Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus on calls)
- Job ref
- 203-S1854
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- warwick hospital
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Radiology
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust currently have limited availability of car parking spaces, as such are operating a waiting list for new starters joining the organisation.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
The post will support the general workload in the department and will include plain film reporting, cross sectional imaging, and ultrasound, a sub specialty interest of MSK is desirable. The weekly timetable is variable, and the content of the clinical session may change dependent upon service need following workload planning meetings. The Trust has implemented seven day working for all consultant medical staff. To support
this Consultant Radiologist also provide timetabled sessions on site to deliver imaging for In-patients and Ambulatory Care patients on weekends and bank holidays. Implementation of weekend working led to the outsourcing of the on-call service overnight from 9 pm to 7 am. The working day is being extended from 8
am to 7 pm and the post holders will be expected to participate in this departmental timetable.
Main duties of the job
On-call cover will be shared with colleagues and is currently a 1 in 14 rota. There are home workstations which can be used for viewing CT images remotely when on-call.
Some cross site working will be required, such as at the Stratford Hospital site and there are regular reporting discrepancy meetings in line with the current RCR guidelines, and each consultant is expected to take an active part in these meetings.
These are regularly currently held on a Wednesday and are part of SPA activity, as are monthly Radiology Management meetings.
Currently there are three radiology trainees based at SWFT and there are opportunities to undertake teaching for them.
Meetings are usually held in the hospital post-graduate centre where there are two large lecture rooms, tutorial rooms and a dining area.
There is a separate medical school block containing lecture
and tutorial rooms.
All of the teaching rooms have computers with access to the hospital PACS system.
Warwick Hospital plays a key role in the teaching and examination of graduate entry medical students from
the University of Warwick and the University of Buckingham. There may be the opportunity for the post
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
We appreciate you completing the survey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The candidate should have the ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective across wide range of specialities.
They should also take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Experience in cross sectional imaging across all modalities
The candidate should have experience of working in NHS substantive posts or training schemes Specialist experience in Head & Neck, GI, Breast or GU radiology E E E D D Knowledge & Skills and have worked thorough and detailed knowledge of medical audit, medical education, current clinical and medical best practice
Have the understanding of the Clinical Governance process.
Have experience in and the ability to lead, communicate, liaise and negotiate with others
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Full MBBS
- Full GMC
- Experience in cross sectional imaging across all modalities
Desirable criteria
- Experienced in demonstrating clinical procedures/techniques to other healthcare professionals including Advanced Practitioners
- Competent in basic information technology
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Suki Rai
- Job title
- Associate Chief Operating Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01926495321
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