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It is an exciting time to join The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.

PAHT have been awarded the funding to support the vision for the West Essex Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) in providing timely access to diagnostics for all of the West Essex population, tackling health inequalities and achieving the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) for all potential cancer and non-cancer patients. Clinical patient pathways will be joined up between primary, community and secondary care by redesigning existing healthcare provision to include elective and non-elective models of care and extension of opening hours.

The Radiology department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital is actively seeking to recruit a Consultant Radiologist with a sub-specialty interest in Head and Neck Imaging. This position will consist of 10 PAs per week, with an additional PA for on-call commitments.

You will support a busy and diverse Imaging service, with a scope to further develop the appointee's area of special interest.

The Advisory Appointment Committee for this vacancy is provisionally scheduled for 26th November 2025.

This is a position required to support the Radiology service at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) and have an interest in Head and Neck Imaging, pursuing opportunities to expand the Head and Neck service.

You will be based primarily at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, but may be asked to work at any of the other 2 sites that make up the Trust, St. Margaret's in Epping and Herts & Essex in Bishops Stortford.

If successful, you will take part in multi-disciplinary meetings and participate in teaching Radiology registrars.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is set out in our 3 core values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

You will undergo at minimum annual job planning and appraisal to inform personal developments, probity and revalidation.

Date posted: 02 October 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum plus 3% uplift for on-call and £149 fringe

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Home or remote working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 292-7459652-CSS

Job locations: PAHT/SMH/HEH, Harlow, CM20 1QX

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.

• Essential: FRCR
• Desirable: GMC

• Essential: Experience of General Radiology and H&N reporting
• Desirable: Experience of working in an MDT environment

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer name: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address: PAHT/SMH/HEH, Harlow, CM20 1QX

Employer's website: https://www.pah.nhs.uk

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.