Consultant Breast and General Radiologist

NHS; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Consultant Breast and General Radiologist

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

The post is designed to share the responsibility for the provision of comprehensive breast and general radiology services.

The post holder:

• is expected to share an office with another colleague with access to a PACS reporting station.
• is expected to provide Breast and general Radiology service across trust sites.
• is expected to participate in symptomatic One Stop Breast clinics, pre-operative wire localisations and Breast biopsy clinics (both US guided, and mammography/ Stereo guided).
• is expected to report breast MRI, cross-sectional images performed on the MRI and CT scanners at the CDC and at King George's and Queen's Hospital.
• is expected to report cross-sectional images performed on the MRI and CT scanners at the CDC centres, King George's and Queen's Hospital.
• is expected to contribute to the general duty roster and hot reporting sessions.
• is expected to contribute to the specialist Breast and general MDTs with other colleagues in rotation.
• is expected to share an on-call commitment equally with existing general radiology consultants.

Main duties of the job

King George Hospital is the primary site for Breast Radiology in 'Elm Breast Unit' and provides the following services:

• Symptomatic One Stop clinics for 14-day Target referrals.
• Symptomatic radiology service.
• Breast Surgery including reconstructive surgery for symptomatic & screening patients.
• Oncology service - Oncology Clinics and Chemotherapy service.

Queen's Hospital - Main services provided are:

• Oncology service - Oncology Clinics and Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy service.

In addition, the trust has arrangements with Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford to provide reconstructive surgery (including micro vascular procedures) for breast cancer patients. Breast surgeons from BHRUHT operate in conjunction with plastic surgeons at Broomfield Hospital to provide this service.

Further plans:

• The Breast service is keen on adoption of new technologies and remaining at the forefront of innovation and quality.
• The service is fully digital and is supported by the newly updated trust wide SECTRA PACS.
• Some of the plans among others are:
• Intra operative assessment of sentinel node status using RT-PCR technique.
• Tomosyntheses.
• Pre-operative Localisation of breast lesions with Radio Frequency Tag Insertion.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form, or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Azeez, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4440.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fellowship Royal College of Radiologists.
• Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or CCT date is within six months of interview or Holder of specialist registration via CESR/ portfolio pathway route.
• Subspecialty fellowship in Breast radiology or relevant experience for 2 years.
• MRCP/MRCS.
• Logbook.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Radiology Consultant and Clinical Director