NHS Lothian University Hospitals Division Directorate of Radiology Consultant Paediatric Radiologist Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC RADIOLOGIST 1. Outline of the post This is a replacement post for a consultant paediatric radiologist to support the paediatric imaging services in NHS Lothian and South-East Scotland, delivered through Lothian University Hospitals Division (LUHD). The post will be based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. The appointment will be to NHS Lothian and, as imaging services develop across Lothian and South-East Scotland, the post holder may be required to work at other sites depending on the needs of the service. 2. NHS Lothian NHS Lothian is an integrated NHS Board in Scotland providing primary, community, mental health and hospital services. Mr Tim Davison is Chief Executive and Dr David Farquharson is Medical Director. The NHS Board determines strategy, allocates resources and provides governance across the health system. Services are delivered by Lothian University hospitals division, the Royal Edinburgh hospital and Associated mental health services, 4 community health (and social care) partnerships in City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, East Lothian and Midlothian, and a Public Health directorate. NHS Lothian serves a population of 850,000. 2.1 University Hospitals Division The University Hospitals Division provides a full range of secondary and tertiary clinical services to the populations of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. The Division is one of the major research and teaching centres in the United Kingdom. Hospitals included in the Division are: The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh The Western General Hospital The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh St Johns Hospital Royal Victoria Hospital Page 1 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Liberton Hospital The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) is a 151 bedded hospital providing general and specialist services for children. The hospital is currently situated in a residential area close to the centre of Edinburgh and is approximately 3 miles from the site of the New Royal Infirmary and the co-located University of Edinburgh Medical School, and 3 miles from the Western General Hospital. The RHSC is the main paediatric teaching hospital for the South-East of Scotland providing general and specialised services on a local, regional and national basis. It acts as the local paediatric referral centre for the children of Edinburgh and surrounding areas, with a busy Emergency Department, and as a tertiary referral centre for intensive care patients; gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition; respiratory medicine; cardiology; nephrology; neurology; oncology; haematology; neonatal surgery; plastic surgery; orthopaedic surgery; spinal deformity surgery, urological surgery and aspects of general surgery. Hospital accommodation encompasses five theatres, a critical care unit comprising a 6/8 bedded Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, 4/6 bedded High Dependency Unit and a 3 bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. There are 7 wards, a Planned Investigation Unit and a Day Surgery Unit. There is an excellent library facility and a modern lecture theatre with a full range of audio-visual equipment. All services are supported by comprehensive radiology, neurophysiology, laboratory and therapy services. The local radiology department provides on site Magnetic Resonance Imaging, CT Scanning, nuclear medicine scanning and ultrasound. On site laboratories provide biochemistry, and haematology services. There is active planning taking place to re-provide both the paediatric services currently in RHSC and adult neurosciences (DCN) on the RIE campus at Little France in 2017. The Royal Infirmary (RIE) is a major teaching hospital on a green field site in the South East of the city of Edinburgh built in 2003. It comprises 25 wards, 869 beds, and 24 operating theatres, and is equipped with modern theatre and critical care equipment and monitoring. Within the main building is a dedicated, multidisciplinary, 5 theatre day surgery complex. The hospital provides for most specialities and is the centre for: General surgery with a focus on the upper GI tract Vascular surgery Hepato-biliary and Transplant medicine and surgery Cardiac and Thoracic surgery Elective and trauma Orthopaedics surgery Neonatology Obstetrics & Gynaecology Cardiology Renal Medicine Sleep Medicine Page 2 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Regional major Accident and Emergency centre. There is a Combined Assessment Unit which takes unselected GP or direct emergency referrals, and from A&E. CAU includes the Dept of Liaison Psychiatry and the Scottish Poisons Bureau and Treatment Centre. There are full supporting Laboratory and Diagnostic Radiology Services (including CT, MR, Ultrasound and NM and PET scanning will be available in 2008). There is a full range of lecture theatres, a library and AV facilities. The Western General Hospital (WGH) has 600 beds and 5 operating theatres and is equipped with modern theatre and critical care equipment and monitoring. The Anne Ferguson building was completed in 2001. The hospital provides for most specialties and is the centre for: Neurology, Neurosurgery and neuropathology UK CJD unit Colorectal Surgery Urology and Scottish Lithotriptor Centre