NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Reference
Grade
Location
Hours / PA’s
Salary Scale
Closing Date
MS/1115/01
Quote on all correspondence
Consultant with an Interest in Breast Radiology
Post based at Wishaw General Hospital.
9 PAs. Other hours will be considered
£76,761 - £103,490 (10 PA’s)
Tuesday 1st December 2015
Your Application
Thank you for expressing an interest in the above post within NHS
Lanarkshire. Please find all the relevant information attached to begin the
application process.
Should you require further information regarding this post you can contact
the Medical Staffing team or make informal enquiries with the department
using the contact details below.
To ensure we can process your application as easily as possible please
complete all the information required within the Application Pack and email
with your CV.
Contact Details
Telephone
Email
01698 377735
Pamela.Migues@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Application
Process
To apply, please email your CV to the above, along with the attached
completed Application Pack.
4 Recruitment 2 Recruitment Application Pack - Master
Lanarkshire
Sept12.doc
NHS Inserts.pdf
Additional
Arrangements
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by:Mrs Judith Park
Director of Access
01698 366002
Dr F Gardner
Associate Medical Director
01355 585787
Dr J Guse
Site Clinical Director
01236 712175
Dr S Millar
Site Clinical Director
01355 585779
Dr B Macpherson
Site Clinical Director
01698 366550
Date when the
post is Vacant
The post is vacant immediately and a start date will be agreed with the
successful candidate.
NHS Lanarkshire
For further information regarding NHS Lanarkshire and it’s hospitals, please
visit our website:- www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and Positive about Disabled People.
Page 1
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Integration of
Health and
Social Care
Services
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
The Act above has made changes to the law that will create statutory
Health and Social Care Partnerships in each local authority in
cooperation with health boards to replace Community Health
Partnerships (CHP’s).
In Lanarkshire two Health and Social Care Partnerships have been
developed, one each in North and South Lanarkshire and from April
2015 these replace existing CHP’s. Discussions between NHS
Lanarkshire and the two Local Authorities are on-going in considering
the range of services that will be managed through the Health and
Social Care Partnerships.
In both North and South a Shadow Integration Board is now in place.
Integration Schemes have been submitted to Scottish Government for
approval, on which a Joint Integration Board will be established. This
service may in the future be included within this range.
Management
Structure
The supporting operational and clinical management structures are
focused on enhancing patient safety, quality improvement and local
delivery at hospital level, with visibility of clinical leadership and support
for individual professional accountability. Our Medical Managers will
provide professional leadership to medical staff, ensuring that they are
effectively developed, organised, integrated and managed to support the
strategic aims of each Division and meet the needs of the patient.
Management Structure Overview (Acute)
Director of Acute Services
Associate
Medical Director
COTE
Director of
Hospital Services
Hairmyres
Director of
Hospital Services
Monklands
Director of
Hospital Services
Wishaw
Director of Access
Chief of Medical
Services
Hairmyres
Chief of Medical
Services
Monklands
Chief of Medical
Services
Wishaw
Associate
Medical Directors
Clinical Directors
Deputy CD's
Leads
Various Specialties
Clinical Directors
Deputy CD's
Leads
Various Specialties
Clinical Directors
Deputy CD's
Leads
Various Specialties
Divisional
Medical Director
Page 2
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
POST INFORMATION
The Post
The Radiology Directorate is part of the Access Division. There is a
radiology department in each of the three acute hospitals.
The radiology directorate has a good record of innovation, both in terms
of working practices and adoption of new technology. There is active
encouragement of opportunities for role development of staff, where this
will provide an enhanced service to patients. Ultrasonographers on each
site perform and report their own studies. Three radiographers are
trained in A&E reporting and a further two are trained mammogram
readers, supporting double-reporting of all symptomatic mammograms.
Flexible working is encouraged, with, for example, several radiologists
undertaking some of their radiology reporting sessions in the evening.
The presence of a single Lanarkshire-wide PACS/RIS also allows
radiologists to undertake some reporting at a different site from their
base hospital, if convenient.
Lanarkshire radiologists have utilised teleradiology to support CT
reporting from home while on call since the late 1990s, and this is now
provided by means of secure broadband links. Lanarkshire has had a
full county-wide PACS system since 2001 and during 2008-09 was
transferred to the national Carestream PACS. Voice recognition typing
was introduced in 2009.
Dr Fiona Gardner is the Associate Medical Director for the Division.
