service is now well established; the current on call rota for thrombectomy is 1:6 frequency.

Person specification Qualifications/Training

• Medical Degree
• FRCR or equivalent
• Full registration with GMC
• CCT in Radiology; or Registration on GMC Specialist Register in Radiology OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
• Completed general training in radiology and in neuroradiology to specialist level or equivalent.
• Completed at least 36 months training (or be within 6 months of the end of this training) in recognized neuroradiology training post, with evidence of subspecialty training in interventional neuroradiology of at least one year.
• Higher Academic qualification e.g. MD, MS
• Further specialist fellowship in interventional neuroradiology

Experience

• Able to offer an expert neuroradiology opinion
• Able to participate in both diagnostic and interventional on call
• Able to perform core interventional procedures independently
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
• Able to perform specialised neurointerventional procedures

Skills and Knowledge

• Effective administrative and time management skills.
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
• Knowledge of political context within which we operate.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of the Core Clinical Services Directorate. Recognise that it is necessary to balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills. Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.
• Evidence of recent CME/reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Experience in audit project and written up
• Knowledge of main aspects of clinical governance including serious incidents
• Evidence of research activity suitable at this stage of career/training.
• Evidence of having implemented change
• Training in clinical management.
• Willingness to be involved in clinical management
• Evidence of specialist/select neurointerventional training and experience
• Knowledge of and experience in using Radiology Management Systems, PACS, and voice recognition dictation.
• Neuroradiology papers in peer reviewed journals

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system, therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

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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.

Name Dr Victoria Young Job title Neuroradiology Clinical Lead Email address Additional information

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Dr Victoria Young, Clinical Lead of the Department of Neuroradiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on /228376 or via email at

Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .

Vacancies with our PFI partners Domestic / catering / porteringservices at the John Radcliffe Hospitalare provided by Mitie.

Domestic / catering / portering / maintenance engineerservices at the Churchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centreare provided by G4S.

Maintenance engineer services at the John Radcliffe Hospital are provided by Equans.

All meetings and interviews will be scheduled on Microsoft Teams from a verified OUH email account. If you have any doubts about any correspondence around recruitment, please contact us
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