Breast Surgery and Breast screening • Gastro-Intestinal disease Rheumatology Infectious Diseases Haematology Oncology Medical Oncology Radiation Oncology (including 6 LINACs) Dermatology (Inpatient) Medicine of the Elderly/Stroke Medicine There is an Acute Receiving Unit, which accepts GP referrals and 999 ambulance medical cases on a zoned basis within the city, and a nurse led Minor Injuries Unit. There is no trauma unit at this hospital. There are full supporting Laboratory and Diagnostic Radiology Services (including CT, MR, Ultrasound and NM).There is a full range of lecture theatres, a library and AV facilities. St John’s Hospital is a 550 bed hospital opened in 1989 and is located in the centre of Livingston, a new town about 30 minutes drive west from Edinburgh. The hospital provides for most common specialties but does not have emergency general surgery or orthopaedic trauma operating. The hospital has a paediatric ward and is the centre for: General Medicine with specialists in Cardiology, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory Medicine and Care of the Elderly Obstetrics & Gynaecology Child Health including Paediatrics and community child health The regional Burns and Plastic Surgery unit for SE Scotland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ENT Critical Care (ITU, HDU and CCU) Accident and Emergency General Surgery Page 3 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Orthopaedics Anaesthetics Mental Health including ICCU and ICPU Since 2005 general surgery and orthopaedics have been reconfigured in NHS Lothian with SJH being developed as a major elective centre for the region. Lothian’s ENT service was relocated to SJH to create an integrated head and neck unit with OMFS and Plastic Surgery. Recent developments at SJH include a new endoscopy suite, an Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit, a digital mammography unit, an oncology (cancer care) day centre, a satellite renal dialysis unit and a £2.75m reprovision of A&E. There are full supporting Laboratory and Diagnostic Radiology Services (including CT, Ultrasound and NM). The hospital has been accredited full teaching hospital status by the University of Edinburgh. There is a full range of lecture theatres, a library and AV facilities. 2.2 Community Healthcare Partnerships The four established Lothian Community Health (and Social Care) Partnerships serve the population of Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. Hospitals in the CH(C)Ps include: The Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh Rosslynlee Hospital in Midlothian Herdmanflat Hospital Roodlands Hospital in East Lothian. The four CHPs are coterminous with Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian Councils bringing together those responsible for planning, managing and providing community-based health services for the population of Edinburgh and the Lothians. There are 7,500 members of staff. In addition, there are approximately 1,000 independent contractors in General Medical and Dental Practice, as well as pharmacists and opticians. A population of 850,000 people is served across health board area. The range of services include care of the elderly, medical rehabilitation, community mental health, substance misuse and learning disability, district nursing and health visiting, family planning, well woman, , comprehensive dental care and those provided by Professions Allied to Medicine, such as physiotherapy, pharmacies and optometrists. Specialist services provided include brain injury rehabilitation, bio-engineering and prosthetics, drugs and alcohol misuse and harm reduction, AIDS/HIV and Children and Family Psychiatric Services. 2.3 Royal Edinburgh hospital and Associated Services The Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services provides a range of Mental Health services to the population of Lothian and other Boards within Scotland. Page 4 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is located on the south side of the City of Edinburgh. It comprises some 20 wards, 420 beds, day hospitals and outpatient facilities. The hospital provides the following range of specialities: Acute Mental Health Rehabilitation Psychiatric Emergency Team 24/7 Outpatients Assessment Phychiatry of Old Age Forensic Medium Security Unit Inpatient facilities for under 18s Psychotherapy Service Psychology Services Services for Eating Disorders Day Hospitals – Psychiatry of Old Age There are an additional 46 bed and 1 day hospitals for Psychiatry of Old Age in the north of the city at the Royal Victoria Hospital. The hospital is currently housed in a mix of accommodation ranging from 19 th century to present. There is a major project now in place to take forward a reprovisioning programme in line with the strategic vision with the “Delivery for Mental Health” Scottish Executive 2006. 2.4 Department of Public Health Medicine The aim of the Department is to improve the health of the people of Lothian in collaboration with many other partners. Using our range of knowledge, experience and networking capability, our distinctive contributions are the promotion of specific measures to monitor and improve health and the collation and interpretation of health related information. To enable efficient management of the Department: there are at present four groups in the Directorate. These are; Healthy Communities, Healthcare; Health Protection and Health Information. 