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Job summary

Main area
Radiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
12 months (12 Month fixed term cover for career break)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (10PAs)
Job ref
MS7313586
Employer
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Croydon University Hospital
Town
Croydon
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/08/2025 23:59

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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust logo

Locum Consultant Radiologist w/ interest in Paediatric & Chest Imaging

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.

Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud.  #choosecroydon

Job overview

Applications are invited for a locum Consultant Radiologist post, with an interest in paediatrics and/or chest radiology.

This post results from expansion of service with the introduction of Community Diagnostic Centres.  The post will be a fixed term 12-month contract, with the potential for a substantive post in the future.

Croydon Healthcare NHS Trust (CHS) is a busy DGH with a strong and developing imaging network in South West London. 

Main duties of the job

Paediatrics: The post holder would join other colleagues with paediatric radiology interest and sonographers, working closely to provide the paediatric imaging service for acute paediatrics - including a level 2 neonatal unit, community paediatrics and limited paediatric surgical specialities.

Chest: The post holder will work with our current thoracic imaging lead, working closely with the busy Croydon Chest Clinic. There are weekly general respiratory and lung cancer MDM’s. There is a large subspecialist commitment to TB and lung cancer, as well as a monthly ILD MDM and an expanding nurse led lung nodule service. The lung cancer MDT includes specialist oncology and thoracic surgical input from local centres at the Royal Marsden, Sutton and St George’s.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital (CUH) and Purley War Memorial Hospital. CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre and the Crocus home-birthing team.
Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organization where every one of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post is available with an illustrative job plan of 10 programmed activities: 8.5 Direct Clinical care sessions and 1.5 SPA.  A minimum or 3 PAs will be dedicated to each subspecialty interest. There is a 1 in 14 on-call commitment, with overnight cover (8pm to 8am) provided by a tele-radiology service.

The job plan may be adapted by agreement, with the possibility of part-time working.

For further information, or to arrange an informal visit to the department, please contact Dr Ketul Patel - Lead Consultant Radiologist, on 020 8401 3054, or email [email protected].

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Medical Degree, Radiology Qualification, GMC Registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undertaking wide range of Radiology procedures at Consultant level

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Ketul Patel
Job title
Clinical Radiology Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 8401 3054
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