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Consultant Vascular Radiologist

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Hull

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

Imaging services at NHS HHP are primarily located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) and 3 CDCs at Hull, Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Our team of 80 consultant radiologists work across 4 hospital sites and 3 CDCs. 3 consultants are set to join the team over the next 6 months and recruitment of 7 more are ongoing. There will a substantial increase in imaging capacity with new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) recently opening at Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Hull. Imaging division sits with in the Specialist Cancer & support services care group led by Dr James Bailey - Chief of service, Helen Horth - director of operations and Wendy Krstenic - director of nursing

Consultant Vascular Radiologist

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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The appointee will join a team of 9 highly experienced vascular interventional radiologists providing the full spectrum of diagnostic and vascular interventional procedures. The department based in Hull, currently provides acute on call services 24/7 for vascular emergencies across various sites including Scarborough general hospital, Diana Princess of Wales hospital Grimsby and York for highly specialised vascular procedures. The new post has arisen to meet the demand arising with a new hybrid theatre in main theatres where an opportunity is available to work alongside the vascular surgeons, performing a variety of endovascular procedures. The service offers an opportunity to be part of the stroke thrombectomy service currently running 8am-6pm 7 days a week. There is also an opportunity to take part in cardiac imaging for those colleagues possessing the required cardiac imaging accreditations.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Person specification

Essential

FRCR (UK) or equivalent qualification
Full Registration with the GMC
GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Subspecialty interest within vascular interventional radiology
Ability to manage and lead radiology teams
Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
Ability to organize, prioritize and manage high intensity workload
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
Evidence of participation in audit Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

Postgraduate degree: e.g. MRCP or MRCS
Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
UK CCT (IR) - interventional radiology
Fellowship in vascular interventional radiology
Ability to develop, present and operationalize coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses Original peer-reviewed research publications
Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines