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About
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Contact
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
Consultant Diagnostic Neuroradiologist
Accepting applications until: 06-Apr-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 06-Apr-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Medical staff - Consultant Radiologists (General)
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)
Salary
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Radiology
- Interview date
- 08/05/2025
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
There are currently 14 Consultant Neuroradiologists working within the Department of Neuroradiology, which is part of the wider Directorate of Neurosciences which houses Neurology, Neurosurgery and Neurophysiology and the national highly specialised Mitochondrial Medicine Service, providing a comprehensive, specialist service to a population of approximately 2.4 million across the North East and Cumbria.
Based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle City Centre, this role is a substantive full time job with on-call, but we are happy to consider applicants wishing to work less than full time with a pro rata share of the on-call.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Advert
This post is based at the Neurosciences Centre. The post-holder will contribute to the daytime diagnostic neuroradiology service and take a share of the diagnostic neuroradiology on call rota. To cover the needs of the service, a subspecialist interest in neuro-oncology and/or low pressure imaging and intervention is desirable.
The appointee will have the chance to participate in teaching and supervision of the radiology and neuroradiology trainees.
The appointee will be expected to undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Department of Neuroradiology in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director.
The department provides out-of-hours on-call service and in-hours attending service to provide urgent reports and opinions.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and directorate, please contact Dr Philip Gonsalves on 01919177297 or via email at p.gonsalves@nhs.net
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
· Participate in departmental work in providing neuroradiology services to our patients.
· Provide diagnostic neuroradiology services.
· Contribute to the spinal intervention service, including sub-specialised low pressure work (the latter desirable but not essential)
· Contribute to departmental MDT delivery (ideally including adult neuro-oncology MDT)
· Contribute to the departmental attending system.
· Take part in departmental diagnostic neuroradiology on-call.
Administrative:
· Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Department of Neuroradiology, in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director. To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
· Become involved with the financial management of the Directorate budget - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.
Research:
· The Trust welcomes and encourages research.
Teaching:
· Newcastle Hospitals provides an enthusiastic training environment for radiologists, radiographers and medical students. The radiology training is delivered through the School of Radiology within the Health Education England (North-East). Training and supervision opportunities are encouraged.
Support:
· The appointee will have shared office and secretarial /administrative support.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification
- FRCR or a Postgraduate qualification of similar seniority
- Full GMC with a licence to practice
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or equivalent in relevant field
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 5 years’ training in clinical radiology including two years’ training in neuroradiology completed at the time of appointment (please note these training requirements are essential)
- Ability to offer an expert neuroradiology opinion.
- Ability to undertake standard CT and fluoroscopy guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of a (sub) specialist fellowship in diagnostic neuroradiology
- Evidence of subspecialist expertise in neuro-oncology and ability to independently contribute to the neuro-oncology MDT
- Experience in interpretation of advanced imaging techniques for low pressure CSF disorders and specialised intervention techniques
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Management and administrative experience
- Participation in Clinical Governance.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Clinical Leadership
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff in the clinical setting
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
- Experience of acting as an educational supervisor to a trainee.
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last three years as first author
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit/ quality improvement
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit/ quality improvement project
- Evidence of having re-audited to assess improvement.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s values
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- Louise.Scorfield@nhs.net
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