Each hospital has a Site Clinical Director for Radiology. The Imaging
Services Manager, Mr Eddie McGoldrick, has a deputy on each site.
Page 3
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
THE DEPARTMENTS
The departments are accredited by The Royal College of Radiologists
for professional training and are affiliated to the West of Scotland
Radiology Training Scheme. The radiology departments are formally
associated with Glasgow Caledonian University for the practical training
of B.Sc. Radiography students.
The hospitals are recognised for post-graduate medical training in many
specialties and for undergraduate training in Medicine, Surgery and
Paediatrics from the Universities of Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh.
Regular cancer multi-disciplinary team meetings are held with
appropriate specialties, and there are less formal film review meetings
with physicians, surgeons and care of the elderly specialists. A wide
variety of radiology staff are involved in multi-disciplinary audit
The departments carry a wide range of bench books for day-to-day use.
There are large seminar rooms (Wishaw and Hairmyres) with excellent
facilities for viewing PACS images in clinical review meetings and
tutorials. A video-conferencing link connects the Lanarkshire hospitals
and the Beatson Oncology Centre, facilitating multi-disciplinary team
meetings.
Each Consultant has their own office, with a reporting workstation.
IMAGING FACILITIES
The departments provide a wide range of diagnostic and interventional
techniques.
They comprise diagnostic rooms including digital
fluoroscopy, angiography/interventional, mammography, ultrasound,
multi-slice CT and 1.5T MRI on each site. A fourth Lanarkshire CT
scanner was installed in Hairmyres in 2009, with a fifth installed in
Wishaw in 2013, in response to rising demand. This additional capacity
is shared with Monklands Hospital, so that all three departments have
equal access.
RADIOLOGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Carestream RIS management system is in place, linked with the new
Caresteam PACS.
Page 4
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
THE JOB
The job is offered as on a 9 PA basis but applications will be considered
from those wishing to work fewer PAs. There may be the possibility to
undertake one or more breast screening PAs in Glasgow.
The precise details of the job plan will be dependent on the successful
candidate’s subspecialty training and interests.
All new substantive Consultants are initially offered a minimum of 1 PA
for SPA duties but this will be reviewed within 6 months of appointment
or earlier if required and revised upwards if additional responsibilities
have been undertaken. Additional SPA time (up to 2.5 PA’s in total, pro
rata) can be incorporated into the job plan depending on the time
required to support the successful candidate’s professional activities and
the needs of the service.
NHS Lanarkshire is supportive of applications from individuals with well
developed ideas for improving services who are able to demonstrate a
commitment to quality improvement, patient safety (including human
factors training), Medical Education and Research & Development.
Applicants wishing to commence on more than 1 PA for SPA duties
should discuss proposals with the identified Lead contact and Service
Medical Manager (Associate Medical Director or Divisional Medical
Director)
General
Provisions
You will report to The Site Clinical Director, who will agree your job plan.
Health and
Safety
You are required to comply with NHS Lanarkshire Health and Safety
Policies.
Junior Medical
Staff
You will be responsible for the training and supervision of Junior Medical
staff who work with you. In addition, you will be expected to ensure that
staff have access to advice and counseling. Subject to agreement and
SPA allocation, you may be named in the contracts of Doctors in training
grades as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as the
initial source of advice to such Doctors on their career.
Page 5
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Medical Staffing
and Secretarial
Support
Consultants
Wishaw
Dr B Macpherson
Site Clinical Director
Dr S Reid
Consultants
Hairmyres
Dr F Gardner
Associate Medical
Director
Dr S Millar Site Clinical
Consultants
Monklands
Dr. J Guse
Site Clinical Director
Dr A McGhee
Director
Dr M Mohan
Dr M Rashid
Dr A Shenoy
Dr M Strauss
Dr J Addison
Dr D Steele
Dr J Harper
Dr L Hinksman
This vacancy
Full time vacancy (partly
filled with locum)
Dr C Murch
Dr K Gray
Dr D Edwards
Dr F Lau
Dr B Hamilton
Dr J Ballantyne
Dr G Harold
Dr N Mathias
Dr I Cameron
Dr E Teasdale
Dr T Schiszler
Dr K Nwafor
Dr S Khan
Dr Y Husami
Dr A Paddon
Dr E Owens
Dr L Smart
Dr U Nachtrab
Dr P Nowak
Vacancy
Dr C Chew
Dr K Ali
Specialty Doctors
Specialist Registrars on rotation from the West
of Scotland Training Scheme.
STR’s on BST
STRs/FY’s
Secretarial Support:
WTE Senior Secretary
WTE Waiting List Co-Ordinator- (if applicable)
WTE Secretaries
Audio Typists (if applicable)
0
1-2 per site
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2 per site
n/a (voice recognition
typing for radiology
reports)
Page 6
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Main Duties
The main duties and responsibilities of the posts include:

