Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist

NHS; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heart and lung hospital in Cambridge is looking for a Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist. The role involves maintaining high imaging standards, managing the Cardiothoracic Radiology Service, and teaching junior staff. Applicants need to be eligible for entry on the GMC Specialist Register and have other relevant qualifications. This is a unique opportunity to work with a dynamic team that values compassion and excellence in patient care.

Qualifications

• Eligible for entry on the GMC Specialist Register or CCT within six months.
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on cardiothoracic imaging.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high clinical standards in imaging for cardiothoracic patients.
• Manage the Cardiothoracic Radiology Service with colleagues.
• Teach and train junior staff, Medical Students, and Radiographers.

Skills

Expert clinical opinion on cardiothoracic imaging

Ability to conduct sub-specialty MDTs

Ability to liaise with hospitals

Expertise in CT guided interventions

Nuclear cardiology reporting

Expertise in cardiac MRI reporting

Education

Entry on GMC Specialist Register

FRCR or equivalent

Higher Degree (e.g. MSc, MD, PhD)

Qualification in another specialty (e.g. MRCP)

Job description

Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist

The closing date is 31 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dynamic Radiology team at Royal Papworth Hospital and pursue a career as a Consultant Radiologist. If you share our values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration, this could be the place for you. Amongst other clinical services, we have a busy Thoracic Oncology service; TAVI, ACHD, Valve, Structural heart disease, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Heart Muscle groups and lung defence & ILD groups. The Transplant, Critical care and advanced heart failure services are other vital areas of work at RPH where radiologists make a key contribution.

Main duties of the job

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in imaging to support the management of cardiothoracic patients.

Share with colleagues the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Cardiothoracic Radiology Service and the running of relevant MDTs.

Teaching and training of junior staff, Medical Students and Radiographers.

Actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.

Responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Qualifications

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of training (CCT) in Radiology at time of interview
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent
• FRCR or equivalent
• Qualification in another specialty (eg MRCP)
• Higher Degree (eg MSc, MD, PhD)

Experience

• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients, including an ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems in cardiothoracic imaging.
• Ability to conduct sub-specialty MDTs.
• Undertake cardiothoracic imaging on-call cover in a specialist cardiothoracic unit.
• Ability to liaise with other hospitals and imaging departments within the region and beyond
• Expertise in CT guided and pericardial thoracic interventions
• Nuclear cardiology and lung oncology reporting including MIBI and Lung oncology PET.
• Expertise in reporting cardiac &/or chest MRI

Additional Criteria

• Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
• Please see Job description for full details of person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust