Consultant Radiologist Chest subspecialism | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

This is a replacement post for a substantive chest and general radiologist. The candidate must have extensive experience in chest and general radiology and will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic team of 13 consultant radiologists. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care and 2 PAs allocated for supporting professional activities over a 4 day working week, with the possibility of an additional PA if the successful applicant wishes to work over 5 days.

All Consultants have the option of 1 day working from home if they wish.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

The Trust also manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home. Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times. We are committed through our Fair Recruitment Standards to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its nursing community, and all staff can access a great range of benefits. Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list. The post holder will be expected to be flexible and cooperative in accordance with department requirements.

• Clinical responsibilities
• Teaching and academic activity
• Research and development
• Management and clinical audit
• Continuing professional development

The programme will be 8 DCC, 2 SPA, or 9 DCC, 2 SPA. The job plan is anticipated to consist of: 2 sessions ultrasound, 1.5 sessions MR, 2 sessions CT (1 acute CT and 1 session cold reporting), 0.5 PA “Duty radiologist”, 1 session meetings/meeting preparation, 1 session on call and 2 SPAs. Part-time applications would be considered.

Morning lists commence between 08:30 and 09:00. Afternoon lists end at 17:00. The allocated session reporting time for Acute CT is extended until 18:00.

The “Duty Radiologist” session entails taking referrals for inpatient and emergency department CT and MRI, and answering queries from GPs and hospital doctors. Issues around X-rays are directed to the team of reporting radiographers. There are also occasional ITU ultrasounds for which the duty radiologist is responsible if the patient cannot attend the radiology department. During the duty radiology session there is time to report A&E and in-patient MR as well as cold MR/CT.

The on-call commitment varies with staffing levels but will not exceed 1 in 10 weekends. An allowance of 1 PA for on-call is provided in the job plan. After an on-call weekend, consultants are not given clinical duties on the following Monday. The post is resident on-call on weekday evenings until 19:00. Weekend on-call duties require on-site presence for a minimum of 8 hours on a Saturday.

Sunday on-call work can be carried out from home (all consultants have home workstations).

Overnight scans (19:00–08:00) are outsourced to a private company 7 days a week. An adequate home broadband speed is required to support off-site weekend on-call work and home working. Acute CT scans performed between 12:00 and 14:00 on Saturdays are outsourced to a private company to facilitate on-call Radiology Consultant acute ultrasound commitment. There is a radiographic assistant on site between 10:30 and 14:00 on Saturdays to assist with patient preparation for ultrasound.

Currently all Consultants have 1 day per week working from home (subject to staffing levels). Changes to these arrangements are possible as part of 7 day working.

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