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Job requirements
Essential
25 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Ability to teach clinical and practical skills.
- Management
Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service.
- Management
Ability and willingness to participate in Department, Directorate and Trust Management. Experience in audit.
- Practical Requirements
Ability and willingness to work hours of the job, shifts, on-call with any reasonable adjustment to take account of any local requirement or disability.
- Practical Requirements
Ability to move between sites if required
- Research & clinical audit
Ability to apply evidence-based approach to management of clinical problems.
- Research & clinical audit
Evidence of completed audit projects
- Particular skills and experience
Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in radiology.
- Particular skills and experience
Broad skills in general and cross-sectional imaging including acute imaging services
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to offer expert opinion on full range of standard MSK imaging
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to support the work of the sarcoma MDT
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to perform image-guided joint injections/aspirations
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to supervise radiology residents across a broad range of imaging.
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to teach and supervise reporting radiographers
- Particular skills and experience
Willing to participate in radiology on-call rota
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Well-presented CV.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate well with patients and staff, both orally and in writing.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Honesty and reliability.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a team.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Caring attitude to patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Commitment to Continuing Medical Education Leadership qualities.
- Education, qualifications & special training
Full GMC registration.
- Education, qualifications & special training
Fellowship Royal College of Radiologists (or equivalent).
- Education, qualifications & special training
CCT in radiology and entry on Specialist Register (or expected within 6 months of interview).
Desirable
15 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Teaching
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduate and post graduate students.
- Teaching
Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Management
Experience in medical management.
- Research & clinical audit
Completion of clinical research.
- Research & clinical audit
Publications in peer reviewed journals.
- Research & clinical audit
Ability to undertake basic science research.
- Research & clinical audit
Ability to lead research team.
- Research & clinical audit
Previous success in grant applications to national funding bodies.
- Particular skills and experience
Minimum 6 month post-CCT fellowship in MSK radiology, or equivalent independent experience in MSK radiology.
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to independently report whole body MRI.
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to independently perform image-guided biopsies and drainages.
- Particular skills and experience
Ability to report trial imaging to RECIST 1.1.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Information technology skills.
- Communication & interpersonal skills
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.
- Education, qualifications & special training
MD, PhD or other postgraduate degree.
Job overview
The successful applicant will complement a team of 7 FTE consultant radiologists, consultant MSK radiographer and a specialist MSK sonographer to deliver a broad range of musculoskeletal radiology. The team members are core members of the regional Sarcoma team. The team also provides an innovative one stop service for Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Patients. Every effort will be made to accommodate the subspecialty interests of the successful applicant.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will share an office with other consultant colleagues and will share a secretary with the current team of radiologists. The post-holder will be provided with a PC and PACS workstation, with the option to locate one of these off-site to facilitate home working.
The post holder will be required to comply with all Trust Policies notably in relation to job planning, appraisal and leave taking in line with Departmental and Trust objectives. The programs shown are for illustrative purposes and could be subject to modification, in agreement with the post holder and the Imaging Service Line Clinical Director.
The post holder will be expected to share the on–call commitment equally with the existing consultants. There is also an expectation that successful candidates will participate in 7-day-working, in a pattern which supports the provision of general inpatient services across 7 days.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Consultant in Musculoskeletal and General Radiology with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in Plymouth, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Radiology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Dependant on experience. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Nov 2026.
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