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Why work in the NHS?
1. Dr Nicola H Strickland
President of The Royal College of Radiologists, UK
Consultant Radiologist
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Working as a radiologist in the UK
2. Workforce issues
• 9% unfilled consultant posts (>1000 jobs)
• 66% unfilled for >1 year
• not all of them advertised now
• 250,000 exams unreported >1 month
Why?
• Government not funding enough trainees
• 35 extra this year, need 260 extra!
• exponential increase in workload
• ↑10% CTs, ↑10% MRs (more in Scotland)
3. The good things about
working in the UK
• The National Health Service (NHS)
healthcare free at point of need
best, most appropriate investigations done
no financial motivation for personal gain
• Radiologists respected and valued
by our clinical colleagues
added value appreciated
our advice is frequently sought
4. The good things about
working in the UK
• digital systems throughout the UK
PACS, RIS, speech rec, EPR, e-requesting
imaging studies transferred via “IEP”
(image exchange portal) nationwide
- nothing sent by removable media
Scotland, Wales & N. Ireland have unique
identifier, England has NHS number
diagnostic night work is outsourced
- lifestyle benefit!
5. The good things about
working in the UK
• we work as teams
multidisciplinary teams (MDTMs)
radiologists have key role
- specialisation
- remain state-of-the-art
on site presence essential
teams with our radiographers
- ultrasound, extremity reporting
- respect, rapport
6. faceless radiologists
working remotely
divorced from clinical practice
no F2F interaction with colleagues
Radiologists adding value
7. must act as doctors as well as radiologists
ask clinical questions of referrers
speak up in MDTMs and 1:1 interactions with clinicians
suggest next step in care (imaging and clinical)
only agree to do the best imaging study for the patient
Report structure:
answer the clinical question asked!
only give relevant negatives
conclusion = differential diagnosis and next steps
produce actionable reports
Radiologists adding value
8. Report structure – example:
Clinical details:
productive cough 3/12
?cause
Report description:
Bronchi are dilated, thick-walled
poorly tapering….
No air trapping…..
X lung nodules, X honeycomb cyst formation…..
Report conclusion:
The cough is highly likely to be due to bronchiectasis…
Radiologists adding value
9. The good things about
working in the UK
• teaching and learning opportunities
trainees rotate to district general hospitals
teach medical and surgical junior doctors
present at “grand rounds”
join intensive care ward rounds (ITU)
“discrepancy meetings”
- learning from peer feedback
audit projects
10. • experience a different way of working
• 6 weeks holiday a year (30 days)
• 10 days study leave a year
• perfect your English!
• Improve the style of your reports
• learn to act with confidence as a clinical doctor
• learn to take MDTMs
• expand your expertise
• often no on-call
So what’s in it for you?!
13. • “RadJobs” website https://radjobs.co.uk/radiology-jobs/
• The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
https://jobs.bmj.com/searchjobs/?keywords=
• NHS Jobs
https://www.nhsjobs.com
• Ring up Radiology Clinical Director where you want to work to
enquire about vacancies
So how do you find a job?