Consultant Paediatric Radiologists

CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC RADIOLOGISTS

March 2018

VISION

Our vision for the future of our hospitals is 'working together to be the best for patients’.

WHO WE ARE

NUH has three campuses – Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House. We provide general hospital services to the 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4 million across the region.

We are one of the largest employers in the region, with 15,000 people making up ‘team NUH.’ We have 1,500 volunteers and over 14,000 public members.

The Trust’s annual turnover is £940million. We have approximately 1,700 beds (90 wards).

 QMC is our emergency care site, where our Emergency Department, Major Trauma Centre and Nottingham Children's Hospital are located  Nottingham City Hospital is where we largely care for patients with long-term conditions and run our elective services. This includes our centres for cancer, haematology, heart disease, urology, respiratory medicine and elective orthopaedics  In Ropewalk House we provide a range of outpatient services, including hearing services

We have maternity and neonatal units at QMC and City Hospital.

ACHIEVEMENTS

We are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. In partnership with The University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching trust we have a strong relationship with The University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands, playing an important role in the education and training of doctors, nurses other healthcare professionals.

We are part of the London 2012 Olympic legacy and offer services at the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine - East Midlands, based at Loughborough University.

VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS:

Known as 'we are here for you' our values describe the NUH way of doing things.

'We are here for you' is our promise to patients that all day, every day, we will do our very best to ensure:  you are cared for – politely and respectfully by kind and helpful staff, who have taken the time to listen to you and keep you informed at every step  you are safe – in clean and comfortable facilities, with highly professional teams who work together to make sure you are in safe hands  you are confident in your treatment – provided by well-trained, skilled and compassionate teams, who involve you in your care and appreciate the value of your time

Our values:  caring and helpful  safe and vigilant  clinically excellent  accountable and reliable  best use of time and resources  Innovation for patients

THOUGHTFUL PATIENT CARE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Caring And Helpful Accountable And Reliable  Polite, respect individuals, thoughtful,  Reliable and happy to be measured welcoming  Appreciative of the contribution of others  Helpful, kind, supportive, don’t wait to  Effective and supportive team-working be asked  Listening, informing, communicating Safe And Vigilant Best Use Of Time & Resources  Clean hands and hospital so patients  Simplify processes, to find more time to are safe care  Professional, so patients feel safe  Eliminate waste, investing for patients  Honest, will speak up if needed to keep  Making best use of every pound we spend patients safe

Clinically Excellent Innovation For Patients  Best outcomes through evidence-led  Empowerment to act on patient feedback clinical care  Improvement led by research and  Compassionate, gentle, see whole evidence person  Teaching the next generation  Value patients’ time & minimise waiting

1 THE POST

Full-time Consultant Paediatric Radiologists with a responsibility in Clinical Support for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are seeking to appoint full-time Consultant Paediatric Radiologists. We have created new posts to match the increasing demand for Paediatric imaging and engaging with a 24 hour service to support our Children’s Hospital and Major Trauma. The successful applicants will share responsibility with five other colleagues for the provision of all aspects of paediatric imaging in our Trust and the Trusts within the network.

A team of full-time paediatric radiologists provide comprehensive children’s imaging service for Nottingham Children’s Hospital. Specialist Paediatric Radiology support is also provided to United Lincolnshire Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospital and Peterborough District Hospital. The team provide second opinions in cases of suspected physical abuse to a wide range of hospitals from across the UK.

Nottingham offers a comprehensive range of specialist paediatric services. The Nottingham Children’s Hospital provides a tertiary paediatric and neonatal services to the adjacent areas of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire, surgical services for Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands and neurosurgical services for Leicestershire. Additionally the hospital provides supra- regional services for paediatric spinal surgery, rheumatology, nephro-urology and cystic fibrosis.

The regional Paediatric Trauma Centre is located on the Queens Medical Centre site.

The Children’s Hospital is situated in East Block on D and E floors, with out-patient departments on B floor and within the community setting. Plans have been developed to build a new state of the art children’s imaging centre on the ground floor of East block, anticipated completion date 2021.

