Consultant in Interventional Radiology

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We are looking for a radiologist with a specialist interest in Interventional Radiology to join our friendly team of consultant radiologists including four interventional radiologists.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

The post is based at the North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple. The post would be 10 PAs with the potential for additional PAs to be added to the job plan,which would be negotiated with the successful applicant.

The post has arisen due to the previous IR moving abroad who built a flourishing service during his time in post. There is professional support from the IR team in our sister hospital in Exeter where four IRs are based.

The IR service includes provision of a wide range of vascular and non-vascular interventions with the scope for the successful candidate to build upon the service already in place and expand into whatever areas of interest they hold. We have a strong team of nurses and radiographers and are fortunate in maintaining excellent relationships with our clinical colleagues in the referral specialities here in North Devon.

We have excellent facilities with centralisation of our second fluoroscopy suite next to patient recovery planned as part of a wider imaging expansion including the acquisition of two new MRI scanners in the next 2-4 years. Subspecialist IR interests, general and subspecialty radiology reporting can all be included in the job-plan by mutual agreement.

Successful applicants will participate in the cross-site interventional on-call rota, currently at a 1 in 8 frequency. The appointee will not be expected to take part in the general radiology on-call rota.

Work life balance is crucial and you will be joining a department that puts this philosophy front and centre. We are based in Devon in the South West of England; a county renowned for its natural beauty, schools and quality of life.

Applicants must have completed specialist training in clinical radiology and either sub-special IR training, an IR fellowship or have significant ongoing IR experience in a consultant post or equivalent prior to taking up the appointment. Evidence of this should be provided with the application. Completion of the EBIR would be an advantage. When applying please include the contact details of a minimum of 3 referees which should cover the last 3 years of employment;

if you are a consultant one referee should be your current or…