Provisions of a general radiology service dependent on the needs
of the hospital and primary care division.

Provision of cover for colleagues during annual, study or shortterm sickness leave.

Participation in the supervision and training of junior medical staff,
during appropriately adapted clinical sessions.

Participation in staff appraisal process.

Participation in appropriate internal or external quality assurance
programmes.

Participation in clinical audit, for appraisal purposes.

Compliance with Royal College of Radiologists’ recommendations
on continuing Medical Education.

Work on behalf of NHSL such as domiciliary consultations or
services provided by other agencies, e.g. Scottish Prison Service.

In addition, subject to appropriate SPA allocation:

Participation in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
programmes.

Management responsibility where appropriate as agreed with the
site clinical director.
Radiology is a consultant-based service. Some functions have been
delegated to other staff but the overall responsibility for all services
remains with the consultants. The managerial head of each department
is a consultant radiologist who has responsibility for the operational
management of the department and its services.
Clinical duties are rostered to achieve a balance between the special
Page 7
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
interests of individual consultants and the needs of the service. A rota
details the day-to-day responsibilities of consultants. This will be as
stable as possible and provides the basis for individual consultant job
plans. Of necessity it is altered to take into account the absence of
colleagues due to compensatory time off post on call, annual leave,
study leave and short periods of sick leave (currently 2 weeks).
The ‘core’ rota will include all direct clinical care and supporting
professional activities of the consultant staff. Individual weekly rotas will
also include any extra-programmed activities as contracted separately.
Consultants will be available within the radiology department during all
those programmed activities that involve direct clinical care. It is
anticipated that most supporting professional activities will also be
carried out within the hospital or related facility. Any SPA time spent
elsewhere will be with the agreement of the Clinical Director.
Working Hours - The routine working hours of the departments are
Monday - Friday, 9am – 5pm, when a comprehensive in and out patient
service is provided. Some radiologists choose, with the agreement of
their site clinical director, to undertake some of their reporting sessions
in the evening, rather than during the normal working day.
In addition, all Lanarkshire acute hospitals provide a 7-day radiology
service. At weekends and on public holidays, the designated on call
radiologist undertakes routine in patient and A&E work during the
daytime, as well as being available for emergency work out of hours.
This allows all reporting to kept up to date, and optimises management
of in patients, through 7-day availability of CT and ultrasound scanning.
On-Call Rota – There is no on call commitment in this post.
Page 8
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Work
Programme
As required under Section 3 of the Terms and Conditions of Service, the
duties and responsibilities are supported by a job plan and work
programme detailed as follows:
Job Planning/Programmed Activities
A minimum of 1 SPA will be included in the job plan but please refer to the
guidance above under the general description of the post.
On taking up post a Job Plan will be agreed between the appointee and
the Clinical Director/Associate Medical Director. This job plan is subject to
review at least annually by the post holder and the Clinical
Director/Clinical Lead as noted in the terms and conditions. The
procedures set out in the ‘Terms & Conditions of Service’ must be
followed if it is not possible to agree a job plan, either initially or at an
annual review.
The timetable is indicative and subject to negotiation with the Clinical
Director / Associate Medical Director. The initial core 9 PA working week
will be based on 8 PA’s of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) duties and 1 PA of
SPA time.
The indicative weekly timetable included in the work programme shows
likely elective PA’s within the 9 PA post and indicated the location where
each activity will be undertaken and the type of work involved.
Fixed
Commitments
Days
Monday
Hours Type of Work
AM
Breast Screening
(0.25 PA)
PM
Tuesday
AM
PM
Wednesday AM
PM
Thursday
Friday
AM
PM
AM
PM
Location
MDT West
of
Scotland
Breast
Screening
Centre, Glasgow
MDT attendance (0.5PA)
WGH
CT reporting (0.5PA)
WGH
Reporting or breast clinic
WGH
Breast clinic
WGH
Ultrasound or Reporting
WGH
Breast biopsies (0.5 PA) + WGH
SPA (0.5 PA)
CT reporting (0.5 PA) + WGH
SPA (0.5PA)
Reporting
WGH
CT or general reporting
WGH
Page 9
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Other Activities.
In addition, a further 3 hours of DCC will be worked flexibly. Activities
undertaken during these hours include MDT preparation, clinical
correspondence, case discussion with colleagues, electronic justification
of referrals and ad hoc reporting.
CPD and Appraisal
Audit and
research
The successful candidate will be expected to participate in audit
processes and there is an active clinical audit department available to
assist. NHS Lanarkshire is ambitious to build a portfolio of research
projects backed by enthusiastic and dynamic individuals. It has an active
Research and Development department and would welcome discussion
regarding a potential research interest.
Continuing
Professional
Development
Study leave is available within the terms and conditions of service with the