Community paediatrics service operates out of the hospital providing general and specialist community child health service.

The Academic Division of Child Health has a national reputation for teaching, research and innovation in the field of paediatrics and child health. There are numerous opportunities for radiologists to become involved in research.

Candidates must hold the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists or an equivalent qualification and must either be on the Specialist Register, or in possession of a CCT at the time of taking up the appointment. However the department is delighted to entertain expressions of interest from individuals who are not immediately approaching CCT.

The posts will be primarily located at the Queen’s Medical Centre campus although the successful applicant will be required to provide sessions at the sites we provide a Paediatric Radiology service. The timetable will be flexible to enable cross cover of essential services on a rota.

The post holders will be expected to support training and supervision of radiology registrars and reporting radiographers.

Nottingham is at the forefront of building regional reporting networks via the East Midlands Radiology consortium, which is a National Technology Vanguard Project and consequently, regional sharing of workload with other local hospitals is likely.

A successful applicant would be required to be part of a dedicated Paediatric on call rota, which when created will have a frequency of 1:6. The on call will not commence until all posts are filled. Presently there is a contractual commitment to a Sunday morning; Saturday’s are optional.

2 THE SPECIALTY

The Diagnostic Imaging specialty is part of the Clinical Support Division.

Dr Mike Bennett is the Divisional Director.

Ms Lorraine Abercrombie is Clinical Lead for the Diagnostic Pathway.

Dr Kath Halliday is Lead for Paediatric Radiology; presently she is also the Clinical Lead for Operational Management Team C which includes Plain Film, Fluoroscopy and Paediatrics.

Mrs Sara Bharmal and Ms Nicola Kennedy are the Diagnostic Imaging General Managers.

The department provides a paediatric radiology service across the Children’s Hospital and to other Trusts fore mentioned. This is with the aim of providing flexibility, with the potential for innovative working practices across the group.

In-house support and mentoring will be offered by Paediatric Radiology colleagues as necessary.

QUEEN’S MEDICAL CENTRE CAMPUS

Paediatric Radiological facilities are based on B Floor in the Main Department, the Imaging Centre (CT and MR Scanners), and the Medical Physics Department. There are also satellite facilities in the Emergency department. We are presently fund raising to move Paediatric Radiology to a site within the same block as the Children’s Hospital; this will be a purpose built facility.

The Paediatric Imaging Department:  Plain Film imaging rooms, 2rooms o Both are Siemens, one with retro-fit DR capability  1 Fluoroscopy Unit: o Equipment- Siemens Luminos DRF

 Paediatric Ultrasound: o Equipment- Toshiba and Siemens

Emergency Department: Within the Emergency Department are sited:  5 Plain film imaging rooms, 2 of which are used for imaging Fracture Clinic patients. o Equipment- Siemens Ysio, Philips Digi-diagnost DR, Wolverson  2 CT Scanners o Philips Brilliance iCT 126 o GE Lightspeed Plus-

Interventional Radiology: There are five interventional rooms, 3 of which are used by cardiac and two Philips rooms used by Radiology. o Equipment - Philips Allura FD20 and Philips Allura XREP FDZO

MRI There are 3 scanners on the QMC site o GE Signa 1.5T o Philips intera 1.5T o Philips Achieva 3T

At the City Campus there are 2 scanners o Siemans Aera 1.5T o Philips Ingenia 1.5T

An intraoperative MRI has been purchased and will be housed on C floor, within theatres. This will provide additional child-friendly capacity for paediatric MRI and will be used for all scans under anaesthetic.

Nuclear Medicine QMC has 2 gamma cameras o Philips Brightview o GE Millenium

Paediatric nuclear medicine is based at QMC. Dr Halliday is the Paediatric ARSAC holder

EMRAD NUH is one of 7 East Midlands Trusts involved in a consortium known as East Midlands Radiology, which will deliver a unified technological PACS solution across the East Midlands. A key function of this system will be the ability to directly view images in any of the participating Trusts. New GE PACS was installed at NUH in early December 2015, followed by the rest of the other Trust consortium partners.

