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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

Job Title: Clinical Fellow in Radiology

Location: Harefield Hospital Site

This 24-month post is for a clinical fellow who will spend 24 months being trained in cardio-thoracic radiology and contributing to the radiology service at Harefield Hospital. The training programme will include cardiac and thoracic CT, intervention procedures, ultrasound, plain film and some cardiovascular MRI.

Post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the running of the clinical radiology service under the direction of the Clinical Lead, including thoracic interventional procedures
• Depending on the mutually agreed post duration, the fellow will be expected to gain competence in advanced cardiac CT reporting and thoracic interventional techniques . for the appropriate candidate, a level 2 accreditation may be possible in CMR.
• There are no formalised research duties in the job plan for this position. However, depending on the individual and the mutually-agreed duration of the post, the fellow may be involved in radiology research and peer-reviewed publication.
• To maintain a high standard of patient care at all times. To liaise with the superintendent radiographers with regard to clinical service issues.
• There is an on call responsibility as part of the role and it is currently a 1:5 rota

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Working for our organisation

Harefield Hospital is the largest advanced heart and lung failure and cardiothoracic transplant centre in the UK and the regional primary angioplasty centre.

The Harefield Radiology Department accepts both internal and external referrals for a wide range of clinical indications. It comprises of two CT scanners, two MRI scanners, two ultrasound machines and two general imaging rooms (one with fluoro capability).

The radiology department is a regional referral centre for Cardiac CT and MRI and thoracic intervention.

The radiology department is led by Dr Paras Dalal, with 3 additional consultants; Dr Tarun Mittal, Dr Evangelos Skondras and Dr Saeed Mirsadraee.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assisting in the running of the radiology service under the direction of the Clinical Lead for Radiology
• To maintain a high standard of patient care at all times.
• To liaise with the Imaging Superintendents with regard to clinical service issues.
• To ensure appropriate infection control measures are utilised when necessary. Paying particular attention to personal protection as well as the management of equipment and linens.
• To observe safety regulations with particular regard to the Local Rules and the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• To communicate appropriately with other members of staff, giving support and advice where necessary.
• To train radiographers, technologists and other doctors
• The post holder will maintain good working relationships with multidisciplinary team within the hospital.
• To liaise with other departments/wards within the hospital and various external sources in order to provide a quality service to patients and clinicians.
• To communicate appropriately with other members of staff, giving support and advice where necessary.
• To communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and their escorts prior to, during and after an examination and to assess specific communication needs of individual patients.
• To use tact and sensitivity when asking personal questions, e.g. checking pregnancy status before an examination.
• To explain procedures and reassure patients who may have concerns r in order to gain their cooperation.
• To report any equipment failure to the Imaging Superintendents
• To abide by the Trust's core behaviours for staff and all other Trust Policies including standing financial instructions, research governance, codes and practices and health and safety policies
• To maintain confidentiality of image data.
• To report faults in the data information systems in use in the department.
• To participate in the continuing development programme for all staff.
• The post holder will attend the clinical departmental meetings.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration
• CCT in Clinical Radiology
• MB BS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• FRCR or equivalent
• Training and qualification in cardiac imaging

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in general radiology
• Evidence of understanding and application of clinical care
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Prior knowledge/ experience of cardiovascular imaging
• Knowledge of CQC IRMER requirements
• Experience in performing clinical research or published research
• Recent experience in clinical cardiology

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of plain film reporting and basic ultrasound
• Ability to perform doppler studies
• Ability to interpret general CT studies

Desirable criteria

• Good ability to teach/transfer knowledge

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Commitment to pursuing a career in imaging or related specialties
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team environment and build rapport

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

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.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Radiology Clinical Fellow (PDF, 960.2KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 448.6KB)
• Radiology Functional form (PDF, 376.6KB)