Job overview

This is a new post to meet the growing demand in Diagnostic neuroradiology. The appointee will add to a team of 11 full time, 1 part time and 1 externally contracted neuroradiologists providing the full spectrum of diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.  The appointee will take part in on call for diagnostic neuroradiology.   The department currently provides a separate acute mechanical thrombectomy service Monday-Friday between 08:00-18:00 with plans to extend to a 24-hr service once the thrombectomy service is fully established

Main duties of the job

Imaging services at NHS HHP are primarily located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) and 3 CDCs at Hull, Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Our team of 80 consultant radiologists work across 4 hospital sites and 3 CDCs. 3 consultants are set to join the team over the next 6 months and recruitment of 7 more are ongoing. There will a substantial increase in imaging capacity with new Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) recently opening at Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Hull. Imaging division sits with in the Specialist Cancer & support services care group led by Dr James Bailey – Chief of service, Helen Horth – director of operations and Wendy Krstenic – director of nursing

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.