3 JOB PLAN & TIMETABLE

The following draft Job Plan reflects our best assessment of what the final plan will be, based on 10 PAs.

Any consultant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post on a part-time basis; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

This service provided by Clinical Support Specialty is provided across both campuses, but your primary base is QMC.

The proposed Job Plan is detailed in this job description.

The split between Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) for this post is 8.5 to 1.5 in-lines with NUH Trust policy. There is scope for the post holder to claim an additional SPA allocation as they develop specific roles in the department such as teaching, research and management.

The service provided by Radiology is based at the Queen’s Medical Centre Campus but we also provide regional outreach services at United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Peterborough City Hospital and Sherwood Forest Hospital, consultant radiologists provide both on site and remote reporting services to these centres. Remote reporting services are also provided to other trusts from around the UK on an ad hoc basis.

The paediatric group has a ‘radiologist of the day’ who is responsible for the paediatric reporting across all sites for that day. At QMC the ROD is also responsible for vetting and for performing US and fluoroscopy studies, supervising sonographers and trainees and liaising with clinicians regarding urgent queries. This role is often supported by another consultant colleague who can assist with reporting/vetting etc. The post holder will be expected to take part in this rota and provide timely and accurate reports and opinions. 5

It is anticipated that dedicated paediatric radiology on call rota will commence when at full establishment on a 1:6 basis.

Expected activity in PAs (subject to change):

Consultant of the Day Work 2.0 Reporting (PF, MRI, CT, NUC MED) 1.5 Outreach at other sites 3 MDT 1.0 On call 1.0 Supporting professional activities 1.5

The productivity of SPA time for all consultants in the department will be monitored and will be subject to redistribution if a consultant is unable to demonstrate that the SPA time has been used effectively.

Financial and practical support will be available for applicants who wish to complete a post CCT fellowship, either in the UK or abroad. NUH would encourage this within the first 2 years of appointment

4 DUTIES

The appointees will be expected to fulfil the following NHS duties within the agreed Job Plans.

Clinical

A full range of Paediatric Radiologist emergency and elective patients are admitted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the appointee will be responsible for the management of those patients admitted under his/her care.

Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive elective and emergency on-call service related to Paediatric Radiology.

Provision of reciprocal cover for periods of leave.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and the proper functioning of the department

The posts include sessions for reporting time for Plain Film, MRI, CT and nuclear medicine. There is an obligation to participate in multidisciplinary meetings.

The successful candidates will be expected to become effective members of the team of paediatric radiologists, to be responsible for the care of patients in his/her charge and to participate in teaching, research, audit and continuing professional development.

In regards to these posts, the individuals should aim to adhere to the following principles / aspirations:

 To contribute to delivery of the regional Paediatric service.  To work with Clinical colleagues to enhance performance and improve clinical outcomes by: delivering an evidence-based service, adopting and implementing national guidance in a timely manner and introducing new or innovative treatments in line with Trust guidance / policy

 To maintain individual and team competencies and patient safety by attending mandatory training, participating in audit and discrepancy meetings and contributing to teaching and research  To minimise reporting times for all imaging and aid compliance with the 4-hour wait in A+E and the 2-week wait for cancer patients.

A commitment to the training of Specialist Registrars on the East Midlands Deanery North Radiology Training Scheme is required by means of formal lectures, informal tuition and supervision, and by encouraging research.

These duties are subject to review from time to time in the light of the changing requirements of the service. If alterations to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, his/her Consultant colleagues and the Trust.

The person appointed will be required to devote substantially the whole of his/her time to the duties of the post and give them priority at all times. Governance and Audit

Each consultant is expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD and Evidence-Based Practice. Each directorate has a Consultant Clinical Governance lead.

