Consultant Interventional Radiologist

Employer: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Town: Doncaster

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 Pro rata per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59

Consultant Interventional Radiologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Consultant Radiologist colleague to join our high-quality, dynamic Radiology department at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals. You will join the current team of friendly and enthusiastic Radiologists to provide an interventional and general radiology service in this busy modern hospital which provides a wide range of clinical services to the local population. Subspecialist interests in IR would be essential with appropriate support and development given. We aspire to create an outstanding, sustainable service which is able to support individual needs as well as react to local and national demands.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be contracted to the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be based at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI) and will work with the interventional radiology team (currently four consultant radiologists).

The Radiology department is a progressive, forward-thinking team. We have an active capital replacement programme with deployment of two CT scanners on the DRI site and replacements of MRI and CT scanners on the Bassetlaw site in the last four years. Additional MRI and CT scanners will be installed in a purpose-built community diagnostic centre at Mexborough Montague Hospital which is planned to open to the public in April 2025. There is a well-established skill mix with radiographers undertaking plain film, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and CT reporting within agreed scopes of practice.

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute Trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Interventional radiology takes place in two purpose-built rooms on the DRI site with a full complement of nursing and radiographer team.

Working for our organisation

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire’s leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it’s our pledge to help you Develop , Belong and Thrive , Here .

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:
• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a Job Description and Person Specification for further details. Please ensure you read both documents carefully.

Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

• FRCR or equivalent
• Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
• You must be on the specialist register for Radiology or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee

Experience

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Vascular Radiology, and Emergency General Radiology
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on a range of problems within the specialty
• Understanding current issues within Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Vascular Radiology
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
• Wide-based experience in Radiology
• Attendance at a recognised management course

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

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• Please note that all correspondence will be sent to you via email. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
• We reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.
• The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
• All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken. The Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event that they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Please note that this check will be charged for in two instalments when you commence employment with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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