Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 230-29924068-UEC-B
- Employer
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- George Eliot Hospital
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/08/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Consultant Radiologist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.
The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.
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Job overview
Consultant Radiologist
37.5 hours per week (10 Programmed activities)
Permanent
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Closing Date: 16th August 2025
Interview Date: 2nd October 2025
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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** Please be advised: Job Description is subject to RCR approval **
Main duties of the job
Principal duties of this post include:
- Take on-going responsibility for timely reporting of patients scans.
- Provide a consultation service and advisory service to other clinical colleagues in other specialties within the Trust and Primary Care.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
- Develop and maintain good communications with General practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
- Participate in the development of the care of patients arriving as emergencies.
- Participate and encourage two-way communications encompassing briefing systems as appropriate.
- Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Ensure that all trust wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come in contact with services provided by GEH.
- Ensure compliance with all appropriate legal and statutory requirements, including Health and Safety, Standing financial Instructions and Incident Reporting.
- Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers
- Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit – this will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical practice
Working for our organisation
Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The exact timetable and rota will be subject to amendments and adjustments by the Radiology Clinical Service Lead according to the service need following consultation with other radiology team members. Consultants are expected to teach undergraduates and post-graduates as and when appropriate.
On-call commitment for the post-holder will be 1 in 9 with prospective cover. The availability supplement for the on-call commitment is at 3% rate. The average unpredictable on-call commitment (DCC) for the posts is expected to be around 0.75 PA for weekends only. At present overnight CT on-calls are outsourced to a Teleradiology provider (Medica) between 9 PM to 9AM. The Consultants- Locum and Substantive cover between 5 pm and 9PM on weekdays and bank holiday.
Night on calls is expected to be covered by recently appointed 5 Clinical Fellows
The post-holders will be expected, as a general Radiologist to undertake all types of work through the hospital (e.g. respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, strokes, colorectal surgery, cancers etc.): and any interest from candidates in the radiology departments’ specialist investigations including Cardiac, GI and Interventional radiology etc. will be encouraged.
The Radiology department at George Eliot Hospital has 6 substantive consultant Radiologists, 7 Locum Consultant Radiologists (full time and part time) and 1 Associate Specialist providing high quality service. The team is supported by a cohort of reporting radiographers covering Plain Xray/CT & MRI. We have Advanced practitioners for Ultrasound providing Sonography services for the region.
This is great opportunity to play a part in expanding a department which is close knit and on a single site. Special interests will be supported subject to agreement. Examples of those available include:
- Subspeciality Reporting training e.g. Paediatrics/ Gastro etc in line with department needs
- Clinical Informatics / Digital Health
- Interventional Radiology
The Trust has the requisite arrangements in place to ensure all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports doctors going through the revalidation process.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person specification
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential criteria
- FRCR
- Full registration with General Medical Council Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register within 6 months of achieving CCT/CESR at the time of interview.
Desirable criteria
- MRCP, MRCS or other professional or higher qualification
Clinical Skills/ Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of extensive training in Cross Sectional Radiology
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate experience and familiarity of UK NHS hospital system
- Experience of CT/US guided biopsy/ MSK Injections
- Experience of MDT
Skills and Abilities
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.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christopher Blundred
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476863286
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