Locum Consultant in Interventional and General Radiology

Job Overview

Maintain top clinical standards, provide high-quality imaging/Interventional Radiology, share patient management, cover general radiology/on-call, support staff training, engage in governance, audits, and CPD., Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

Travel between hospital sites may be required. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all patients presenting to the Hospital.
• To deliver a high-quality imaging service with a focus on Interventional Radiology.
• To share, with colleagues in the Imaging Department, the management of all patients referred to the Trust.
• To share in the general radiology work of the department including currently a 1 in 18 on call rota, moving to a 7-day Interventional on-call in the near future.
• To support radiographers and sonographer staff in the department and be involved in the teaching and training of specialist registrars grade, junior medical staff, nursing staff and medical students.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To have responsibility for and actively participate in continuing professional development (CPD).

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We are looking for a dynamic interventional radiologist with a progressive attitude, to support the local GI, GU and hepatobiliary services and the vascular interventional radiology services, as part of the Bedfordshire Milton Keynes (BMK) Vascular Unit.