Consultant Breast Radiologist | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £101,694 - £134,126 per annum inclusive (basic salary + london weighting) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6219094/393-NMUH-5104 |
Summary
This is a post for a breast radiologist with sessions at both North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and University College London Hospital Trust. This is a single contract with an SLA with UCLH. Line management for the UCLH role will be provided by Divisional Clinical Director for Imaging, UCLH).
The post will involve two one stop symptomatic breast clinics with cross cover for a further clinic, attendance at the symptomatic breast multidisciplinary meeting and cold breast reporting sessions.
• Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership in the radiology department
• Look at current radiology practice and patient pathways within North Middlesex University Hospital and in conjunction with the Clinical Director further develop the service in line with best practice.
• Lead in ongoing development of clinical guidelines in radiology, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda
• Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the department’s teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of radiology registrars, medical trainees and other multiprofessional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies
• The successful applicant, as per trust policy, will undertake an active mentoring programme within the trust. The appropriate mentor/mentors will be discussed and decided by the Divisional Director and Speciality lead, in conjunction with the successful applicant.
• SPA activities will include:• Service Development – radiology protocols and guidelines
• Developing joint protocols/pathways and clinical governance with ED and other specialties
• Teaching/Training including clinical and educational supervision
• Individual CME/CPD
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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An indicative job plan/timetable for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be reassessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.
For a part-time 6 PA contract, 5:1.5 is the basic DCC:SPA split:
• Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 5 PAs on average per week
(clinical activity, clinically-related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)
• Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): 1.5 PAs on average per week
(CPD, audit, teaching & research) and including 0.5 PA for a quality & service role
An additional 1 SPA is available to all Consultant Staff, subject to review and agreement, for Trust-wide roles which must be approved prospectively by the Divisional/Medical Director.
Job plans are reviewed annually, and applicants are encouraged to study the provisions of the Consultant Contract for England 2003 under which this post is offered.
Delivery of the highest quality service possible is the main priority of this department. This means integrating evidence-based practice, research, QI/audit and other aspects of clinical governance particularly the delivery of quality training and exceptional risk management. There are many areas for service development and requirements for working with all health care professionals and specialties.
The hot reporting/duty radiologist role is an essential component of the DCC allocation.
There is potential to increase the weekly job plan if desired.
Day/Site
Session/Time
Session/Time
PAs
Monday/NMH
ADMIN
(4 HRS SPA)
Breast MDM/cold breast work
(4 HRS DCC)
1 DCC
1 SPA
Tuesday/NMH
Consultant Meeting/Admin
14:00-16:00
(2 HR SPA)
0.50 SPA
Wednesday/NMH
Breast One Stop
(4 HRS DCC)
Cold breast reporting
(4 HRS DCC)
2 DCC
Thursday
Friday/UCLH
Cold breast work
10:00-14:00
(4 HRS DCC)
Breast One Stop
14:00-18:00
(4 HRS DCC)
2 DCC
6.5 PAs
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 May 2024
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