Job Title: Consultant Radiologist
Employer: The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Dudley, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year
UK Visa Sponsorship: Available
Job title: Consultant Radiologist – Cross-Sectional Imaging (Cardiac CT and Musculoskeletal Imaging).
Contract: Permanent.
Working hours: Full-time, 10 programmed activities (sessions) per week.
Specialty: Radiology, with a focus on cardiac CT and musculoskeletal imaging.
Provide general radiology services alongside specialist imaging services.
Contribute to the development of specialist imaging services and support high-quality patient care.
Work within a multidisciplinary radiology department at Russells Hall Hospital.
Responsibilities
- Provide general radiology services and expert imaging advice to clinical colleagues.
- Contribute to daytime acute CT and MRI reporting and cover rotas.
- Deliver specialist imaging services and contribute to service development.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to support diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Supervise and support radiology specialty registrars (SpRs).
- Participate in the general, non-interventional radiology on‑call rota, currently approximately one in 16.
- Provide overnight advice and support for other imaging modalities or IT failures when required.
- Participate in clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit.
- Maintain compliance with General Medical Council (GMC) standards, data protection requirements and mandatory training.
- Help maintain high standards of reporting, patient safety and departmental performance.
Requirements
- Relevant professional qualifications and a degree from a recognised university.
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) or a recognised equivalent qualification.
- Appropriate UK professional registration.
- Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for UK Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST/CCT).
- Ability to independently manage patient care and provide expert clinical opinions in radiology.
- Strong workload management, organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Up-to-date knowledge of clinical developments and initiatives in radiology.
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical practice.
- Commitment to clinical governance, risk management and audit.
- Ability to manage and lead a specialist unit when required.
- Train Managers
- Experience teaching specialist clinical skills.
- Permanent employment with an established NHS foundation trust.
- Flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments where possible.
- Opportunities for professional development through the Trust’s Learning and Organisational Development team.
- Opportunities to develop specialist imaging expertise and contribute to service improvement.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Opportunities to supervise and support radiology trainees.
- An inclusive working environment focused on staff wellbeing, equality and work-life balance.
- Potential to negotiate the job plan with the Clinical Director to reflect service needs and professional commitments.
Benefits
- Competitive consultant-level NHS salary.
- Permanent employment with an established NHS foundation trust.
- Flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments where possible.
- Opportunities for professional development through the Trust’s Learning and Organisational Development team.
- Opportunities to develop specialist imaging expertise and contribute to service improvement.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Opportunities to supervise and support radiology trainees.
- An inclusive working environment focused on staff wellbeing, equality and work-life balance.
- Potential to negotiate the job plan with the Clinical Director to reflect service needs and professional commitments.