3. University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh was established in 1582 and is one of the largest in the United Kingdom located on a number of prominent sites in Scotland’s capital city. It is Scotland’s premier research University and within the top 5 Universities in Europe for its Biomedical Sciences. The University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM; Head Professor Sir John Savill) is an internationally leading force in basic-to-clinical translational research. The College has a consistent 30-year strategy of interdisciplinarity and integration of basic and clinical sciences. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2008), the University of Edinburgh was top in the Page 5 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC United Kingdom within the UoA4 category of Hospital-based Clinical Subjects. In 2008/9, CMVM attracted over £120 million in external peer-reviewed grant funding. It has established several major interdisciplinary research Centres: i. MRC Centre for Inflammation Research (Director, Professor John Iredale) ii. Centre for Cardiovascular Science (Director, Professor Brian Walker) incorporating the BHF Centre of Research Excellence (Director, Professor John Mullins) iii. Centre for Reproductive Biology (Director, Professor Philippa Saunders) and MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit (Director, Professor Robert Millar) including the Tommy’s Centre (Director, Professor Jane Norman). iv. MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (Director, Professor Sir Ian Wilmut) v. Centre for Molecular Medicine (Director, Professor David Porteous) vi. Centre for Cancer Research (Director, Professor David Harrison) vii. Centre for Population Health Sciences (Director, Professor Harry Campbell) viii. MRC Human Genetics Unit (Director, Professor Nick Hastie) These Centres are predominantly based at two sites: the Queen’s Medical Research Institute at the Royal Infirmary, and the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the Western General Hospital. The co-location of basic science and clinical groups within state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology provides an excellent and exciting opportunity to conduct translational research at the highest level. This academic power base is supported by clinical research infrastructure that includes: i Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility ii Clinical Research Imaging Centre iii Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (UKCRN Registered) and Health Services Research Unit iv Scottish Brain Imaging Research Centre v Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre vi Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research and Development The Clinical Imaging Research Centre is located in the Queen Margaret Research Institute of the University of Edinburgh on the Royal Infirmary campus. The CRIC is a joint University/NHS Lothian imaging facility opened in 2009. It is a state-of-the-art centre for human integrated imaging which includes a 320 slice CT scanner , a 3T MR system and a CT-PET (128 slice) scanner. This will be served by a dedicated cyclotron with radiopharmacy suite (7 hot cells) due to open in summer 2010. 4. NHS Library and Postgraduate Facilities There are excellent facilities on all sites. Page 6 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC 5. The Radiology Directorate The Radiology Directorate is located, along with Laboratories, within Clinical Support Services and is led by the Clinical Director, who is managerially accountable to the Clinical Support Services’ Head of Service and professionally accountable to the Associate Medical Director for the University Hospitals’ Division. The Clinical Director is supported by a Service Manager; there are Lead Radiologists at each of the four main sites and the Primary Care Imaging Service based at Leith CTC. The Radiology Directorate provides imaging services for each of the component hospitals within the University Hospitals Division, as well as for Primary Care Services. There is a Divisionwide Hospital Information System which is being developed into a full Electronic Patient Record. The Carestream PACS system has been installed as part of the national PACS project, which allows review of images from all the radiology departments in the Lothian Imaging Directorate and from across Scotland. The local PACS network allows flexibility in appointing patient examinations to the different departments and subsequent reporting of these examinations by the relevant radiologists. 6. The Department of Radiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children The Department of Clinical Radiology at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children is within the Radiology Directorate of the University Hospitals Division. The Department offers a wide range of imaging and interventional services. The Clinical Lead within the Department is Dr Maeve McPhillips and the East Sector Manager with responsibility for the department is Stephen Evans. Details of staffing and their special interests are outlined below: Consultant Radiologists Special Interests Dr K Agilogba Dr J Jones (0.5 w.t.e) Dr McGurk (0.5 w.t.e) Dr M McPhillips Dr AG Wilkinson (this post) Dr Moti Chowdhury ENT MSK, neonatal hips intervention, MSK oncology intervention, neonatal hips intervention, nuclear medicine Trainee Radiologists There are 30 training grade staff on the South East Scotland training scheme with an intake of approximately 6 per year. These rotate