Consultant Radiologist - MSK

Job Overview

Applications are invited for a dynamic and motivated Consultant Radiologist with a sub-speciality in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides Radiology services across 3 main sites - Wexham Park Hospital, Heatherwood Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital and has 5 satellite sites.

This is a new post which will support increasing service demand, workload commitments and reporting requirements. The post will be primarily based at Frimley Park Hospital, but may require sessions based at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals.

A further additional alternative subspecialty would be desirable in order to allow for contribution to non-MSK reporting and multidisciplinary involvement.

The successful applicants will provide a full range of MSK Radiology including CT, MRI, plain film and ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Participation in multidisciplinary (MDT) team meetings is also expected as well as diagnostic Radiology on call.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive Musculoskeletal Imaging Service and to support the general Radiology workload of the department including the on call service.

The basis of the post is 10 programmed activities including MSK interventional sessions, cold reporting, acute imaging reporting and clinicoradiological MDTs.

Participation in the Frimley Park Hospital weekend / overnight diagnostic Radiology rota occurs on a 1 in 16 basis. Non-clinical responsibilities include active participation in governance and medical audit. SPA time will also be provided for continuing professional development and fulfilling the required commitment for appraisal and revalidation.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

This job is for a Consultant Radiologist with a special interest in MSK Imaging comprising of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs), inclusive of on call commitment.

For full details regarding the job responsibilities and what criteria we are looking for, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications / Knowledge

Essential criteria

• FRCR
• Full GMC registration
• Training in MSK image guided procedures
• Knowledge of RCR and NICE guidance
• Knowledge of IR(ME)R
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of research
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evaluate own Radiological practice
• Effective teamworker
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills
• Organise and develop service provision
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Use of PACS and digital dictation systems
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide grounding in General Radoiology
• Experience in teaching
• Training in MSK imaging
• Experience in audit activity
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and Radiological problems
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in leadership
  
  

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Caring and respective attitude
• Ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to CPD
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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