Locum Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Stoke on Trent

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 days ago

About the role

The post holder will join a team of 5.5 WTE musculoskeletal radiology consultants. Their duties will include providing a comprehensive diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal imaging service across the Trust. The post holder should be a dedicated clinician wishing to actively assist and further develop Musculoskeletal Radiology services in the Trust. The post holder will join a team of of 48 WTE Consultant Radiologists and will provide MSK, diagnostic and interventional radiology services to Trauma & Orthopaedics, Spine and Rheumatology Directorates. The skill mix is well established within MSK and currently we have a large number of advanced practitioners and consultant radiographers who report plain films, sonographers who perform and report MSK diagnostic US examinations and an advanced practitioner who reports knee and spine MRI exams.

As a Locum MSK consultant radiologist at UHNM you will be working with some of the latest equipment available in a purpose built department. A new hospital complex at the Royal Stoke University Hospital opened in March 2012 and provides high quality imaging equipment. In January 2017 a dedicated IR Day Case Unit with 8 beds and IR clinic facilities was built within the IR department. Overall the Imaging department has seven MRI scanners, a mobile MRI and nine CT scanners on both sites plus 2 ED scanners in ED - one of which is a dual energy Siemens Force.

Person specification

Essential

Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: 1. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the anticipated CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) 2. Evidence of submission of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) 3. European Community Rights
FRCR or equivalent
Full registration with the GMC
General and musculoskeletal subspecialist Radiology training.
Willingness to develop skills to fit in with current establishment and MSK service needs.
Good writing and presentation skills
Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
Ability to support the Clinical Director of Imaging.
Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
Experience of post graduate and undergraduate teaching and training at the appropriate level
Interest in and willingness to develop teaching abilities and activities.
Experience of conducting Clinical Audit
Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
Ability to organise and apply research outcomes and work within research Governance procedures.
Good leadership skills, communication and interpersonal skills
Caring attitude to patients.
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
Calm under pressure
Work independently
Good communication skills
Team skills

Desirable

Awards/ Distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree
Academic and extracurricular achievements
ALS certification
Post CCT MSK Radiology fellowship
An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues
Ability to teach clinical skills to medical staff and students, and other disciplines
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
Publications in peer reviewed journals