Teaching

Both main campuses of the Trust are major centres for undergraduate and postgraduate education and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to play a significant role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

The Trust works to ensure the best possible placements and training for both undergraduates and junior doctors and to ensure consultant trainers & teachers are developed and supported. The Trust facilitates this through agreeing appropriate job plans, a clear framework for the delivery of medical education, and the opportunity to enhance clinical and teaching skills through Continuing Professional Development.

Research

The Trust has extremely close links with Nottingham University, and has academic departments in the majority of its clinical specialties. There are University and Trust research facilities. The Trust has a research strategy and management framework which aligns its funding for research with the research and innovations activities it supports. Consultants who wish to undertake research require the approval of the Trust R&I Department and relevant ethical approval, and must adhere to the National Framework for Research Governance.

Other Duties as Agreed

The appointee may wish to take on other roles alongside their clinical role. Any positions offered by bodies outside the Trust, (e.g. Training Programme Director, Regional College Advisor, Royal College Representative etc,) must be discussed and agreed by the Head of Service in advance of the position being accepted, so that the impact upon the specialty can be fully considered and any job plan amendments undertaken should the additional role be accepted.

5 MEDICAL STAFF IN RADIOLOGY

Paediatric radiology Dr Broderick Dr Halliday (Lead for Paediatric imaging) Dr Sande Dr Somers

Musculoskeletal Imaging Group Dr Arieff Abu Hassan Dr Mauro Albrizio Dr Stewart Dawson Dr K Julia Fairbairn Dr Renan Ibrahem Adam Dr Rob Kerslake Dr Khalid Latief Dr James Thomas (Lead for MSK Imaging)

Body imaging and Non vascular Interventional Group Dr Au-Yong Dr Bannur Dr Clarke Dr Dunn Dr Dhingsa Dr Higashi (Lead for body imaging) Dr Jobling Dr Kennedy Dr Latief Dr Lloyd Dr Ludman Dr O’Dowd Dr Pointon

Vascular and Interventional Group Dr Garcia Dr Habib Dr O’Neill (Lead for Vascular Imaging) Dr Ramjas Dr A Shah Dr Travis Dr Whitaker

Neuroradiology Group Prof Auer (50% Academic) Dr Dineen (50% Academic) Dr Evans Dr Gerrish Dr Jaspan Dr Lenthall Dr McCarthy Dr McConachie Dr Planinc Dr J Shah (Lead for Neuroradiology) Dr Taylor Dr A Thomas 8

Nuclear Medicine Group Dr Halin Dr O’Connor Dr Smith Dr Vinayakamoorthy

Breast Group Dr Burrell (Lead for Breast imaging) Dr Cooper Dr Giannotti Dr Hamilton Dr James Dr Tennant

6 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Office accommodation and administrative support will be provided by the Trust, as will a PC with e- mail and Internet access. All consultants are required to check their hospital e-mail regularly.

7 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

The Head of Service is managerially responsible for all activity and personnel in their speciality. They are accountable to a Clinical Director. The Medical Director and Responsible Officer Dr Keith Girling, has overall responsibility for the professional standards of consultants employed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

All consultants are expected to follow the guidelines on practice laid down by the General Medical Council’s “Maintaining Good Medical Practice”, and are accountable to the Trust for their actions and for the quality of their work. There is annual review of Job Plans and annual Appraisal.

8 ETHICS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE (ECPC)

The Ethics of Clinical Practice Committee is a source of advice on the ethical principles underlying decisions in healthcare and clinical practice. The committee discusses actual or potential ethical issues arising from the care and treatment of potential, current, or former patients of the Trust. Such issues may arise in the implementation of policies or new initiatives or legal decisions affecting patient treatment and care. The Committee can be contacted via the Trust secretary.

9 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

The successful candidate will be contracted to Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

This appointment will be on the terms and conditions of the extant NHS Consultant contract.

The person appointed will be expected to adhere to local policies and procedures and to take note of the standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust. In particular, where the consultant manages employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the employment and Human Resource policies and procedures of the Trust.

