Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer an outstanding opportunity for a Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Head and Neck to join the team of 19 Consultant Radiologists.
The successful applicant will also be required to participate in the general/cross-sectional reporting in the departments at Warrington and Halton Hospitals.
A full range of radiological services are available at WHHFT including Interventional Radiology, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, CT/MR, DEXA and Cardiac Catheter Suite. There are 4 multi-slice CT Scanners, 3 MRI Scanners, a comprehensive ultrasound and plain radiography service. WHH is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Radiology Collaborative On-call Network, with Carestream PACS and RIS systems installed. The collaboration enables on call CT reporting to be performed by the on-call hub, staffed by the trainees in the region with consultant addenda provided following checking the next morning to maintain safe standards. We strive to create excellent opportunities for a great work-life balance with all Consultants having access to full PACS homework stations to support flexible and agile working opportunities.
The Trust is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in association with the University of Liverpool and up to 8 Specialist trainees are attached to the department at a time. The Trust comprises two hospitals, Warrington (acute) and Halton (non-acute) with the latter consisting of 2 separate buildings on the campus: Captain Sir Tom Moore Building and the Nightingale Building. The Breast Care Centre resides in the Captain Sir Tom Moore Building, which is the most modern of all the Trust’s facilities.
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do
The postholder will be expected to work closely with the team of existing Radiologists to support the continuing development of imaging within Warrington and Halton Hospitals as a whole. The successful applicant will be required to be proficient in all diagnostic as pects of Head and Neck Radiology including reporting of Plain Film, Ultrasound, CT and MRI, as well as ultrasound guided intervention. The postholder will participate in the Head and Neck multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, working closely with ENT, Maxillofacial, Oncology and other specialist colleagues to provide high-quality, patient-centred care.
In addition, the successful candidate will have an interest and expertise in Head and Neck Radiology, contributing to the reporting of complex head and neck CT and MRI examinations and supporting the diagnosis and management of patients with oncological, inflammatory, infective and other head and neck pathologies. The postholder will participate in the Head and Neck multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, working closely with ENT, Maxillofacial, Oncology and other specialist colleagues to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. The role will also include performing ultrasound-guided head and neck procedures, including fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core biopsies of thyroid, salivary gland and cervical lymph node lesions.
Please refer to attached Job Description.
