Job overview

We are looking to recruit a full-time, substantive Consultant Radiologist. Any subspecialty interest is welcomed; applications are particularly welcomed from those with body intervention, head & neck, and chest experience.

The successful candidate will join a Radiology Department at an exciting time of rapid growth and service development.

The candidate will provide general reporting for acute and cold cases and participate in the on-call rota. There is scope to bring or develop a further sub-specialty interest to complement existing expertise within the main Radiology Department.

The candidate will be welcomed into a well organised department providing a wide range of services both locally and across the region. We work collaboratively and supportively together and are always looking to improve the care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

1. To provide a comprehensive, high quality imaging service to the Trust.
2. Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
3. Participate in the development of the service.
4. Identify safeguarding issues and take appropriate action.
5. To comply with Trust Health and Safety policies and maintain a safe and healthy environment for all.
6. To have knowledge of and employ the basic principles of infection control practice.

Teaching

1. To provide clinical and educational supervision for doctors in training within the department.
2. To assist in the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
3. To organise and participate in teaching, examination and accreditation duties for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.

Quality Improvement

1. Participate in clinical audit, clinical governance and in CPD.
2. To initiate and be involved in agreed projects.
3. To implement audit and research findings as appropriate.
4. The post holder will be encouraged to pursue their research interests.

Policy & Planning

1. Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols and guidelines.
2. Review and develop policies for clinical practice and effectiveness.
3. Participate in strategic planning for the service

Management & Audit

1. Participate in the management service by being an active member of the Division.
2. Attend the audit, governance and department meetings and help to implement the Trust's policy on clinical governance.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. 

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.