Consultant in Diagnostic Cardiothoracic Imaging and Intervention

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a full-time Consultant in Diagnostic Cardiothoracic Imaging and Intervention. The role requires expertise in interventional radiology and cardiovascular imaging, alongside general radiology responsibilities. The successful candidate will join an experienced team at Royal Brompton Hospital, contributing to patient care and service development. Ideal applicants have prior fellowship training and a strong desire to engage in clinical research and teaching.

Qualifications

• Experience in general acute diagnostic imaging.
• Fellowship training in interventional or cardiothoracic radiology.
• Experience in US and CT guided IR procedures.
• Experience in aortic CT reporting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventional radiology service at Royal Brompton Hospital.
• Contribute to the general radiology workload.
• Provide imaging and intervention services.
• Participate in clinical research and audits.

Skills

Experience in interventional radiology

Skills in cardiovascular or cardiothoracic CT reporting

Peer reviewed publications

Good communication skills

Education

MBBS and FRCR

Higher degree in radiology

CCT in radiology or equivalent

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Diagnostic Cardiothoracic Imaging and Intervention

The closing date is 28 December 2025

This appointment is for a full-time consultant radiologist who will be primarily working within the imaging service based at Royal Brompton Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have experience and skills in interventional radiology working closely with existing consultants to deliver the interventional radiology service at Royal Brompton Hospital. The post holder will also have experience in cardiovascular or cardiothoracic CT reporting. Candidates with skills in aortic imaging would also be desirable to the department.

In addition, the successful applicant will be responsible for the provision of general radiology reporting, including covering the adult intensive care units.

About us

The imaging department at Royal Brompton Hospital (RBH) is a dynamic and internationally recognised department that specialises in cardiac and thoracic imaging. It provides specialist imaging and interventional radiology services to help in the diagnosis and treatment of our patients and has substantially invested in its imaging technology including Siemens Healthineers Force and Naeotom Alpha CT scanners, a Philips Azurion 7 C20 image guided therapy suite, Veriton-CT Solid State Gamma Camera, Siemens Healthineers Magnetom Cima.X MRI, the UK's first, 3T and 1.5T MRI scanners, and Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging PACS system. The Hospital successfully underwent a digital transformation in 2023, with the arrival of the Epic electronic health record which is integrated with the London Care Record. The interventional radiology service provides elective and emergency venous and arterial interventions, CT guided biopsy and ablation, ultrasound guided interventions, and gastrostomy insertion for our patients, as well as contributing to an established interventional radiology on call service which covers Royal Brompton, Royal Marsden and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals.

The appointee will join 7 whole time equivalent RBH based radiologists as well as an experienced multidisciplinary team of nurses, radiographers and healthcare assistants.

Job responsibilities

It is expected that the appointee will have already gained experience and expertise in cardiovascular or cardiothoracic imaging as well as interventional radiology at registrar and/or consultant level.

The appointment follows an increase in interventional workload following the opening of a new diagnostic and intervention centre at Royal Brompton in 2021 and will help contribute to a comprehensive 24/7 interventional radiology on‑call rota. There is a separate general radiology consultant on‑call for diagnostic imaging, in addition to separate neuroradiology second opinion service. The Enterprise imaging and Epic RIS/PACS system allows remote reporting from home for the discussion of IR cases. The on‑call will be supported by a full interventional radiology nurse and radiographer rota.

The post holder will be integrated into the clinical activities of the general imaging department with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care in addition to contributing to all service developments, teaching and research. They will work and liaise with existing consultants to provide and develop imaging and intervention services. The candidates will need to cover all imaging modalities and contribute to the general radiology workload.

The appointee will be expected to have obtained a diagnostic or interventional radiology fellowship and have published or presented in the field of radiology.

Active engagement in clinical research studies will be encouraged and support in the recruitment of patients to appropriate clinical trials is expected.

A desire to participate in teaching, clinical audit, and quality improvement projects with the aim of continually looking to improve standards of care in the department once appointed is important.

Post‑holders will participate in and develop clinical and organisational audit, to improve standards of the service wherever possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• MBBS and FRCR
• On the Specialist Register of the GMC (or within 6 months of eligibility at the time of interview if still in registrar training)
• CCT in radiology or equivalent (or within 6 months of eligibility at the time of interview if still in registrar training)
• Higher degree including masters or doctorate in the field of radiology
• Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes, other degrees eg BSc, MSc, MS

Experience

• Broad experience of general acute diagnostic imaging and general outpatient imaging
• Fellowship training in interventional radiology or cardiothoracic radiology
• Experience of US and CT guided IR procedures including drain insertion and biopsies
• Experience in vascular and non‑vascular intervention
• Understanding of clinical risk management
• Experience in aortic CT reporting

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Peer reviewed publications in the field of radiology and/or Presentations at National and/or International Congresses
• Undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching experience
• Experience of clinical audit
• Evidence of good communication skills

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.

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