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Consultant Vascular Interventional RadiologistConsultant
Main area Vascular Radiology Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 164-7070992
Site QMC and City Hospital, NUH Town Nottingham Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
Full-time Consultant Vascular Radiologist with a responsibility in interventional and diagnostic radiology (mostly vascular and some non-vascular) for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is a replacement post to meet the needs of the expanding service within interventional radiology and provide an on-call service as 1 in 7. This will take the team to 8 WTE consultants.
The successful applicant will be expected to collaborate with existing colleagues, to maintain and enhance a comprehensive vascular interventional radiology service, support the growth of the vascular radiology service and facilitate a comprehensive vascular interventional on-call service for local and regional patients. The VIR consultant team are group job planned and all services are cross-covered from within the group through flexible working to maintain skills and provide an even distribution of work. The appointee will also be part of a wider team of 46 consultant radiologists providing sub-specialty and general radiological services across the Trust.
The post will have a commitment to support a range of services, including vascular and non-vascular interventional procedures, CT, MRI, plain film reporting, interventional radiology clinics, multi disciplinary team meetings and clinico-radiological meetings. There will be a commitment to a 1 in 7 on call rota for vascular interventional radiology.
Main duties of the job
The following draft Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be, based on 10 PAs. The split between Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) for this post is 8.5 to 1.5. The exact days and times worked can be discussed at an appropriate time.
The Vascular & Interventional Radiology service is provided across both campuses. There may be scope in the future to provide IR services across the region.
The Job Plan would be an annualised group job plan with the other 6 vascular radiologists involving cross cover between the 7 consultants of 24/7 on-call service, elective IR lists, daytime on-call and emergency lists, CT, MRI & US lists as well as MDTs, clinical-radiological meetings and an interventional radiology clinic.
The on-call commitments include vascular imaging, emergency control of GI haemorrhage, obstetric and trauma cases, emergency endovascular aortic disease management, reno-vascular access services, emergency revascularisation procedures and emergency TIPSS. Internal support and mentoring will be provided as necessary.
This service provided by Diagnostic Imaging is provided across both campuses, but your primary base is QMC.
Working for our organisation
With more than 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes.
We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
We are also the current home of Channel 4’s award-winning series24 Hours in A&E, which takes a look inside one of the country’s busiest emergency departments at QMC and showcases the dedication, passion and skill of our teams. This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will have access to a home reporting workstation as required and will be able to provide at least 1PA of DCC activity from home. In addition, they will be able to participate in insourcing (remote imaging reporting) for additional payment from home.
The successful candidates will be expected to become effective members of the team of Radiologists at all sites, to be responsible for the care of patients in their charge and to participate in teaching, research, audit and continuing professional development. They will be a member of the Vascular radiology Team within the Clinical Support Division.
Each consultant is expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice. Each service has a Consultant Clinical Governance lead.
The appointee may wish to take on other roles alongside their clinical role. Any positions offered by bodies outside the Trust, (e.g. Training Programme Director, Regional College Advisor, Royal College Representative etc.) must be discussed and agreed by the Head of Service in advance of the position being accepted, so that the impact upon the specialty can be fully considered and any job plan amendments undertaken should the additional role be accepted.
Person specificationClinical Skills/Experience
- Evidenced technical skills as described in the job description
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
- Completed interventional radiology training program
- Documented vascular and non-vascular interventional competencies and experience
- Specific competencies in EVAR and TIPS.
- Experience of advanced MRA techniques and vascular ultrasound.
- Specific training in communication skills
- Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
- Experience working with several operators, or at different centres
- Experience of paediatric intervention.
- Experience of oncological embolisation
Professional Qualifications/Development
- FRCR
- MRCP, MRCS or other Professional or higher qualification
Professional Registration
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
- CCT expected within 6 months of interview date
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
- Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards
Management Skills
- Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
- Able to work in a team
- Able to work flexibly to accommodate the needs of the group rota
- Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals
- Higher management degree or qualification or training
- Experience of change management
- Completed an appropriate management course
Personal Skills/Qualities
- Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
- Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems
Teaching, Audit & Research
- Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit
- Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
- Original Research Publications
- Track record in interventional radiology research preferably with original publications related to Interventional Radiology
Practical Requirements
- Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen’s Medical Centre campus
- Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children (Paediatric positions only)
Please note that this post does not attract relocation expenses.
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Name Dr. Simon Travis Job title Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist Email address Telephone number 24 Additional information
Specialty General Manager: Rachel Spencer
Acting Head of Service: Dr Simon Travis
Secretary Ann-Marie:24 ext:80491
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