Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7457032
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - Radiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The role of Specialty Doctor will include the following:
• Deliver a General Radiology service including a wide range of imaging modalities; US, CT, MR and Plain film reporting
• Deliver image-guided procedures if able
• Participate in audit programme, maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit
• Assist with service development
• Attend unit management and governance meetings
• Support implementation and achievement of targets
• Work with colleagues to ensure effective management of the service
Participate in the education and training of students, doctors, and professionals
There is an on-call commitment.
Applications for less than full time working would be considered.
Main duties of the job
Plain radiography
The x-ray department is situated in the main hospital building and has ten rooms over two floors. The main department has five DR rooms.
Ultrasound
The ultrasound department is adjacent to the main x-ray department and consists of three rooms equipped with GE Logiq E9 scanners. There is also a vascular ultrasound room (Philips EPIQ Elite) opposite IR and a further ultrasound room in ED. There are a further five machines located in the Antenatal Clinic.
CT
The CT in ED is a Canon Aquilion Prime SP (160 slices), installed December 2021.
The CT in main dept is a Canon Aquilion ONE PRISM Edition (220 slices) installed April 2022.
MRI
The permanent MRI scanner is a Philips Achieva 3T; and we also have a mobile Canon 1.5T unit. A new Siemens Magnetom Sola 1.5T has just been installed in December 2022 as part of a new MRI suite. The 3T scanner is then planned to be replaced.
Interventional radiology
The main interventional suite comprises two C-arm GE Precision MPI fluoroscopy units in adjacent rooms and an adjacent assessment/consent room with couch.
Advanced discussions are underway for a complete refurbishment of IR including a new 6-bed recovery unit and updated rooms.
There is also an interventional operating theatre (shared with cardiology), equipped with a Philips Allura Xper FD20 x-ray system.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospital here
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Deliver day-to-day clinical care in the radiology department
● Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises
● Actively participate in the department’s teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of radiology registrars, medical trainees and other multiprofessional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies
● Participate in the current on-call provision and in line with national guidance, the post holder will engage and be part of a team in the provision of 7 day working and/or on call availability in the future, if this is feasible within the workforce. The job plan will be reviewed to provide for this and time off in lieu would be considered as deemed appropriate for weekend working.
● The successful applicant, as per trust policy, will undertake an active mentoring programme within the trust. The appropriate mentor/mentors will be discussed and decided by the Clinical and Divisional Director and Speciality lead, in conjunction with the successful applicant.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- FRCR or equivalent Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- CCST/CCT or equivalent in radiology and on the specialist register, or within 6 months of CCT date at the time of interview, or evidence of working towards specialist registration via CESR
- Experience and higher training in radiology (Fellowship or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
- Evidence of leadership and management experience
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Training/qualification in leadership and management
- Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and participation in clinical audit
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates
Desirable criteria
- Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or Masters in teaching
Others
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients
- Knowledge of resource management issues.
- Ability to stay calm under pressure. Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rudi Borgstein
- Job title
- Consultant Radiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 887 2787
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