Vascular Interventional

Specialist Registrar in Vascular Interventional Radiology

Job Description

Title of Post: Specialist Registrar in Vascular Interventional Radiology

Grade: Specialist/Specialty Registrar

Removal Expenses: In accordance with Trust Policy

Terms of Appointment: Fixed Term appointment – One Year with option to extend for a further year (year 4/5)

Specialty: Clinical Radiology

Supervising Consultants:

• Dr J Hardman
• Dr D Fay
• Dr A Philips
• Dr S Malthouse
• Dr M Thornton (Southmead)

Full-time/Part-time: Full-time

Base Hospital: Royal United Hospital, Bath NHS with weekly sessions at Southmead Hospital, Bristol

Work Pattern: Sessional plus on-call

Qualifications Required: FRCR or equivalent

GMC Requirement: Full Registration

Annual and study leave arrangements

Leave must be planned in advance and must be agreed with your supervising consultant. Annual leave entitlement will be 5 or 6 weeks dependent on salary.

The post is approved by the Royal College of Radiologists and study leave will be agreed and funded through the Department of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, if deemed suitable.

For further information on post: Dr J Hardman or Dr D Fay, 01225 821174

Duties of the post

The aims and responsibilities of the post:

The purpose of the training post is to provide the opportunity for sub-specialisation in the developing field of interventional radiology and minimal invasive therapy for a period of one year with an option to extend for another year (Year 4/5). There will be a strong emphasis not only on practical experience but also on research, publication and presentation. The post holder will be exposed to a wide range of simple to complex interventional procedures. The Royal United Hospital department performs over 700 vascular and 200 non vascular procedures per annum including thoracic, abdominal, fenestrated and branched aortic stent grafting. A wide range of interventional procedures particularly vascular and non vascular urological interventions are performed at Southmead Hospital.

There will be a opportunity to attend joint Endovascular aneurysm outpatient clinics and be involved in recruitment of patients for a number of national EVAR trials.

Clinical Commitments

Sessional commitment will be flexible to make maximum use of the variable patterns of work flow. There will be six sessions at the RUH and two sessions at Southmead Hospital. Two sessions study leave, teaching and research. There are ample opportunities for some continuing exposure to general radiology depending on the specific educational requirements of the postholder.

Specimen Weekly Timetable of Interventional Radiology Specialist Registrar(s)

Facilities for Study and Training

Library facilities are available at The Royal United Hospital Bath and the Bristol teaching hospitals.

Teaching, Audit and Research

The Registrar will be expected to participate in teaching of the other specialist registrars and occasionally other medical and non-medical personnel.

Participation in audit is required.

Research, presentation and publication will be strongly encouraged.

On-call Commitment

It is expected that the successful candidate will be invited to participate in the evening and weekend on-call rota at Royal United Hospital, Bath on a 1:8 frequency.

Radiological sciences

Department profiles

The interventional radiology department at the Royal United Hospital, Bath performs around 900 procedures per year ranging from PICC lines to complex endovascular aneurysm repair. There is a well developed endovascular aneurysm repair programme and over 300 cases have now been performed in Bath. Around 50-70 EVAR cases are performed annually using a range of grafts. The RUH is the only centre in the southwest performing fenestrated and branched EVAR and receives tertiary referrals. There is a good peripheral endovascular case mix and the service is well supported by three vascular surgeons. Regular radiology/vascular surgery meetings are held. A large volume of non-vascular interventional radiology eg nephrostomies, ureteric stents, PCNLs, gastrostomies and biliary procedures is performed, driven by four urologists and a well developed multi-disciplinary GI service.

Southmead is a tertiary referral centre for renal medicine, so in addition to the general interventional repertoire and further uroradiological procedures, the postholder will gain exposure to dialysis fistula work and the interventional radiology of renal transplantation. Carotid stenting is also performed at this site.

Person Specification

The person specification is used for both shortlisting and selection purposes for recruitment to Specialist Registrar Training programmes. The aim of the process is to recommend for appointment people who have the potential to develop at specialist level and who have demonstrated the achievement of education and training objectives within an appropriate timescale.