Locum Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Paediatric Imaging
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Main area Radiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (10 PAs per week Shared Post with Kingsmill Hospital) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Joint site working with Kings Mill Hospital) Job ref 166-DCSC-8342711
Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town Chesterfield Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Dependant on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Fixed Term Locum Consultant General Radiologist with a subspecialist interest in Paediatric Imaging. The candidate will provide specialist reporting for acute and elective paediatric cases. This role will be shared between Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Sherwood Forest Hospitals and you will be expected to work across both sites.
We are interested in candidates with a passion to lead and develop the paediatric acute services.
You will be required to share the general reporting workload with other colleagues in addition to acute and oncology work. This will complement the skill mix of the existing consultant teams.
The Radiology Department and the wider Trust support consultants to enjoy an exciting, flexible, and fulfilling career. Opportunities for clinical quality improvement and further development of clinical leadership are given significant support within our organisation to those interested in making a difference.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
Working for our organisation
Our staff enjoy a range of benefits including on-site parking, local discounts, on-site Café and Amazon lockers. There is a cycle-to-work scheme along with electric vehicle charging points. A newly opened a hub, dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our staff, which include rooms for mindfulness, gym and shower facilities and different programmes to keep you active.
Derbyshire is home to the Peak District National Park and is an area of outstanding beauty. Numerous stately homes are within easy travelling distance. The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors, a number of coastal resorts and many historic cities are also close enough for day trips.
Housing in the Chesterfield area is competitively priced and offers a wide range of choice, including urban and rural locations. There are several high-performing state schools in the town, as well as a number of excellent private schools across the wider region.
In addition to local shops and complexes, the Meadowhall Shopping Centre is within easy travelling distance and is one of the largest and most up to date in Europe, attracting some 30 million visitors each year. The city of Sheffield is only 9 miles away and hosts two universities, one with a medical and dental school.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments section on this page. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that are required for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
- MBBS / MBBCh and possess FRCR.
- Paediatric Imaging sub-specialist training
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice at time of application
- Special interest or additional qualifications in other areas of clinical radiology
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register
- Formal teaching qualifications
- Formal training in human factors, patient safety investigations (e.g. PSIRF, SJR)
- Formal NHS leadership / management training.
Experience
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining a UK CCT in general radiology
- Independent at Paediatric sonography and plain film reporting
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of radiological investigations including of acute imaging.
- Basic IT skills and use of RIS and PACS
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
- Experience in supervising undergraduate and postgraduate residents.
- 5 years supervised training in an appropriate ST equivalent training programme
- Experience in a similar post
- Clinical leadership experience or training.
- Previous experience of using online patient record system e.g., SystmOne / Nerve Centre /
- Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure a professional relationship
- Caring attitude towards the patient
- Motivation skills, leadership skills and flexibility
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
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.
Name Dr R Karia Job title Clinical Director Email address r.karia1@nhs.net Telephone number 01246 513075 Additional information
Mr Colin Ross
Head of Imaging
Diagnostics, Clinical Support and Cancer Services Division
Tel: 01246 512891
Email: colin.ross@nhs.net
Sarah Robert-Morris
General Manager
Diagnostics, Clinical Support and Cancer Services Division
Tel: 01246 512240
Email: sarah.robert-morris1@nhs.net
Dr Kevin Sargen
Medical Director
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: (01246) 513756
Sherwood Forest Hospitals
Dr Yutaro Higashi
Consultant Radiology, Head of Service, Sherwood Forest
Clinical Support, Therapies and Outpatients
Yutaro.higashi@nhs.net
Dr Nigel Marshall
Advisor to the Chief Medical Officer
Divisional Clinical Director- CSTO
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
nigel.marshall@nhs.net
Opening hours:8.30am-5pm, Monday-Friday
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