JOB SUMMARY

We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Doctor in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. This is a full time role attracting 10 PA’s per week with a daytime working pattern and an evening and weekend on call rota commitment. The role is fixed term for 12 months in the first instance with regular reviews.
Come and join our radiology team who consist of 24 Consultant Radiologists, 6 of which are Intervention and 18 are Diagnostic. We have a gastrointestinal fellow and 6 Specialty Registrar Trainees from the Severn and Peninsula deaneries.
This role is based at our Musgrove Park Hospital site location in Taunton, Somerset. We provide a full range of imaging services at this site. Breast Imaging and screening are provided by a Breast Care Unit.

We offer a wide range of cross-sectional imaging services at Taunton and our equipment includes:

• 3 CT scanners (1 x Siemens dual source Definition Flash, 1 x GE Revolution (160) & 1 x GE EVO (64)).
• 3 MRI scanners (2 x Siemens 1.5T Aera and 1 x Siemens 3T Vida (1 year old with high strength gradients (60 mT/m))
• 4 ultrasound bays (3 GE Logiq E9)
• Siemens e.cam Gamma Camera.
• We also have a dedicated Community Diagnostic Imaging Centre. This is run in partnership with Rutherford Diagnostics at Blackbrook Business Park, off Junction 25 of the M5. This centre has additional 2 CT and 2 MRI (Philips 1.5 and 3T) scanners, as well as additional plain film and ultrasound facilities.

Somerset and North Devon vascular network has a population of > 800,000.

ABOUT US

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we’re committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you’ll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.
We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.
The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it’s a great place to build both your career and your future.
Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The appointee must meet the generic capabilities framework set by NHS Employers to be hired to this Specialist role.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of this role including the full persons specification and full generic capabilities framework.

The capabilities framework covers:

• Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge
• Leadership and team working
• Patient safety and quality improvement
• Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Education and training
• Research and scholarship

The eligibility criteria for this role is a minimum of 12 years medical work since primary medical qualification, with a minimum of 6 years experience in Radiology in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades or equivalent from overseas.

ESSENTIAL

Communicates effectively and is able to share decision making with patients, relatives and carers.
Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams -promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working.
Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
Evaluates and audits own and others’ clinical practice and acts on the findings.
Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities.
Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact.
Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents or complaints and implements appropriate changes.
Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes.
Critically assesses own learning needs and ensures a personal development plan reflects both clinical practice and the relevant generic capabilities to lead and develop services.

Clinical Experience:

• To work closely and under supervision initially but then there will be an expectation to adopt a more autonomous role as the year progresses.
• To contribute to general imaging and reporting, and the vascular and non-vascular interventional service.
• To contribute to scientific meetings throughout the year
• To take an active part in the teaching of junior medical staff, including radiographers, and medical students.
• To observe a degree of flexibility within the proposed job plan to allow for a flexible approach to service needs.
• To meet the NHS Employers capabilities framework

Clinical Experience:

• To work closely and under supervision initially but then there will be an expectation to adopt a more autonomous role as the year progresses.
• To contribute to general imaging and reporting, and the vascular and non-vascular interventional service.
• To contribute to scientific meetings throughout the year
• To take an active part in the teaching of junior medical staff, including radiographers, and medical students.
• To observe a degree of flexibility within the proposed job plan to allow for a flexible approach to service needs.
• To meet the NHS Employers capabilities framework.

Job Plan:

• The proposed timetable will consist of 7.5 clinical sessions including 1 interventional list. 1 session of emergency on call interventional work. The remaining 1.5 session will allow the post-holder to participate in research, audit and teaching and development.
• This can be open to change following discussion with the Clinical Lead.

Learning Objectives:

• To gain further experience in all aspects of interventional procedures and imaging.
• To provide a high quality diagnostic radiology service including, plain film, fluoroscopy and emergency CT
• To participate in departmental research and audit.
• To help develop an electronic educational resource for Radiology trainees at Taunton.
• To help develop a study day for radiographers in interventional imaging.
• There will be an opportunity to attend regular departmental, multidisciplinary and educational meetings.al plain film and ultrasound facilities.