Locum Consultant Radiologist

The Imaging Directorate at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust requires 2 cross-sectional Consultant Radiologists with an interest in General and Oncological Imaging. One is a new post to support increasing demand, the other a replacement post.
Both posts will be considered cross site posts but will be based at one site with occasional cover required on the other. The successful candidate must demonstrate skill in reporting general and oncological cross-sectional imaging. A second speciality interest would be welcome such as Breast, Urology, Lower GI or Chest imaging. The Kent Oncology Centre is based at Maidstone Hospital and provides care in all the major tumour groups. The candidate would be expected to support at least one of the major tumour MDTs.
We are a progressive, busy department running across two sites with a team of 28 Consultant Radiologists. The posts would carry an on-call commitment. Basic interventional skills would be particularly welcome e.g. US/CT guided biopsy and drainages.
We are a teaching unit with SpRs from the Kent Training scheme and medical students from the Kent and Medway Medical School. There is also opportunity to be involved in research and trials ongoing in the Oncology centre. We are able to offer home reporting facilities to encourage flexible, family friendly working.
The posts will have duties for consultant provision of diagnostic imaging services for both the Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Hospitals, and will join a team of 24 Consultant Radiologistss. The successful candidates must demonstrate skills in general and oncological radiology but also reporting general cross-sectional imaging and should have a particular interest in an oncological sub speciality / tumour group.
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust. We provide a full range of general hospital services to around 500,000 people living in the south of west Kent and parts of North East Sussex. Many of the people we serve live in the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells area.
The Trust’s Chairman is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford. Clinical services are organised into five divisions and 18 directorates.
The Clinical Director for the Imaging Directorate is Dr Aidan Shaw, Consultant Radiologist. The directorate lies with the Core Clinical Services Division, the Chief of Service is Ms Ritchie Chalmers, Consultant Breast Surgeon, and the Divisional Director of Operations is Ms Jelena Pochin.
The Trust primarily works from two clinical sites in rural Kent, Maidstone Hospital (Trust Headquarters) and Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Pembury). We also provide cancer services at Kent Oncology Centre, Maidstone, and Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury.
To provide high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team and, in addition, any patients of consultant colleagues when you are covering on-call or for annual leave.
To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the speciality covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.
To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.
To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge.
To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.
To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
To provide prospective cover for colleagues during annual and study leave and other absences as far as is practicable and clinically safe. It is not expected the candidate will take part in the on call rota but candidates who did wish to do so would be also be considered.
To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trust’s corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.