Job overview

This is a substantive post for a general radiologist with a subspecialist interest in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging. The candidate must have extensive experience in MSK imaging and general radiology, a second area of subspecialist interest would be desirable but is not mandatory.

The successful applicant will be joining a highly motivated and enthusiastic team of 11 consultant radiologists. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care and 2 PAs are allocated for supporting professional activities over a 4 day working week, with the possibility for additional PA’s should the successful applicant wish to work over 5 days. All Consultants have the option of 1 day working from home should they wish.

Main duties of the job

·      To provide, in conjunction with consultant colleagues, a comprehensive radiology service.

·      To provide a daily and an advisory out of hours service together with other Consultants in line with an agreed job plan with on call rota and prospective cover

·      To  liaise  effectively  and  on  a  timely  basis  with General  Practitioners and  community  services.

·      To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary working within the radiology department.

·      To participate in governance process.

·      To  take  part  in  continuing  medical  education activities

Working for our organisation

Homerton became one of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in the country in April 2004. This allows the Trust to secure certain freedoms to facilitate innovation in the way services are developed and provided. As well as our Trust Board, we also have a Council of Governors comprised of governors representing the local community.

The trust has a turnover in the region of £294 million and employs over 3000 people.  There are approximately 500 beds on the acute site and in addition the trust manages the Mary Seacole Nursing Home in Shoreditch, East London which has 50 beds. In 2018/19, there were over 63,000 admissions and over 263,000 people were seen in outpatient clinics.  The emergency department which sees over 325 people a day was one of the first to be rated as outstanding by the quality care commission.

The hospital provides a full range of general acute services for the local population and a range of specialist services for patients from further afield. These include perinatal (level 3 NICU) and fertility services, bariatric and laparoscopic surgery, and stroke and neuro-rehabilitation. There are three day surgery theatres and five main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxillo-facial, urology, ENT and obstetrics. There is a 10-bedded combined adult intensive care / high dependency unit.