Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Consultant Radiologist to join the team at Harrogate and District Foundation Trust.

The post is for a radiologist with an interest in Head and Neck . Additional secondary interests would be beneficial.

Main duties of the job

The post will be flexibly time-tabled to meet the demands of the service and take in into account an individual’s requirements. The timing of sessions may change as the service develops.  A typical week would be 10 Programmed Activities, including an allocation of 1.5 PA for Supporting Professional Activities. Saturday session will be on rotation when on call. Typically radiologists work on site for 4 days per week.

If desired research activities can be incorporated into the job plan (subject to funding and agreement with clinical lead) for example by having 1 non clinical day of the week dedicated to research.

Sessions will be discussed and organised with colleagues dependent on the special interests of the successful candidate.  The Department has a policy of sharing procedural work amongst all those with an interest.

The on-call commitment will be 1:14.  Arrangements are flexible and on-call is organised around individuals’ holiday and other commitments. The consultant is on-call from 8am to 8pm with out-sourcing of acute CT to an external provider after 8pm. The Radiologists have access to PACS from home for on-call purposes.

Working for our organisation

The successful applicant will be based at Harrogate District Hospital, a successful Foundation Trust providing a wide range of medical and radiological services to the local community. We welcome cross-site working with other neighbouring Trusts, for example to maintain tertiary specialist skills whilst still enjoying the benefits of working in smaller friendly radiology team.