Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Fellow Interventional Radiology

Job summary
GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Interventional Radiology Department
Senior Clinical Fellow Interventional Radiology
Nodal Point - 5 - £76,582 per annum excl. of LZ
Full Time - 40 hours per week
Fixed Term - 12 months

The Interventional Radiology (IR) department within the Clinical Imaging and Medical Physics (CLIMP) Directorate at Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest and most diverse in England. A team of 11 IR consultants supported by a dedicated nursing, radiographic and administrative team provide comprehensive vascular, interventional oncological, renal and paediatric clinical service. The department has a vacancy for the position of Clinical Fellow in Interventional Radiology for a period of 1 year.

The post does not attract a UK National Training Number. Applicants must be GMC registered and demonstrate an ethos that promotes teamwork, flexibility and commitment to the service. In return the department can offer a range of learning opportunities and the chance to contribute to service improvement and developments. The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable adults and/or children (0-18 years) and therefore 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Main duties of the job
Clinical: The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of Interventional Radiology services to the Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Hospital and Evelina Children's Hospital to include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• Performing the spectrum of IR procedures undertaken at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust and the Evelina Children's Hospital.
• Assessing patients in dedicated clinics
• Carrying out ward rounds
• Chairing multidisciplinary team meetings
• To report CTA/MRA, cross-sectional imaging relevant to IR and general diagnostic radiology examinations
• To participate in a 1 in 6 IR fellows on-call rota

About us
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences Centre.

All our vacancies can be viewed on our website.

Our excellent benefits include final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.

Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.

Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

For further information, please contact Dr Shahzad Ilyas shahzad.ilyas@nhs.net Dr Irfan Ahmed irfan.ahmed21@nhs.net

Interview Date: To be arranged

Job responsibilities
St Thomas Site
As the acute site it provides patient care in Surgery, Medicine, Emergency, obstetrics and elderly care, a forty-two bed ITU, three HDUs as well as busy outpatient Department.

The Radiology Department is in 3 main locations:

• Main Department: 3 multislice CTs (one dual source Siemens Force), 1 1.5T MRI, 2 Endovascular/ Interventional Radiology Suites, multiple Digital Radiography rooms, 3 Ultrasound Rooms, 1 fluoroscopy room.
• Emergency Department: Recently upgraded as part of a four year programme to transform the Emergency Floor of STH and completed in 2018. The Imaging area now comprises 3 digital imaging rooms, a multi-slice dual source Siemens Force CT scanner, an Ultrasound space and Reporting room.
• Womens Department is situated at St Thomas in excess of 5000 deliveries per annum and is supported by Gynae and Obstetric Ultrasound.

Guys Site
The main services based at Guys include elective orthopaedic, urological and renal dialysis and transplant services and a large oncology service. There is one large Imaging Department split over two floors and it comprises: Digital radiography rooms, 1 fluoroscopy room 1 interventional radiology suite, 2 1.5T MRI 2 x 3T MRI 2 multi-slice CT scanners. 3 Colour Doppler ultrasound machines with outreach to Urology services in a dedicated facility. A purpose built breast unit encompassing 2 digital mammography units, 2 stereotactic biopsy units, and 3 dedicated ultrasound machines and separate reception facilities.

*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and hold a licence to practise
• CCT in Radiology or equivalent

Desirable

• FRCR or equivalent
• MD and/or PhD
• EBIR

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Clinical experience in Interventional radiology

Desirable

• Clinical experience in CTA/MRA reporting

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Able to prioritise clinical needs by applying sound medical knowledge
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Sound knowledge of critical appraisal of scientific literature

Desirable

• Evidence of presentations at national and/or international meetings
• Clinical audit
• Knowledge of database management, raw data analysis and medical statistics

Research and Teaching
Essential

• Understanding the principles and applications of clinical research
• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable

• Previous research experience in Radiology
• Teaching qualification

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.