approval of the Clinical Director/Clinical Lead. The appointee will be
required to fulfill such demands for continuing professional development
as the Royal College of Radiologists (or other relevant bodies) may make.
Honorary
Academic Status
If involved in undergraduate teaching status can be applied for.
Applications can be made via the Hospital Sub-dean and then to the
appropriate academic department within the University.
Page 10
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
HAIRMYRES
HOSPITAL
HAIRMYRES MAIN
MONKLANDS
HOSPITAL
MONKLANDS MAIN
DEPT
WISHAW GENERAL
WISHAW MAIN DEPT
Att
Exam
Att
Exam
Att
Exam
General
US
64465
16708
77604
19798
64688
21070
76291
23713
79259
19644
94261
23738
CT
13778
21644
10010
16471
14789
23709
MR
4107
4459
3578
4231
3987
5073
Mammo
1988
3771
1223
2286
2629
4693
1236
1236
NM
Fluoro
814
844
972
983
830
833
Inter
875
1126
661
708
11
12
Cardiac
3179
5827
DENTAL
1039
1163
1887
2098
DEXA
Total
106953
136236
105325
128017
918
1158
4266
4309
126333
157786
Total
Attend
Total
Exams
191674
229597
57422
67249
38577
61824
11672
13763
5840
10750
1236
1236
2616
2660
1547
1846
3179
5827
3844
4419
4266
4309
321873
403480
Page 11
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
PERSON PROFILE
Attributes
Essential
Qualifications
MBChB or equivalent.
Useful
Higher Degree or other Diploma.
Fellowship of the Royal College of Other Fellowship or Membership.
Radiologists or equivalent.
Current full registration with GMC
with a licence to practice.
Inclusion on GMC’s Specialist
Register or within 6 months of CCT
or CESR (CP) at interview.
Training
Experience
GMC registration with a current
licence to practice and on the GMC
Specialist Register or within 6
months of receiving their certificate
of completion of training (CCT) in
Radiology or CESR (CP) at the time
of interview.
Training at ST/SPR level
communication,
teaching
management.
Experience within
establishments
UK
in
or
training
Experience in all aspects of breast Well
developed
subspecialty
radiology,
including
MRI. interest in breast radiology.
Experience in general radiology.
Ability to supervise the clinical work Administrative
/
Management
of doctors in training and relevant experience.
staff in other disciplines.
Previous experience in organising
Confident with indirect supervision NHS Services or equivalent.
of varying grades of doctors in
training.
Page 12
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Audit/Research
Understanding of the principles of Experience and interest in Audit of
medical audit.
radiological
practice
and
experience of design of audit
Evidence of contribution to audit at
least at local level.
Research within radiology.
Awareness of principles of research Involved in design of research
with an ability to critically analyse relevant to radiology.
medical literature.
Publications
Not Essential.
Previous publications relevant to
the practice of radiology.
Presentations at national meetings
relevant to the practice of
radiology.
Teaching
Previous involvement in the delivery Interest in and commitment to
of undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
teaching.
Experience of providing problemExperience of providing supervision based teaching.
and or mentorship
Experience of organising teaching
programmes.
Formal
training
in
educational/clinical supervision.
Knowledge and
Skills
Broad based knowledge and skills in Further educational
diagnosis and clinical management diploma’s, etc
within the Specialty.
Good IT skills.
certificates,
Page 13
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Disposition
Committed to Quality Patient Care.
Problem
solver/diplomat/counsellor.
Understanding of and sensitive to
the needs of patients.
A natural leader.
Excellent
communication
(verbal and written).
skills
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to work effectively in a
multidisciplinary team.
Responsive
to
change
and
innovation, promoting a culture for
organisational development.
A flexible approach to duties, which
satisfies the needs of the Service in
a changing environment.
Ability to demonstrate reflective
practice with evidence of regular
appraisal with clear Personal
Development Plan relating to
Continuing
Professional
and
Personal Development.
Good time
organisation.
management
and
Demonstrates commitment and
enthusiasm to service delivery.
Managerial
Knowledge of service provision at a Involvement in service re-design.
local level.
Involvement in project delivery.
Awareness of the principles and
core practices involved in service Involvement
in
NHS-related
management, project management meetings.
and effective meetings.
Page 14
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
Leadership
Awareness of the principles of team Evidence of role as leader within
leadership and effective people groups.
management.
Commitment to the Values of NHS
Lanarkshire:- Fairness, Respect,
Quality, Working Together.
Other
Satisfactory medical clearance by Preference to work in a District
NHS
Lanarkshire
Occupational General Hospital.
Health Service.
Current full driving licence.
Satisfactory PVG Check.
Fluent in medical English and
evidence of ability to communicate
in stressful situations.
If there is any reason why a disabled person
should not be considered suitable for this
post, please provide details:
Name
Designation
Date
Prepared By:Dr B Macpherson
Site Clinical Director
October 2015
The post requires physical dexterity.
Uncorrected visual or hearing defect
would be incompatible with the nature of
the work.
Approved By:-
Page 15
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
a) This appointment is offered on the Terms and Conditions of the Consultant Contract.
Additional NHS Lanarkshire Policies which support the Contract are listed below and are
available on request:






