Locum Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Breast Radiology

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Job OverviewVacancy Ref: 100-MED-WGH-115-L1Post: Locum Consultant Radiologist with a special interest in Breast RadiologyBase: Withybush General Hospital, HaverfordwestSalary: £98,897 per annumHywel Dda Radiology is looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated Locum Consultant Radiologist with a special interest in breast radiology. Applicants will be experienced in general radiology and symptomatic breast radiology. The Health Board offers an excellent opportunity to join a progressive team of consultants and contribute to the on-going development of radiological services within the Hywel Dda University Health Board.Main duties of the jobThe successful candidate will be based at Withybush General Hospital which delivers symptomatic breast clinic services for the Pembrokeshire locality. There will be an expectation to travel and work at the other two sites in Hywel Dda which deliver breast services in line with service need. Breast services are currently delivered at Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth, Withybush General Hospital, Pembrokeshire and Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli. Potential candidates should be committed to team working, evolving services for patients utilising new evidence based techniques and technologies as they become available. The successful candidate will join the Health Board wide Radiology team along with the breast care multidisciplinary team.Out Of Hours (OOH) on-call is currently outsourced and completed remotely by an online Teleradiology provider, therefore the successful applicant will not be expected to participate routinely to provide this service. However, flexible working practices are encouraged to increase the proportion of services provided locally whilst improving work-life balance for colleagues. We currently operate a second on-call rota locally for the rare occasions where we have IT issues with teleradiology outsourcing.Working for our organisationHywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest
• Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire
• 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres
• Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across WalesHywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.