Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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Region
Cardiac Science – Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Both posts will be expected to follow the CRM (Cardiac Rhythms) route. You will be placed mainly in the Essex Cardiothoracic centre where you will learn how to implant Internal Cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) devices, Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) devices, Bradycardia (PPM) devices, carryout device follow up clinics both face to face and remotely and also learn troubleshooting techniques by carrying the bleep for emergency/troubleshooting problems for both the Cardiothoracic centre and the secondary care facility of Basildon Hospital. For your rotations you will be expected to travel to both The Southend General Hospital and the Broomfield hospital who are part a part of our Trust but off site. there will also be an opportunity to observe, learn and carryout Electrophysiology (EP) All of the above will be after your Basic Cardiology rotations of ECG, Ambulatory Holter application and analysis, provocative ETT and Echocardiography.
Nuclear Medicine – Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
The Nuclear Medicine Physics section supports the Nuclear Medicine work across the Mid and South Essex (MSE) NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust incorporates Basildon, Broomfield (Chelmsford) and Southend Hospitals, each with a Nuclear Medicine Department. The service provides a wide range of imaging and non-imaging examinations along with both inpatient and outpatient molecular radiotherapy treatments. The service is currently equipped with five gamma cameras (2 SPECT-CT), a gamma counter and five intraoperative gamma probes. The section provides physics support to a local third-party PET-CT service. The successful candidate would be joining the team at a hugely exciting time, with full equipment replacement and refurbishment programmes in progress across all sites of the Trust. Essex has it all – coast, countryside and city life. Fast and frequent rail services link the county with the capital and London Stansted and London Southend international airports connecting the area to the wider world. The training post will be primarily based at Southend Hospital, with some rotations in the first year at other Trusts across East Anglia. The academic component of the training will be based at King’s College London.
Radiation Safety and Diagnostic Radiology – Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
The Radiation Safety Department is a high-quality scientific and technical advisory service in the field of radiation protection and diagnostic radiology physics. The service promotes systems of work that ensure the safety of patients, visitors and staff when using ionising and non-ionising sources of radiation such as x-rays, radioactive materials, lasers and UV cabinets. You will learn the knowledge and skills needed to deliver a wide range of services including imaging equipment performance testing and optimisation, radiation facility design and environmental monitoring, patient radiation dose assessment, regulatory audits and advice, instrument calibration, radioactive waste management and teaching and training. We are a friendly, welcoming team who have always received great feedback from past trainees. Essex has it all – coast, countryside and city life. Fast and frequent rail services link the county with the capital and London Stansted and London Southend international airports connecting the area to the wider world. The training post will be primarily based at Southend Hospital, with some rotations in the first year at other Trusts across East Anglia. The academic component of the training will be based at King’s College London.
Radiotherapy Physics – Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve. The Radiotherapy Department of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is based at Southend Hospital and is equipped with four matched, fully loaded Elekta Versa HD Linear Accelerators, a Canon CT scanner and Monaco TPS to support planning of external beam treatments. We have also recently purchased a Varian Ethos along with Eclipse V18.0 TPS which are soon to be installed and commissioned. Treatment workflows are paper lite and managed using Mosaiq V2.83. Our linear accelerators are multimodality, including FFF, 6DOF and have IGRT capability. At Southend, we also have a dynamic brachytherapy service treating around 200 patients per year which includes prostates, gynaecological and skin cancers. This is delivered in a purpose-built brachytherapy theatre suite within the department. Brachytherapy planning is performed with Oncentra Brachy Treatment Planning system and treated using a Flexitron HDR unit. The successful trainees will undertake rotational placements in the East Anglia region, some of which may be at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, or other hospitals in our training consortium (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital). The academic component of the training will be based at King’s College London.