Additional & External Duties
Fee –Paying Work in the New Consultant Contract
On-Call Availability and Payment of Supplement
Generic Objectives
Resident On-Call Duties
Waiting List/Additional Sessions
b) This appointment is superannuable under the NHS Superannuation Scheme, which is
contracted out of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS). All new eligible
employees commencing employment from 1 March 2013 onwards will automatically
become a member of the pension scheme and your remuneration will be subject to
deduction of superannuation contributions, current personal contributions range from 5.2%
for the lowest earners to 14.7% for the highest. Levels of contributions and scheme
regulations are subject to change, any changes will be communicated to you or can be
found on the SPPA website. Contributions are taken from your pay before tax, so you get
tax relief on any amount you pay. This can reduce the actual amount that you pay
between approximately 3.5% and 5.1% depending on your contribution rate, earnings level
and personal rate of tax. In addition to personal contributions NHS Lanarkshire will
contribute 14.9%.
In accordance with recent legislative changes, new eligible employees commencing from 1
March 2013 onwards will automatically be enrolled in the pension scheme. After
considering the benefits and personal circumstances, you can if you wish opt out of the
scheme. To opt-out, you must complete an opt-out form which is available on the Scottish
Public Pensions Agency website and return this to the Payroll Department, Kirklands
Cottage, Kirklands Hospital. Should you choose to opt-out in accordance with these
changes you will be enrolled into the scheme again every 3 years (June 2016, 2019 etc).
Under the NHS Superannuation Scheme Regulations pension records for short term
appointments, such as Bank Staff and the equivalent kind of contracts for other staff
groups, may remain open for short breaks in pensionable employment up to but not more
than 3 months from the date on which they last paid contributions. During this period the
member will continue membership in qualifying but not pensionable terms. Where the
period of break exceeds 3 months, membership of the scheme will be closed and leaver
information will be submitted to the Scottish Public Pensions Agency.
Page 16
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
From 1 April 2015 the NHS Pension Scheme is changing in line with other public pension
schemes. All those joining the scheme for the first time from 1 April 2015 will join the new
scheme. Existing members who are not protected will transfer to the new scheme, with
benefits in previous scheme(s) preserved. The new scheme will be based on a proportion
(1/54th) of the member’s pensionable earnings each year. The pension will be the sum of
each year’s value built up over the length of the member’s career and revalued each year
in line with the rate of inflation. This is called a Career Average Related Earnings scheme.
Normal pension age will be linked to the member’s individual state pension age. Some
existing members of the scheme will be protected, more information is available on the
SPPA website.
Further information on the scheme, protection and/or members guides are available at
www.sppa.gov.uk alternatively contact an advisor of The Scottish Public Pensions Agency
(SPPA) Tel: 01896 893000.
c) The employment is subject to 3 months’ notice on either side subject always to the appeal
and other provisions of paragraphs 10.4 & 10.5 of the Terms and Conditions of Service of
Hospital Medical and Dental Staff and Doctors in Public Health and the Community Health
Service Consultant Grade.
d) The successful candidate must be contactable throughout any on-call period.
Lanarkshire will provide the facility for this.
NHS
e) The successful candidate, if not already employed by the NHS Lanarkshire, will be
