Consultant Radiologist with an interest in GI imaging

The post holder will be part of the GI and HPB radiology team and deliver imaging and biopsy services across the Trust. The post holder will lead/take part in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. Additional subspecialty interests may be accommodated/supported,
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 post holder will also contribute to acute imaging, providing in-patient CT, US sessions and image-guided intervention such as biopsy and drainages.
The Trust is a tertiary referral centre for cancer. The post holder will be required to attend and present at regular GI cancer site MDTs. These include Upper GI. GIST, Hepatobiliary and pancreatic, Liver and intervention, Colorectal, anal and Cancer of unknown primary (CUP). There are also benign MDT meetings including inflammatory bowel disease, HBP, IgG4 and pelvic floor dysfunction., The post holder will be part of the gastrointestinal radiology team and deliver imaging services across the Trust. Additional subspecialty interests may be accommodated/supported, e.g. in luminal or solid organ imaging.
The Trust is a tertiary referral centre for lung cancer, pleural and interstitial lung disease and supports the following GI cancer MDT meetings: upper GI, lower GI, hepatobiliary and liver/intervention.
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 GI and acute service provision and to aid in offering work-life balance.
The post holder will be part of the gastrointestinal team and deliver imaging services across the Trust. The post holder will be required to attend and present at regular GI MDT meetings. There are
separate upper, lower and hepatobiliry MDT for cancer. There are also benign meetings for solid organ and luminal pathology. The post holder will also contribute to acute imaging,
providing in-patient CT sessions and Ultrasound. The post holder will work 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.
Oxford University Hospitals
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The Trust has committed to leading the way in health technology with the implementation of an electronic patient record (EPR) system (Cerner), supporting digital requesting of diagnostics, and real-time on-line sharing of patient information between health professionals.
SPA
The job plan includes core SPA for revalidation of 1 PA, with an additional 0.5 PA available for non-core activities.
On-Call.
The post-holder will be required to participate in an on-call rota providing on-call radiology
cover (1:10). The post holder will be included in the weekend working rota on a 1:20 basis.
There is a junior and senior specialist registrar on call system, with a senior specialist registrar resident providing first-line cover for referrals. There are separate consultant on-call rotas for neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, cross-sectional radiology, paediatric radiology and interventional radiology. On-call consultants have a central role in the major incident plan.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of every day
clinical activity. The post holder's contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Consultants involved in Medical Student teaching can receive an honorary Clinical Lectureship from the University
The Oxford Rotational Training Scheme in Radiology provides full and comprehensive training for junior radiology medical staff. There are formal courses for the Part I and Part II FRCR examinations and all consultant radiologists are expected to contribute to these courses.
During their training, registrars also obtain district general hospital experience, usually at three of the following: Wexham Park Hospital, Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Stoke Mandeville
Hospital in Aylesbury and Milton Keynes General Hospital.
Radiology is identified as a core subject in medical student training and is taught as a thread throughout the clinical course. Radiology is also one of the optional elective subjects for final year medical students.
All consultant radiologists are involved in teaching these students.
Individual Responsibilities Clinical Radiology at the Oxford University Hospitals is provided on four sites; Churchill site, Horton site, John Radcliffe site and Nuffield Orthopaedic site. General radiology, nuclear
medicine, ultrasound, CT, MRI, angiography and interventional radiology are carried out on both the Churchill and the John Radcliffe sites. The Oxford Breast Imaging Centre (OBIC) is situated at the Churchill site, as well as cancer services, elective surgery, transplant and renal
services.
The John Radcliffe site encompasses the Oxford Children's Hospital as well as neuroradiology, cardiac and vascular services, and the Major Trauma Centre. The Horton Hospital provides accident and emergency services and acute medical services to the North Oxfordshire population as well as providing elective outpatient imaging facilities. The Nuffield
Orthopaedic Centre provides specialist musculoskeletal services within Oxford, tertiary services nationally as well providing imaging support for the Major Trauma Centre.
Oxford University Hospitals, PET, Children's radiology, Neuroradiology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre radiology, Horton radiology, and Breast Imaging). Each clinical unit has a Clinical Lead who is responsible to the Clinical Directorate and through him/her to a Divisional Director and to the Chief Executive. In
addition, there are 7 modality lead radiographers (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Breast Imaging, General Radiography and Dexa, Fluoroscopy and Intervention, Horton/ISTC and communities with responsibility for PACS and RIS Liaison), supported by clinical modality leads.
The modality lead radiographers have site responsibility under 2 Clinical Service Unit Managers (JR/WW and CH, NOC, Horton/ISTC and communities), who are responsible to the Operational Service Manager. These individuals meet together as the Radiology Directorate Executive once a month.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust and external accrediting bodies. Additional SPA time will be available to support formal governance roles. The department is in the process of applying for QSI accreditation.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and
Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant
CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional
resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his /her patients and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair. All consultant
Radiologists are expected to participate in some way at some time in the management arrangements of the Clinical Directorate. There are opportunities to take part in Management and Leadership training within the Trust. Additional SPA will be available to support management activities

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The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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