through the hospitals of the Division and also to local District General Hospitals, there are two Lothian trainees on rotation to RHSC and further trainees from Tayside are accommodated from time to time. Superintendent radiographers Departmental Manager Main X-ray MRI/CT Mr S Evans Mrs C Lamont Mrs B Nugent There are 15.5 WTE radiographers and 4 RDA/CSW staff. Page 7 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Nursing Staff Departmental Nurse . Clerical Staff Office manager There are 3.5 WTE clerical staff Mrs G McCafferty Mrs N Fleming Office accommodation The successful candidate will be able to choose between an individual office or a share of a multi-office with 3 other radiology consultants. Travel requirements This post is based at RHSC. On-going review of provision of paediatric imaging services in NHS Lothian may require travel to other sites. Edinburgh has excellent public transport links and should travel outside base hospital be required this could be achieved with public transport. Workload The Radiology Department at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children performed 31272 examinations in 2013/14. The most recent departmental activity figures are as follows: Arteriography/Intervention CT Fluoroscopy MRI Nuclear Medicine Plain Films Theatre Ultrasound 80 962 804 3818 360 18333 882 6033 Total 31272 Details of current imaging equipment are provided in a separate appendix. (see Appendix 2) 7. Details of the Posts We are seeking to appoint a consultant paediatric radiologist to provide paediatric imaging support for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Subspecialty interests can be accommodated, including some paediatric interventional work. There is a number of multidisciplinary team meetings during the week and allowance to attend those meetings relevant to an individual’s practice is made in job plans. The post will be based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children but time may be allocated to other departments in Lothian and Fife, depending on the needs of the service and the outcomes from a review of Radiology Services in Lothian. Significant developments are taking place throughout the imaging service as we move to Single System Working across Lothian and all consultants will be expected to be flexible with their working patterns. The new consultant will participate in teaching of undergraduates and specialist registrars, management tasks and audit. Consultant job plans are reviewed Page 8 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC annually by the Clinical Director or Deputy and adjusted according to the needs of service and the individual by mutual agreement. A provisional job plan is given in Appendix 1. NHS Lothian allocates all consultants one SPA for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation job planning and routine internal communication and management meetings. As a major teaching and research contributor it would normally expect to allocate additional SPA time for activities to do with undergraduate education, educational supervision of trainee medical staff, research, service development and other activities. These are all areas where NHS Lothian has a strong commitment and we recognise the contribution that consultants are both willing and eager to make. The precise allocation of SPA time and associated objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant. On Call: This will be carried out at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and will be on a 1 in 5 rota (Level 1, 8% supplement) in the first instance. On-call worked is unpredictable and time off in lieu is allowed as appropriate. However, with the installation of PACS across Lothian, on call arrangements across the city are being reviewed. 8. Research and Development The Directorate is keen to develop strong links with various university departments as well as academic links with other NHS groups. There are opportunities for collaborative research with these departments, many of which have strong and established research programmes. New consultants will be expected to participate in teaching and research, they will be offered Honorary University status and will be appointed to the University Clinical Teaching Staff. If appropriate a part time Senior Lectureship maybe offered. 9. Teaching SpR training is co-ordinated by the Radiology Postgraduate Training Committee. This is chaired by the Training Programme Director for the South East Scotland Radiology Training Scheme, Dr J Anderson, the Educational Supervisors, two junior staff representatives and the Postgraduate Dean are also included on the committee. Consultants are also expected to contribute to the teaching of medical students at various stages of their training. Page 9 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC 10. Contact Details Dr M McPhillips Department of Radiology Royal Hospital for Sick Children 9 Sciennes Road EDINBURGH EH9 1LF Tel: 0131 536 0842 (DL) or 0131 536 0255 (reception) Email: Maeve.McPhillips@luht.scot.nhs.uk The NHS Structured Application and job description can be obtained by e-mailing lister.careerrec@luht.scot.nhs.uk The completed NHS Structured Application together with the names, email and postal addresses of three referees should be sent to the above email address by the closing date of xxxx, no applications will be considered after this time. Please quote reference xxx Please note that we no longer accept application by CV. In accordance with recent Home Office guidelines, doctors who require a work permit will only be appointed to posts which cannot be filled by UK/EEA applicants or doctors who do not require work permits We are working towards Equal Opportunities. 