Consultant Paediatric Radiologist

Job overview

INTERVIEW WILL BE HELD LATE JANUARY 2026

This is  a permanent post

Radiology at Alder Hey has 4 Ultrasound rooms, 3 Radiology, 1 Fluoroscopy, a standing spine set, DEXA, CT, 1.5 MR, 3T Intra op MR and 3T multi nuclear research scanner. The department is about to undertake installation of the first dedicated UK paediatric spectal CT scanner.

This appointment is for a General Consultant Paediatric Radiologist to join the team at a busy tertiary Children’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The Diagnostic Paediatric Radiologists at Alder Hey cover all aspects of paediatric radiology including plain film reporting, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and cross sectional imaging reporting and support Alder Hey’s wide range of tertiary and quaternary services.

You will be expected to work flexibly according to changes in work patterns and requirements and will be required to participate in the consultant on-call rota (1:10 on call).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (detail below)

All Radiologists participate in an agreed Team Job Plan allowing for prospective (cross) cover for core modalities.

An outline of a typical weekly timetable of programmed activities is as follows, but this will be flexible depending on service needs, the availability of other staff, and the special interests of the appointee.

At least 8.5 sessions of DCC to include:

1 session for general on call

1 session for musculoskeletal ultrasound

6.5 sessions for diagnostic work (plain radiography, fluoroscopy, US, CT, MRI)

Clinical Radiological Meetings:

Regular Clinical Radiological Meetings are held in the following specialities:

Cardiac                                                          Neurology

Child Protection                                           Neurooncology

Endocrinology                                                          Oncology

ENT                                                                Ophthalmology

Epilepsy                                                         Orthopaedics

Fetal Dysmorphology                                              Rheumatology

Gastroenterology                                         Skeletal Dysplasia

Intensive Care                                                          Surgery

Neonatal (at LWH)                                       Urology/Nephrology

TEACHING

There will be opportunities to participate actively in training the rotating Specialist Registrars in Radiology, and in Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching.

Dr. Krishna Harave is the Clinical Tutor for the department.

Dr Alexandra Williams is the Tutor for Undergraduate students.

AUDIT AND CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

The department has an ongoing audit programme which selectively covers various aspects of paediatric radiology.  Presentations are made within the department from time to time and in addition, to the hospital wide audit programme.  All members of the department are encouraged to be actively involved in audit.

There is a regular READ meeting lead by Dr Taylor Robinson.

Dr Ranil Fernando is the Consultant with special responsibility for audit.

THE DEPARTMENT

The purpose-built Hospital in the Park was completed in 2015.

The Department of Radiology is on the ground floor of the hospital.  It currently has three Philips general DR rooms, one Philips C Arm fluoroscopy suite, an ultrasound suite with 4 Philips Ultrasound machines, a Philips 64 slice spiral C.T. scanner, a Philips 1.5T M.R. scanner, a Hologic bone densitometer, a Planmeca Cone Beam CT OPG, an EOS 2D/3D erect scanner and a Radionuclide Imaging Department with a Siemens SPECT CT.

On site, within the Theatre complex, there is a Philips 3T intraoperative MRI scanner, two Philips bi-plane suites one for Vascular Intervention and one for Cardiac work. A Siemens Zeego Hybrid Theatre is also in the theatre complex primarily for spinal work but also for combined complex IR/Surgical cases. A portable ultrasound is exclusively available for IR use.

Cover is also provided for imaging at the neonatal unit at Liverpool Women's Hospital (LWH).

Patient Archiving and Communication System installed and active since June 2007. Our PACS provider is Carestream, and we are part of a North West Cluster of 13 hospitals that share a Global worklist.  This runs in conjunction with CRIS radiology reporting system with voice activated dictation (Dragon).

There are 14 reporting workstations, including 3 in the registrar’s room. There are a number of shared offices for the Consultant Radiologists and a seminar room with conference facilities. All consultants have been provided with a home working Kit.

The department has an excellent and close working relationship with the surrounding adult centres, particularly with the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Liverpool Foundation Trust (incorporating the Royal Liverpool Hospitals, Aintree Hospital) and the Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital. This allows seamless transitional care, collaborative working and a collegiate approach to patient care throughout the Mersey region and the wider North West of England.

The radiology department is widely considered to be one of the friendliest and supportive environments to work in in the region and regularly scores top in trainee assessments. The department has an excellent mix of youth and experience and is frequently represented in National and International meetings.