We are looking for an enthusiastic radiologist to join the team of breast radiologists working cross site to provide high quality breast and cross-sectional imaging services to Oxfordshire. The Trust includes the Oxford Breast Imaging Centre (OBIC) and is also a major trauma centre. The Directorate is progressive and keen to invest in the future workforce with such measures as a 4 day week, home reporting, advanced practitioner radiographers and cycle to work schemes.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the breast and cross sectional radiology teams and deliver high quality diagnostic imaging services across the Trust. The role will include supporting one-stop breast clinics in partnership with the breast surgery team.

The service is delivered at the Horton and Oxford Hospitals. It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust's locations as and when required, although travel will be remunerated.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.ukThe Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Trust has installed Insignia PACS and has image sharing agreements in place with regional hospitals, to support multidisciplinary team meetings and allow access to comparative images across the region. The Radiology Directorate supports flexible working arrangements for consultant radiologists, and consultants have home-reporting workstations to support on-call provision and elective specialist reporting. The Radiology Directorate is actively exploring alternative, more flexible working patterns to support acute service provision and also to aid in offering work-life balance. The paediatric radiologists have developed into a strong team in recent years that listens and empowers its members in exploring innovative ways to improve service delivery.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• FRCR or equivalent
• Symptomatic breast experience
• Full GMC regristration with licence to practice

Desirable

• Fellowship in breast imaging.
• Additional post graduate medical qualification
• Breast screening experience

Experience

Essential

• General training in Radiology to Specialist Level or equivalent.
• Additional work experience in cross sectional radiology as above.
• CT, MRI and US imaging in a tertiary referral centre
• CT and US interventional skills including biopsy
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of leadership skills
• Evidence of organisational skills, communication skills, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant in Radiology in a major teaching hospital.
• Evidence to support good professional skills as required for good medical practice.
• Evidence to support good interpersonal skills.
• Evidence to support good communication skills.
• Evidence of previous teaching experience at various levels.
• An understanding of clinical governance and experience of clinical audit.
• Interest in research with publications and presentation(s) at National/International meeting(s)

Desirable

• Previous management experience
• Knowledge of organisation of NHS and governments agenda for modernisation of the NHS. Evidence of management training.
• Good computing skills, word processing/ spreadsheet and web browser use.
• Post graduate teaching experience
• Recent peer-reviewed publication

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