Consultant Radiologist

Job summary

Imaging services (part of the Specialist Cancer & Support Services Care Group) at NHS HHP are primarily located at all the main hospital sites in the group (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital at Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital, and Goole & District Hospital) where the consultants are also based. There will a substantial increase in imaging capacity when the Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) open at Scunthorpe later this year and at Hull early next year.

Currently there are 71 consultant radiologists (FT & LTFT) at NHS HHP. 5 consultant colleagues are due to join the team over the next few months. Plans are in motion for additional recruitment to expand the team to over 100 in the next 2-3 years.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services.

JD Approved by Royal College

AAC Date TBC

Main duties of the job

These new posts are to meet the growing demand for radiology services at NLAG with the opening of the CDC (community diagnostic center) at Scunthorpe. The appointee will add to a team of 5 full-time and 2 LTFT radiologists at SGH or to a team of 5 full-time and 2 LTFT colleagues at DPOW, providing the full spectrum of general radiology along with subspeciality work.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Date posted: 15 April 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 208-511E47-25-1

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to share in the general workload of the department and develop special interests complimentary to those of existing Consultants locally and regionally.

The appointee will be expected to contribute to clinical meetings including multidisciplinary cancer meetings. The appointee will take part in a 1:6 on call for radiology. The new appointee will be based at Scunthorpe General Hospital or at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

This post could be tailored to suit a locum or less than full time role. If the appointee is not a UK CCT holder, they will be expected to work towards CCT in clinical radiology via the CESR route within an agreed period. Progress towards this goal will be reviewed regularly.

As a Partnership we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

Person Specification

Essential

• FRCR (UK) or equivalent qualification
• General Radiology with subspeciality interest with 3-4 year of work experience in hospital setting
• Full registration with the GMC/ Specialist Reg or expected within 6 months
• Ability to manage and lead radiology teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHP's and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree
• Postgraduate qualification
• CCT
• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
• Evidence of having conducted a practice changing audit
• Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses
• Original peer-reviewed research publications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH

Employer's website: https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)