Locum Consultant Radiologist with interest in Breast Imaging

Transformation Unit; Wolverhampton; Híbrido; GBP 114.000 - 151.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant Breast Radiologist to join the Radiology Department for an initial 12-month period with potential extension following financial review. The role supports CESR development within a supportive NHS environment.

The post offers full-time hours (40 per week) and engagement in multidisciplinary breast imaging services across the Trust, with opportunities for professional development and flexible working where possible.

Formación

• Experience with breast imaging.
• Actively working towards CESR and Specialist Registration.

Responsabilidades

• One-stop symptomatic breast clinics.
• Breast ultrasound and mammography reporting.
• Image-guided breast procedures including biopsy and localisation.
• Breast MRI reporting where appropriate.

Conocimientos

Breast imaging

CESR pathway

Interventional procedures

Descripción del empleo

Main area Breast Radiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Locum: 12 months (with a view to extend for a further 6 months following financial review) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 225-DIV3-8178668

Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site New Cross Hospital Town Wolverhampton Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Locum Consultant Radiologist with interest in Breast Imaging

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Locum Consultant Breast Radiologist to join our friendly and progressive Radiology Department. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced breast radiologist who may not yet hold Specialist Registration but is actively working towards CESR and wishes to develop within a supportive NHS environment.

The successful candidate will join a well-established multidisciplinary breast imaging team delivering high-quality symptomatic services across The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

Full-time 10 PA locum consultant contract

Dedicated support for doctors working towardsCESR

Supervision and mentorship from experienced Consultant Radiologists

Participation in multidisciplinary team meetings and service development

Flexible working arrangements where possible

A supportive department with a strong culture of education, governance and professional development.

The post holder will contribute to:

• One-stop symptomatic breast clinics
• Breast ultrasound and mammography reporting
• Image-guided breast procedures including biopsy and localisation
• Breast MRI reporting (where appropriate)
• Multidisciplinary team meetings
• Clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details about this post. Please ensure you are compliant with the requirements of the job before applying.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience with breast imaging
• 2+ years experience in breast imaging

Experience

• Experience with breast biopsies
• 2 years experience with interventional breast procedures

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".

To support these visions, we are actively looking at new models of care which:

• Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
• Consider optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
• Seeks to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked service solution' approach across the four sites

Against this context, although this post is hosted by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

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.