The advertised post is for a consultant in Interventional Radiology at the Royal London Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust. You will join a team of 63 consultant radiologists across Barts and the Royal London Hospitals to help deliver the service and to support an active training program. You will join a dynamic and evolving workforce in an organisation with a dedicated interventional radiology suite which is amongst the largest in the UK with significant plans for expansion.

The service is made up of 9 substantive consultant interventional radiologists, 8 dedicated interventional radiographers and 45 nurses who support interventional radiology lists as well as 6 health care assistants. The service has five dedicated interventional radiology rooms and a hybrid room in the cardiothoracic surgical suite.

The successful candidate will be responsible for sharing duties related to interventional radiology across Barts Health NHS Trust

Main duties of the job

There is an East London Vascular Network with 14 vascular surgeons. The Trust is a recognised national and regional referral center for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, upper GI and colorectal cancer, urology, renal medicine, oncology and cardiothoracic surgery.

The helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) is part of the busy major trauma center based at the Royal London Hospital, often requiring interventional services. There are currently 9 radiologists providing interventional radiology services and 5 providing interventional neuroradiology services.

The successful applicant would be encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest within interventional radiology, as well as help to provide a core service. The appointee will have general duties in radiology.

The post holder will work in the departments of Imaging at St. Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital.

They will be required to adhere to the Trust's policy on Maintaining Medical Excellence and to be committed to maintaining their standard of performance by keeping their knowledge and skills up to date.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent
• FRCR or equivalent
• CCST (or within 6 months of date of interview) or on specialist register

Desirable

• MRCP/MRCS

Knowledge
Essential

• Extensive experience in Fellowship
• Logbook of procedures with complication rates
• Ability to perform complex vascular and non-vascular procedures
• Completion of higher specialist training in Interventional radiology.

Desirable

• Fellowship or consultant experience in Interventional radiology
• Ability to report general and vascular CT and MRI including trauma.

Clinical Governance
Essential

• Knowledge of NHS complaints system
• Record of incident and near miss reporting

Desirable

• Training in root cause analysis
• Participation in incident investigation
• Simulated patient safety training

Training Expected
Essential

• Audit experience
• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies.
• Record of presentations at specialist societies

Desirable

• Higher degree
• First author publications in refereed journals
• Research grants Grant applications

Personal Skills:
Essential

• Presentation skills
• Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical dilemmas

Desirable

• Portfolio of teaching material as educational supervisor

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