Consultant Radiologist post with a specialist interest in paediatric


Location
Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 Per Annum WTE
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Consultant
Deadline
22 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
01 Sep 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

14 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • AUDIT

    Understanding of principles of clinical audit

  • LANGUAGE

    Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

  • TEACHING & TRAINING

    Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

  • KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

    Formal subspecialty training in paediatric imaging including fluoroscopy, CT and MRI.

  • KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

    General radiology skills in plain radiography, ultrasound, CT and MRI.

  • KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

    IT Skills and computer literacy

  • ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

    Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  • EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

    On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice

  • EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

    On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration

  • EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

    Appropriate Royal College Membership

  • LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

    Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority

  • LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

    Knowledge of finance/budgets

  • LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

    Management of staff

  • LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

    Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues

Desirable

Not listed in the available specification.

Job overview

Applicants are invited to apply for a Consultant Radiologist post with a specialist interest in paediatric Imaging. The post is for 10PAs. The post has arisen to reconfiguration of the existing team of 5 paediatric radiologists.

The post will be based at St Marys Hospital which is a centre for paediatric infectious disease, paediatric haematology and oncology (Level 2). There is a large bone marrow transplant unit, a busy general paediatric department and an established PICU. There are two neonatal units across the two sites (St Mary’s hospital & Queen Charlottes Hospital) with two dedicated NICUs. St Mary’s Hospital is the paediatric trauma centre for north west London. There is a paediatric surgery service in combination with Chelsea NHS trust. The imaging department supports busy A&E departments, UCC centres and general practitioners.

The successful candidate will have completed formal training in radiology and will have experience in paediatric radiology.

An interest in training and research is strongly encouraged in accordance with the strategic aims of the Academic Health Sciences Centre.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate’s clinical work will involve reporting paediatric plain radiographs and cross-sectional imaging, performing paediatric ultrasound and fluoroscopy and attending paediatric MDT meetings. The candidate will be fully supported by the existing paediatric radiology team.

Close collaboration with the paediatric radiology team and clinicians in the management of patients will be paramount.

The appointee will contribute to the general work in the department, including duty “hot desk” reporting and general CT reporting.

A strong interest in teaching and training will be welcomed to support the radiology training scheme, sonographers and reporting radiographers. There will be ample opportunities for audit and research projects in line with the candidate’s interests.

The post will be mainly based at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see full JD attached.

Programmed activities (PA’s)

For a whole-time contract: A total of 10 PAs

Clinical Activities: 8 PAs per week (including clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work)

Supporting Professional Activities: 2 PAs per week (including audit, clinical governance, CPD, teaching, research, educational supervision of junior staff and CPD)

Monday: Reporting (am) Neonatal MDT and Paediatric Ultrasound (pm)

Tuesday: Paediatric MDT/ fluoroscopy (am) and SPA (pm)

Wednesday: Reporting (am) and Paediatric Ultrasound (pm)

Thursday: SPA (am) and Paediatric ultrasound (pm)

Friday: General/CT reporting and Hot reporting 1-3/ Reporting (pm)

Regular meetings: There are various MDT and departmental/ divisional meetings which the post-holder will attend as required.

Key areas of responsibilities

  • Provide high quality care to patients in Imaging
  • Research, teaching and training
  • Leadership and team working
  • The applicants must hold their CCT in Radiology or be on the GMC Speciality Register, or be within 6 months of being granted a CCT. Candidates who wish to work only part-time are encouraged to apply, as are applicants interested in job-sharing.

Interview date: Thursday am, 29th October 2026.

For informal discussions or visits, please contact:

Dr May-ai Seah, Head of Specialty, General/Paediatric Imaging (mayai.seah@nhs.net)

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 Radiologist post with a specialist interest in paediatric with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Radiology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 to £150,569 Per Annum WTE. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Sep 2026.

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