Consultant Breast Radiologist - 10 PA's

Job overview

A vacancy for a full time Consultant Breast Radiologist with an interest in breast imaging has arisen at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The exact programmed activities can be negotiated. The post holder will join the other 26 Consultant Radiologists in providing a comprehensive radiology service to patients in West Suffolk and its environs. All Radiologists have specialist interests and support the relevant multidisciplinary teams.

Please See Full Job Description attached for details

Interviews to be held on 12th February 2027.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of the highest, evidence-based clinical standards in the delivery of Radiology services for the Trust and the local community.
• Active member of team delivering West Suffolk breast screening according to NHS BSP standards
• Teaching and training of Radiology SpRs, Radiographers, Medical Students, SAS doctors and other staff as appropriate.
• To participate actively in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit.
• To participate actively in continuing professional development (CPD) and Trust Appraisal and Revalidation Process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Breast imaging is separate from the main imaging department in a dedicated single-site breast unit within the West Suffolk Hospital site, co-located with the breast surgical team, breast care nurses and support staff. We provide the breast symptomatic service and the NHS Breast Screening Programme to West Suffolk. There are two mobile vans where most of the screening is performed. The static department benefits from 3 mammography units, a mixture of Hologic and GE. Tomosynthesis, tomo-guided vacuum biopsy and excision and Ultrasound guided vacuum excision are performed. Contrast mammography is available on equipment and implementation planned. There are two ultrasound rooms (Siemens and Canon). MRI breast (GE) is performed and reported on site, using Terarecon software, MRI biopsy is outsourced via agreed pathway.

MAIN X-RAY

The main x-ray department is located in the centre of the ground floor of the hospital and is ideally placed to offer a diagnostic imaging service. The main X-Ray department comprises four x-ray rooms, a fluoroscopy room and an Interventional Radiology room. There is one purpose-built x-ray room in the A&E Department. The department uses the PACS system Agfa Enterprise Imaging. All the images are available on the PACS system. This is integrated with a voice recognition system and nearly all reporting is now undertaken with voice recognition. There are satellite x-ray departments at Thetford, Botesdale and Sudbury.

CDC

The Trust’ new Community Diagnostic Centre in Newmarket opened in January 2025 and hosts 2 X-Ray rooms, 3 Ultrasound rooms, a CT scanner and an MRI scanner, alongside cardiology and lung function services. Ultrasound Within the main x-ray department are two ultrasound rooms providing inpatient and outpatient services; DVT, MSK, head and neck scanning. The Ultrasound service is well supported by Imaging Assistants and nursing staff.

CT

There are three GE 64-slice CT scanners on the West Suffolk Hospital site; 2 in the main department and a third ‘CT in a box’ located at the back of the hospital next to the Education Centre. The fourth CT scanner is located at the CDC. There are teleradiology links to the consultants’ homes for viewing all imaging modalities when on-call. Overnight CT's are reported by an offsite reporting company from 8pm.

MRI

This department, near the rear entrance, is fitted with 2 Siemens 1.5T MRI scanners. The third MRI scanner is located at the CDC.

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.