required to complete a medical questionnaire to obtain medical clearance from the
Occupational Health Physician.
f)
The successful candidate will be required to complete a disclosure Scotland PVG
(Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme) form. No approach will be made without written
permission of the successful applicant who will be asked to sign and complete a Disclosure
PVG application, giving authorization for the check to be undertaken.
g) NHS Lanarkshire does not negotiate salary placements. On commencement the salary will
be in line with paragraph 5.1 of the terms and conditions of the new consultant contract.
Appointees start on the scale minimum except in the circumstances of paragraphs 5.1.2 –
5.1.7 of the terms and conditions of service.
h) From 1st April 2015 the starting salary for the post is £76,761 per annum (based on 10
Programmed Activities per week). The successful candidate’s total salary will be
dependent on his/her previous service history. Remuneration for any extra programmed
activities will be dependent upon the job plan agreed at the time of appointment.
Page 17
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
i)
Dependent upon present place of residence, NHS Lanarkshire may require the successful
candidate to undertake to remove home to a distance acceptable to NHS Lanarkshire,
normally within 10 miles of the base Hospital, in which case removal expenses will be
payable in accordance with NHS Lanarkshire Policy. In some cases, however, a residence
more than 10 miles distant from the base hospital will be acceptable and in this case
removal expenses will be subject to the prior approval of the Associate Medical Director for
such a residence. The position will be made clear to the successful candidate on
application.
Page 18
NHS Lanarkshire – Information Pack
POSITION: Consultant Radiologist.
IMMIGRATION
Overseas
Doctors and
Dentists
Changes to
Immigration
Impact of
Change
Further
Information
For the purpose of immigration status, overseas doctors and dentists are
those who, regardless of where they obtain their primary medical/dental
qualification, are not nationals of the European Economic Area (EEA). A
list of EEA countries is attached.
On 7th March 2006 the Department of Health announced changes to the
immigration rules for postgraduate doctors and dentists. The changes
came into effect on 3rd April 2006 and mean that all doctors and dentists
who wish to work in the UK from outside the EEA will need to meet the
requirements of an employment category such as the work permit
provisions. New applications for permit-free training visas will no longer
be granted for doctors undertaking training posts
Non-EEA doctors and dentists will still be able to come and train in the
UK and are still eligible to apply, in open competition for training posts
provided all the other eligibility criteria is met. However, training posts
will now be considered employment for immigration purposes. Work
permits will only be issued where there is a specific post for the
overseas doctors that cannot be filled by someone from the EEA.
The changes in immigration requirements for trainee doctors and
dentists are a result of a Scottish Executive Health Department
announcement and immigration issues are the remit of the Home Office.
Clarification and further information can be accessed from the following:Home Office
Work Permits
EEA Countries
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk
www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/
Austria
Greece
The Netherlands
Belgium
Hungary
Norway
Bulgaria
Iceland
Poland
Cyprus
Republic of Ireland Portugal
Czech Republic
Italy
Romania
Denmark
Latvia
Slovakia
Estonia
Liechtenstein
Slovenia
Finland
Lithuania
Spain
France
Luxembourg
Sweden
Germany
Malta
UK
NB – Switzerland is not in the EEA, Swiss Nationals have the same
rights as EEA nationals.
Page 19