Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Breast team as a part time (8pa) Locum Consultant Breast Radiologist (symptomatic and screening) here at the Bristol Breast Screening Unit at Southmead Hospital.

The post will cover all aspects of breast imaging, including the NHS BSP.

This post is offered to suitably qualified, positive and patient-focused professionals who want to work in a dynamic, large and high performing Breast Cancer service.

Bristol Breast Care Centre delivers both the screening and symptomatic services across 2 sites in Southmead and Weston General Hospitals as part of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

Joining the team on a locum basis for 12 months you will have support from the clinical leads and director of screening to establish a set of meaningful objectives and a rewarding job plan.

Our service is well managed to provide you with a rewarding role in a great clinical team. The work is varied and provides a unique opportunity to work in a bespoke breast care environment with dedicated provision at 2 sites giving you access to a stimulating and varied clinical environment.

Main duties of the job
The symptomatic breast work of the post will involve one-stop clinics and further assessment of the recalled patient.

Participation at MDT meetings and the reporting of MRI and staging CT expected. Depending on the experience of the post holder, the role may also involve stereo core biopsies, MRI guided biopsies, CT angiography pre-reconstruction and ultrasound guided VAEs.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities
Please see job description for full details:

The symptomatic breast work of the new post will involve one-stop clinics and further assessment of the recalled patient.

Participation at MDT meetings and the reporting of MRI and staging CT expected. Depending on the experience and professional development aspirations of the post holder, the role may also involve stereo core biopsies, MRI guided biopsies, CT angiography pre-reconstruction and ultrasound guided VAEs.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Registration
Essential

• MBBS and FRCR or equivalent
• Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice.
• Must have a CCT in Clinical Radiology or equivalent and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment. Specialist Registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date

Desirable

• Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD)

Training & Experience
Essential

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent
• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience including higher Radiology training, 5 years as a Radiology registrar in an approved training post or equivalent
• Experience in Breast clinical examination, assessment and one-stop clinics
• Breast interventions procedures including ultrasound guided and stereo core and VAB biopsies, fine needle aspirations and wire localisations under mammogrpahic and ultrasound guidance
• Proficient in General and cross-sectional radiology

Management Audit Training
Essential

• Experience in audit projects
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
• Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies

Desirable

• Completion of a general management course or programme

Research Teaching Publications
Essential

• Knowledge of principles of research
• Proven teaching ability
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates

Desirable

• Research experience
• Evidence of publications in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity. We aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels.