Job overview

Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant General Radiologist with an interest 
in Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology and Musculoskeletal (MSK) we are happy to 
discuss accommodating any specialist interests.

This is a busy Gastroenterology unit with on-site endoscopy, ERCP and stenting, Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC). Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) is provided in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Weekly multi-disciplinary team (MDT) links into the supra-regional MDT and upper GI surgery is provided at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. 
The post holder would be expected to contribute and support these services and attend the MDTs.

This unit supports a wide-spectrum of Oncology including lung, breast, GI, gynaecology, urology, haematology, and Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) MDTs. The Radiotherapy Centre is centralised at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd but there is a chemotherapy centre on all three sites. Oncology cross sectional imaging would be an important part of the post holder's job plan.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for teaching, quality assurance, and service management, within their specialist areas, and will contribute to the wider workload of the department, subject to job plan discussions, including General Radiology, on call rotas and teaching of Radiology trainees, Undergraduate Students, and other hospital staff.

Consultants contribute to management of clinical risk through monitoring clinical incidents and participating in the departmental discrepancy meetings. Compliance with the department’s complaints and litigation policies contribute to the good risk management. Good record keeping is expected and Consultants are expected to participate in audit. Research is encouraged particularly when this is appropriate to the professional development of the successful candidate and to the service development of the directorate. 

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales. 

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units. It also co-ordinates or provides the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians, and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.