Consultant Breast Radiologist

Job overview

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Consultant Breast Radiologist to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Kettering General Hospital.

This is an opportunity to take on a key leadership role, providing clinical direction to our dedicated radiography team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in supporting our breast multidisciplinary team, with a strong focus on cross-sectional imaging and oncology care. You'll be part of a collaborative environment where innovation, patient-centered care, and professional development are highly valued.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will play a key role within a well established Breast Multidisciplinary Team, contributing to symptomatic and assessment clinics, cross-sectional imaging, and oncology case management. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a high-performing, patient-focused environment.

You will be fully supported by an experienced and cohesive clinical and managerial team, including the Breast Screening Programme Manager, Advanced Practitioners, and Consultant Radiographers — all committed to delivering excellence in breast care.

The post holder will actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the service through involvement in Screening Quality Assurance meetings, formal QA reviews, and Programme Management Board discussions focused on service performance and quality outcomes.

Our purpose-built, integrated Breast Care Unit offers facilities for both screening and symptomatic breast imaging services. Serving a population of over 55,000 women, the unit consistently meets and often exceeds NHSBSP key performance indicators, reflecting our commitment to high standards and best practice.

The breast surgery service is equally robust, with a team of four highly skilled Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons delivering seven 2-week wait symptomatic referral clinics per week, ensuring timely, coordinated, and comprehensive care for our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We routinely perform 10G and 7G vacuum assisted biopsies as first line diagnostics and 7G vacuum assisted excisions with a Bard Enspire vacuum biopsy system and a Mammotome system.

In collaboration with the Consultant Radiographers and Advanced Practitioner Radiographers the successful candidate will undertake weekly wire localisations or magseed insertions each week.

We perform Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography as part of the pre-operative planning and surveillance pathways and have the facility for CESM biopsy.

We perform approximately 300 Breast MRIs per year, which are all double reported by the consultant radiologist and consultant radiographer team.

The unit has 2 ultrasound suites equipped with GE Logiq ultrasound scanners.

There is a Kubtec Mozart 3D specimen imaging system in breast theatres and a Trueview core system in the breast imaging unit.

We have separate radiology team of radiologists who run variety of services to include acute imaging, cancer imaging and other specialist services.

The Imaging service is supported by a GE PACS and is part of the EMRAD consortium.