Job overview

Fellowship in Thoracic Radiology. Main site of activity: SMH, CXH, HH

 Applicants should possess FRCR or equivalent. They should have CCTd or achieved equivalent consultant competency prior to the start date of the fellowship.

 The post will run for a fixed term of 12 months duration.

 Background:  ICHNT covers a broad caseload encompassing all fields of cardiothoracic medicine/imaging. In addition, ICHNT is a specialist haematological oncology unit offering stem cell transplantation and a specialist renal unit with renal and pancreatic transplant services. These particularly vulnerable cohorts of patient’s require regular input from the respiratory medicine services based at Hammersmith Hospital. The Trust has a busy lung oncology service which offers stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. We offer a full cohort of nuclear medicine imaging modalities.

 The recent NHS roll-out of Total Lung Health Checks/Lung Cancer Screening has led to a significant increase in lung cancer imaging and need for radiological intervention. This comes with increasing training opportunity in diagnostic and interventional radiology as well as training in NHS management skills.

 This fellowship aims to offer advanced training in all subspecialties and across all modalities of thoracic imaging (CT/MR/US).

 Candidates will also have exposure to general radiology with tertiary level cases in all fields of radiology.

Main duties of the job

· Thoracic reporting across all imaging modalities.

· Leading CT guided intervention lists (lung biopsy, lung cancer localisation, complex chest drainage). US guided intervention lists are also accessible.

· Participation on the rota for the various MDTs in thoracic imaging.

· On call working as part of our senior fellow rota (~1:6). This would be to support the first on junior radiology registrars. Services include tertiary level multi-modality imaging in hyperacute stroke and neurosurgery, vascular imaging (including for renal and pancreatic transplant assessment), Level 1 major trauma, and all areas of general radiology. 

· Candidates will also have the opportunity to be involved with in house quality improvement/governance projects. 

· Research opportunities are available in numerous areas of cutting edge clinical radiology.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, and season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid-19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.