Consultant Radiologist – Cross Sectional Imaging with special interest

Job overview

Consultant Radiologists - Interventional Radiology; Cross Sectional Imagining with Special interest in MSK, Cardiothoracic, Breast and General Radiology.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS trust  Full time-10 PA's Permanent

Substantive posts have arisen for Consultant Radiologists within Clinical Radiology based at Darent Valley Hospital (DVH) and Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH), Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust, to support Radiology services. This is for a Consultant post in Interventional Radiology with further posts for General Radiologists with subspecialty interests in Breast, Musculoskeletal and Cardiothoracic Radiology. Other subspecialists are also invited to apply.

Clinical Radiology Services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, are unified under a single Directorate. The successful candidate will be an employee of the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assist in smoothly running and providing an effective and efficient service. He/she will be expected to manage the service and attend meetings of the Directorate and other committees to which he/she may be appointed. The post holder may be expected to attend meetings convened by management that directly affect the work of his/her department. Opportunities to develop or maintain sub-specialist interests will be supported.

Duties will include all those normally expected of a Radiologist in a similar-sized Radiology Department in the United Kingdom. The majority of the appointee’s time will be spent on clinical duties. In addition, the appointee is expected to take part in the formal teaching and ongoing audit programmes within the Directorate and perform a full range of management duties commensurate with this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will:

• Demonstrate leadership through positive role modelling and team working.
• Provide Radiology service as a member of the Directorate. This may be across both DVH and QMH depending on Directorate service requirements.
• Assume continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full time and ensure, in consultation with colleagues, that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Work independently and under Consultant supervision as appropriate, and supervise others.
• Take an active role in the management and organisation of the Directorate, including contributing to teaching, research and audit.

For further details/ informal visits contact: Dr Suraj Menon (clinical Director)-  [email protected]

AAC date : TBC