11. Person Specification The Person Specification for this post is attached as Appendix 3 Page 10 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Appendix1 Proposed Job Plan Name: Consultant Paediatric Radiologist Specialty: Radiology Principal Place of Work: RHSC Contract: Full Time (Part Time available if requested) Programmed Activities: 10 Availability Supplement: 8% Out of hours emergency work PA’s: Time off in lieu for on call worked Managerially responsible to: Lead Radiologist, RHSC Responsible for: Provision of paediatric radiological services in NHS Lothian Timetable of activities which have a specific location and time DAY HOSPITAL/ LOCATION Monday 09.00-12.45 12.45-14.00 14.00-16.00 Tuesday 08.30-09.15 09.15-13.00 13.00-14.00 14.00-17.00 Wednesday 09.00-13.00 13.00-14.00 14.00-17.00 Thursday 09.00-12.00 12.00-13.00 13.00-14.00 14.00-17.00 Friday 08.30-09.15 09.15-12.00 12.00-1300 13.00-17.00 Saturday Sunday TYPE OF WORK DCC RHSC RHSC RHSC Fluoroscopy & associated reporting Surgical clinical meeting Ultrasound & associated reporting RHSC RHSC RHSC RHSC Neuro-oncology MDT Reporting, emergencies, isotopes, ITU RHSC Grand Round MRI & associated reporting RHSC RHSC RHSC SPA departmental audit/qi/education Ultrasound & associated reporting RHSC RHSC RHSC RHSC MR 0.75 Present Medical Meeting 0.25 Report MR from morning & ITU exams 0.25 Prepare & present orthopaedic/rheumatology Mtg 0.75 RHSC RHSC RHSC RHSC Attend oncology MDT ) US & associated reporting) Attend neurology meeting Reporting/SPA (alternate weeks) SPA 1.25 0.5 1.125 0.25 0.75 1 0.25 0.75 0.875 0.25 0.5 8 DCC 0.5 2 SPA* *A provisional job plan is given. NHS Lothian allocates all consultants one SPA for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation job planning and routine internal communication and management meetings. As a major teaching and research contributor it would normally expect to allocate additional SPA time for activities to do Page 11 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC with undergraduate education, educational supervision of trainee medical staff, research and other activities. These are all areas where NHS Lothian has a strong commitment and we recognise the contribution that consultants are both willing and eager to make. The precise allocation of SPA time and associated objectives will be agreed with the successful applicant. Recent appointments have been to a 8:2 split Page 12 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Appendix 2 IMAGING EQUIPMENT ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, EDINBURGH General radiography (2 rooms + dental) Siemens Orbix Multix UH Vertix 2E (with skull unit) Shimadzu RadSpeed Instrumentarium OC 200D Mobile radiography GE AMX 4+ (x3) Image Intensifier Siemens Arcadis Philips BV Libra Fluoroscopy Siemens Fluorospot Compact CT Siemens Somatom Sensation 64 MRI Siemens Magnetom Espree Gamma Camera GE Discovery NM/CT 670 US GE Logiq x2 (1 used as mobile machine) DR Samsung CR Fuji Radiology Information System TRAK PACS Carestream Page 13 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Appendix 3 PERSON SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS Qualifications and Training Experience Ability Academic Achievements ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE GMC Registered Medical Practitioner Be on, or be eligible for inclusion on, the GMC Specialist Register within 6 months of interview Post-graduate radiology qualification e.g. FRCR Advanced training in Radiology or equivalent Evidence of regular appraisal learning and continuous professional development Specialist training in paediatric radiology minimum 1 year General diagnostic paediatric radiological experience Extensive background in paediatric cross-sectional imaging Documented experience in paediatric chest/abdominal drainage Evidence of ability to take full responsibility for the independent management of patients undergoing radiological procedures Able to co-ordinate imaging investigations and tailor them to patient’s needs Evidence of commitment to research, publications and presentations Teaching and Audit Evidence of commitment to formal and informal teaching and training of SpRs, Junior Doctors and Medical Students Page 14 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Willing to develop special interest in paediatric neuroradiology & nuclear medicine Evidence of previous experience in successful research funding, review and publication Publications on radiological and imaging topics Evidence of teaching/training qualification. Designing and effecting audit programmes. Evidence of participation in audit Motivation Evidence of commitment to: Evidence of commitment to the development of services for patients Clear commitment to developing the role of paediatric radiology Able to motivate departmental colleagues. -Patient focused care -Continuous Personal Development Team Working Making effective and efficient use of resources Good communicator Evidence of teamwork with colleagues in own and other disciplines Able to organise time efficiently and effectively Enthusiastic, self reliant and able to cope with stress. Page 15 of 15 DATE: January, 2015 Consultant Paediatric Radiologist RHSC Willing to develop a leadership role within the department