All employees who have responsibility for other staff need to ensure that individual performance is reviewed and a personal development plan is jointly agreed, at least annually. Managers and Supervisors will work jointly with their staff to ensure all developmental actions that are agreed during the review take place and are evaluated during the following year.

10 RESIDENCE

Because of on-call commitments, the successful candidate is expected to be contactable by telephone and to reside not more than ten miles, or half an hour’s travelling time, from their main campus, unless the Trust gives prior, specific approval for a greater distance (or time).

11 HEALTH & SAFETY

The Trust recognises its duties under the relevant Health and Safety at Work legislation: to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all its employees. In addition the business of the Trust shall be conducted so as to ensure that patients, relatives, contractors, voluntary workers, visitors and members of the public having access to Trust premises and facilities are not exposed to risks to their health and safety.

All medical and dental staff under contract to the Trust will be expected to be familiar with and adhere to the Health and Safety Policies of the Trust.

ALL accidents must be reported to your Head of Service, and you must submit a completed accident/incident report form and support accident prevention by reporting potential hazards. A copy of the Department’s Health and Safety policy will be available to the successful candidate.

Included in these policies is the requirement that all new medical staff will provide evidence that they are not carriers of Hepatitis B before appointment, and accept immunisation if not already immune.

12 REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT

Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provision of the Act and, in the event of employment, any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Trust. Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an application for positions to which the order applies. If once employed, an employee receives a conviction they are required to inform the Trust.

13 PROTECTION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND VULNERABLE ADULTS

In accordance with the requirements of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, a check will be made with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before the appointment can be confirmed.

14 VISITING

Candidates are encouraged to make arrangements to visit the Trust, and should contact the following Consultants in the first instance if they wish to do so:

Dr Katharine Halliday [email protected] Tel: 0115 924 9924 X70488

JOB PLAN FOR CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC RADIOLOGISTS

PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES:

Direct Clinical Care averaged out over a week:

Consultant of the day 2 Reporting – PF/CT/MRI/Nuclear Med 1.5 Outreach other sites 3 Multi-disciplinary meetings 1 On call 1 Professional activity 1.5 Sub Total 10

Supporting Professional Activities

Training (Postgraduate) 0.125 Medical Education (Undergraduate) 0.125 CPD, Appraisal, Job Planning 1 Audit 0.25 Sub Total 1.5

TOTAL PAs 10

Scheduled weekend working:

Rota Frequency: 1 in 6

Category: A

On-call Supplement: 5%

CONSULTANT PAEDIATIC RADIOLOGIST

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ATTAINMENTS ESSENTIAL FOR THE POST DESIRABLE FOR THE POST

Professional Full registration with the GMC Registration Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register Within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview

Professional FRCR or equivalent Qualifications/Development

Clinical Skills/Experience Completed subspecialty training Fellowship training in in Paediatric imaging. Paediatric Radiology.

Able to communicate effectively Paediatric interventional skills and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.

Commitment to Trust Able to demonstrate behaviours Values and Behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Management Skills Able to develop, present and Experience of change implement coherent ideas for management service development/delivery.

Able to delegate appropriately.

Able to work within a team.

Personal Skills/Qualities Able to work flexibly in a changing health service.

Teaching, Audit & Evidence of participation in Original Research Research Clinical audit Publications

Able to teach and support junior Higher teaching degree or staff effectively. qualification or training

Practical Requirements Ability to return immediately to NUH to provide on-call duties.

Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children

Appendix 1 NOTTINGHAM AND THE TWO HOSPITAL CAMPUSES

1 NOTTINGHAM

Nottingham is a vibrant and prosperous city with something to offer everyone. It has excellent schools and colleges, and two thriving Universities. There are good theatres, an arena which attracts national and international performers, and several renowned arts centres and museums. Nottingham is the home of Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham Forest and Notts County Football Clubs, Nottingham Ruby Club, the National Water Sports Centre, the Nottingham Tennis Centre, and Ice Arena.

