Consultant Neuroradiologist (Diagnostic)

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Job summary

An established healthcare provider in South West London is seeking a Consultant Neuroradiologist with a focus on paediatric neuroimaging. This role offers the opportunity to join a cohesive team dedicated to delivering high-quality diagnostic services. You will engage in diverse subspecialties, including neuro-oncology and epilepsy, while contributing to teaching and research initiatives. The position promises a dynamic work environment within a major acute hospital, where your expertise will directly impact patient care and medical education. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your career in a supportive and innovative setting.

Qualifications

• Completed training in general radiology and specialist training in neuroradiology.
• Experience in paediatric and adult neuro-oncology imaging.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust cover in paediatric neuroimaging and neuro-oncology.
• Participate in teaching and training within the department.

Skills

Neuroradiology

Paediatric Neuroimaging

Advanced Imaging Techniques

Management Skills

Teaching Experience

Education

Medical Degree

FRCR

CCT in Radiology

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George Hospital Town London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/06/2025 23:59

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St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

Job Summary: Applications are invited for a Consultant Neuroradiologist (Diagnostic) with a specialist interest in paediatric neuroimaging to join a friendly and cohesive team of neuroradiologists with diverse expertise in a busy department and a strong record in teaching, training and research. The post will allow us to continue to provide robust cover in certain subspecialist areas, namely paediatric neuroimaging, neuro-oncology and epilepsy.

Main duties of the job

Proposed Job Plan

This suggested timetable is intended as guidance to the structure of the working week which may be adapted to the experience and aspirations of the appointee. With this in mind there may be flexibility in suggested timetable and distribution or sharing of duties. The post is partly funded by district general hospitals and will include participation in district general hospital sessions. As part of annual job planning, the job plan will be reviewed in the first year.

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

0900-1300 (1PA)

SpA 0900-1000

SpA 1130-1300

0900-1300

(1PA)

Teaching SpA

(1.5 hours = 0.375 PA)

Mixed reporting session

0900-1300

(1PA)

MDT prep or

Mixed reporting session/Leave Cover

1200-1300 Pit /skullbase MDT

0900-1300

(1PA)

(DGH Reporting)

0900-1300

(1PA)

Paediatric neuro-oncology MDM (Leave Cover)

1300-1700

(1PA)

Mixed reporting session

1300-1700

(1PA)

Mixed reporting session/Leave Cover

1300-1700

(1PA)

1300-1400 Pit /skullbase MDT

Mixed reporting session

Off

1300-1700

(1PA)

SpA 1300-1430

Epilepsy MDT

(once/month)

1500-1700

Mixed reporting session/Leave Cover

*Total 10PAs including 1.375 SpAs per week (1PA for CPD, 0.375 PA for teaching) and 1PA for on call

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The New Post

We seek one 10PA clinical diagnostic neuroradiologist who has a specialist interest in paediatric neuroimaging and is keen to join our neuroradiology service. The post will allow us to continue to provide robust cover in certain subspecialist areas, namely paediatric neuroimaging, neuro-oncology and epilepsy.

The 10PA post will include general adult and paediatric neuroradiology reporting sessions (St George’s and DGH), 1.375PA SpA (1 PA for CPD and 0.375 PA for teaching), and sharing in the diagnostic on call rota (intended to be 1:8 with prospective cover, Category A, 5%).

Paediatric Neuroimaging

Paediatric duties will include supervision and reporting on regular lists of GA MRI cases, sharing in reporting of paediatric cases undertaken at other times and taking part in the weekly paediatric neurology meeting held in our department. The paediatric neuroradiologists also attend a monthly neurogenetics meeting with colleagues in clinical genetics and paediatric neurology.

Although there is not a formal paediatric neuroradiology rota, it is desirable that wherever possible there is co-ordination of leave and cross cover of reporting and other duties between the paediatric neuroradiologists.

There are currently four weekly adult neuro-oncology MDMs at St George’s Hospital: Primary Brain, Metastatic Brain, Skullbase/Pituitary and Spinal. The MDMs are attended by colleagues in neurosurgery, neurology, neuropathology, neuro-oncology from Royal Marsden and Royal Surrey County Hospitals, clinical nurse specialists and other disciplines.

The paediatric neuro-oncology MDM is a joint South London meeting that is held weekly via video link with colleagues at King’s College Hospital and Royal Marsden Hospital.

Several consultant neuroradiologists currently take part in the adult and paediatric neuro-oncology MDMs. Appropriate time allowances for preparation and meeting attendance are included in our job plans.

Epilepsy

There is an epilepsy surgery service at St George’s Hospital. There is a telemetry/epilepsy surgery meeting once a month to discuss prospective surgical candidates. We also hold six monthly joint meetings with the Epilepsy Surgery Group at King’s College Hospital.

Advanced imaging techniques

A willingness to develop expertise in the use of advanced imaging techniques in clinical patients is desirable and would be encouraged.

Person specification

Education

• Medical Degree
• FRCR
• Full registration with GMC
• CCT in Radiology (or within six months of award at time of interview) and/or entry on to the Specialist Register in Clinical Radiology

Experience

• Completed training in general radiology and further specialist training in neuroradiology on a recognised training rotation
• Exposure to paediatric neuroimaging and willingness to develop skills further as required
• Exposure to paediatric and adult neuro-oncology imaging and willingness to develop skills further as required
• Exposure to paediatric neurology MDMs
• Experience in advanced imaging techniques as applied to neuro-oncology
• Experience in advanced imaging techniques as applied to neuroradiology

teaching

• Enthusiasm for teaching
• Published in peer reviewed journal
• Teaching experience
• Presentations at scientific conferences
• Ongoing interest in research

Management and governance

• Willingness to undertake managerial duties
• Willingness to participate in audit and clinical governance activities
• Experience of audit
• Experience of management/organising work rotas
• Commitment to CPD
• Understanding of Trust and wider NHS management and improvement programmes

Other attributes

• Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant neuroradiologist in a large teaching hospital
• Willingness to take part in on call rota
• Ability to supervise junior staff, coordinate and work with a healthcare team.
• Ability to take full and independent clinical responsibility. Able to evaluate own radiological practice
• Driving licence

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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.