Locum Consultant Radiologist with interest in Breast Imaging

Locum Consultant Radiologist with interest in Breast Imaging Consultant

Main area Radiology Grade Consultant Contract 6 months (Fixed term) Hours Part time - 8 sessions per week (8PA job plan) Job ref 200-CW-004-CA2

Site The Rose Centre Town Tooting, London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John's Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people's own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Breast Imaging

The successful post holder will join a friendly and cohesive team of radiologists with diverse expertise in a busy department that has a strong record of teaching, training and research.

The applicant will work within the existing breast imaging team providing support for the co-located symptomatic and screening services, which are part of the SWL Breast Screening Service. The successful candidate will be expected to have appropriate experience in breast imaging in both the screening and symptomatic settings.

A wide range of experience in general radiology is required.

It is expected that applicants will have the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists and a CCT in Radiology or equivalent training and experience, with specialist accreditation/experience in Breast Imaging.

This post will be 8 PA in total.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will encompass a combination of screening and symptomatic breast sessions within the breast unit which is a co-located service on the St George's site.

The majority of sessions will be within the Rose Centre at St George's Hospital which hosts the symptomatic breast service and the SW London breast screening service. The successful applicant will join a very friendly cohesive and supportive team of 9 radiologists and 4 Consultant Practitioners who undertake screening, symptomatic breast imaging and general radiology. SWL Breast Screening covers a large geographic region in SW London, screening up to 52,000 clients per year at the Rose Centre and 5 permanent satellite units. Assessment is undertaken at the Rose Centre. The symptomatic and screening services diagnose approximately 700 cancers per year. The main Radiology Department at St George's provides a comprehensive diagnostic radiology service, including CT, ultrasound and MRI. It is expected that applicants will have the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists and a CCT in Radiology or equivalent training and experience. It is expected that the applicant has subspecialty training in all aspects of Breast Imaging.

About the Rose Centre

The Rose Centre hosts 9 permanent Consultant Radiologists and 4 consultant Practitioners in breast Imaging who undertake both screening and symptomatic breast imaging. The Radiography staff is led by a Superintendent and two Deputy Superintendents. The screening service is based at the Rose Centre and 6 satellite sites in the SWL catchment region. The service has 5 Consultant Surgeons who also have oncoplastic training and dedicated Plastics services are also available. The service is supported by Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants.

St George's National Breast Education Centre

The Rose Centre hosts a Training Centre which is nationally and internationally reputed and runs radiographic and radiological courses in breast imaging, offering training attachments for registrars and Consultants in many aspects of breast imaging.

Person specification Person specification

• Full registration with GMC
• CCT in radiology (or within 6 months at time of interview)
• Medical Degree
• Sub Speciality training in Breast Imaging

Experience

• Reporting all aspects of breast imaging, mammograms, breast ultrasound.
• Ability to take full and independent clinical responsibility and undertake all practical breast interventions under ultrasound and stereotactic guidance.
• A wide of experience in general imaging
• Experience of teaching undergraduates, postgraduates and trainee specialists
• Experience in the use of tomosynthesis in breast imaging and breast MRI

Other

• Ability to work with colleagues as part of a team
• Commitment to CPD and teaching
• An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses
• Approachability
• Active interest in research, audit, clinical governance and teaching

Knowledge

• Knowledge of legislation relating to radiology e.g. IR(ME)R 2000
• Understand the principles of Clinical Governance
• Understanding of current breast diagnostic practice
• Management of benign and malignant breast disease in the context of screening and symptomatic breast imaging

Skills

• Breast Interventional procedures including ultrasound, stereotactic and vacuum procedures.
• Training and experience in all aspects of breast intervention and pre-operative localisation.
• Able to evaluate own radiological practice
• Computer, PACS and VR software literate

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

• The machine readable zone
• An ultra violet image
• An infra red image

As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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.