Set within a county of outstanding natural beauty that includes Sherwood Forest, Wollaton Park, lively market towns and wonderful historic buildings, the city is one of the UK’s leading retail centres with a wide choice of restaurants, bars and nightclubs. There is a good network of roads with easy access to the M1 and the A1, the rail service to London (2 hours) and other major cities is frequent, and there are numerous international destinations from East Midlands Airport (30 mins) and Birmingham Airport (60mins).. http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk http://www.experiencenottinghamshire.com http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/

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2 THE TRUST

The Trust’s services and facilities currently operate on (and from) two main campuses. However, future development and location of our clinical services is continuously reviewed and some services (or parts of services) may relocate to the other campus.

(i) CITY HOSPITAL CAMPUS

Services

The City Hospital Campus offers a wide range of clinical services to the local population of greater Nottingham and beyond in specialties such as plastic surgery and burns, cardiac and thoracic surgeries, cancer, renal, breast services, urology, stroke services, neurorehabilitation and respiratory medicine.

There is no Accident and Emergency department on the campus, although the hospital does take specialist medical and surgical emergency patients referred to its specialties by GPs, ED or other hospitals.

The City Hospital campus has a long association with the city of Nottingham. It first opened in 1903 and the buildings are a mixture of old and new, although services have recently benefited from huge investment in improving the facilities for patients. These developments include the purpose- built Endoscopy Centre, new Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre, Nottingham Breast Institute, Nottingham Urology Centre, Trent Cardiac Centre, Short Stay Unit, Centre for Clinical Haematology, PET scanner and a new Radiotherapy Centre.

Research interests at the City Hospital campus include oncology, respiratory medicine, clinical haematology, rheumatology, diabetes/endocrinology, stroke medicine, urology, and breast cancer. There are academic departments of Haematology, Continuing Care and Anaesthetics.

Educational Facilities

The City Hospital Postgraduate Education Centre was opened in 1972. It provides an excellent educational environment for multidisciplinary conferences and seminars, postgraduate medical education and continuing medical education, including a Clinical Skills Centre. The Library in the City Campus Postgraduate Education Centre contains an extensive section of the University Library which, together with access to national lending and other libraries in the Country, provides a wide range of literature.

Other Facilities

The City Hospital has restaurant and several Coffee City outlets selling hot and cold snacks. There is a cash machine (outside main out-patients).

(ii) QUEEN’S MEDICAL CENTRE CAMPUS

The Queen’s Medical Centre, opened in 1978, houses both the hospital campus and the University of Nottingham Medical School and School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Clinical services provided on the Queen’s Medical Centre campus include a very large Emergency Department (A&E).

Educational Facilities

The Post Graduate Centre at Queen’s Medical Centre campus contains eleven meeting rooms of varying sizes and audio-visual equipment including video-conferencing, and the Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre, a state-of-the-art simulation centre and clinical skills facility, opened in April 2004. There are high fidelity simulators (adult and paediatric) with video recording 10 laparoscopic skills stations and an endoscopy simulator. The Greenfield Medical library is situated in the Medical School (NUH medical and dental staff have free access and borrowing rights).

Other Facilities

There are a number of facilities provided at the Queen’s Medical Centre campus, including a Newsagent/Grocery shop, Costa Coffee, Clothes shop, National Westminster Bank (which is open daily from 10.30 – 3.30pm,) and a Pharmacy/Chemist’s shop. There is a large dining area, Cyber Café, roof garden and an active Doctors’ Mess with kitchen, PCs with Internet access, sitting room, billiard table, and television.

3 MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is managed via a structure of five Clinical Divisions, all of which are cross-town based. These are:

- Medicine Division - Cancer & Associated Specialties Division - Clinical Support Division - Surgery Division - Family Health Division - There are also the Corporate Departments.

Each Division is led by a Divisional Director, supported by a Divisional Team, and each specialty within that division will have a Head of Service.

4 PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

The Trust works in close association with the University of Nottingham and the University of Derby. There are very strong links with nursing and midwifery training, which is part of the University Of Nottingham Faculty Of Medicine, and with the locally-based Schools of Physiotherapy, Radiology and Radiotherapy.