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Job summary

Main area
Radiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
265-7612415-CSS
Employer
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northampton General Hospital
Town
Northampton
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/01/2026 23:59

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Consultant Radiologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Join us as a Consultant Radiologist at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, with welcomed interests in Paediatrics, Interventional Radiology, and Gynaecological imaging (including Endometriosis). This fully funded substantive post supports our expanding Radiology Department and offers the chance to shape the future of specialist services.

You’ll work within a dynamic, supportive team of consultant radiologists, delivering high-quality imaging to the Trust and county-wide primary care. We encourage sub-specialty development, and additional training can be provided on-site or through partner centres. There is also significant scope to develop and lead new interventional or specialist services aligned to your expertise.

Applicants must hold FRCR (or equivalent) and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of CCT at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will contribute to the general radiology on-call rota. 

Consultants are expected to provide cover for colleagues who are absent on leave. The number of consultants who are on leave at any one time is governed by local Directorate policy and six weeks’ notice of leave is expected.

The successful candidate will be contractually accountable to Northampton General Hospital Trust for the provision of services. The appointee will be managerially responsible to the Chief Executive through the Medical Director and Clinical Director.

The appointee will be expected to participate in managerial and administrative work and should be aware of the broader context within the NHS in which consultants operate.

Please see attached job description which covers the main duties of this job from page 12.

Working for our organisation

Being a large DGH with a proud history, we are big enough to get interesting cases, but small enough to care, coach and develop. With over 200 consultants, a similar number of trainees and approximately 60 (with existing plans to expand to 80+) medical undergraduates throughout the year, NGH provides comprehensive care and extensive training opportunities.

With this in mind, we have built a state of the art emergency assessment unit (Nye Bevan building) and are developing new ways of working to streamline in-patient care and optimize working with our partners.

We are a clinically led organization with most of senior management coming from nursing and medical roles. This offers great opportunities to get involved with all levels of care from departmental to the wider picture of the hospital as a whole.

NGH has an excellent social centre with a large library, gym with swimming pool and the Cripps Education Centre where lunch and snacks are available in one of our restaurants away from the main hospital. Frequent educational sessions run in the Centre for all levels of staff and it serves as an oasis from the clinical areas.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • FRCR
  • MRCP, MRCS or other professional or higher qualification
  • Full registration with General Medical Council. On the GMC Specialist register for Clinical Radiology or eligible to be included on the Specialist Register within 6 months by achieving CCT / CESR.

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of extensive training in Cross Sectional Radiology
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of sub-specialty training
  • Post graduate experience and familiarity of UK NHS hospital system
  • Experience of CT/US guided biopsy, MSK injections and other interventions.
  • Experience of MDT

Management Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
  • Able to develop, present and implement coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
  • Able to delegate appropriately.
  • Able to work within a team.
Desirable criteria
  • Completed an appropriate management course.

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in clinical audit
  • Able to teach and support junior staff effectively

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good written and verbal skills in English.
  • Willingness to show flexibility in responding to the needs of the department.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Davis Thomas
Job title
Divisional Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01604 523756
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