Consultant Radiologist with special interest in Chest

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Chest/Thoracic Radiologist at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of a high-quality radiology service within a busy imaging department as part of the chest radiology team.

The successful candidate will join a team of 34 other Consultant Radiologists in Bradford and contribute to the diagnostic on call rota of 1:15.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute services for the City of Bradford and surrounding areas, and has two large Hospitals; Bradford Royal Infirmary and St. Luke’s Hospital and is also part of the Eccleshill Diagnostic Centre. All main specialties are represented in Bradford, and the Trust has a base of 900 beds. For further information regarding the Trust please go to: www. bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk

The Trust is committed to improving the working lives of its staff; we aim for a flexible approach to working hours, and have a number of family friendly policies.

Main duties of the job

In addition to specialist Chest/Thoracic service, the appointee will support:

Specialty: The radiologist will join their specialty colleagues to report from the specialty ‘reporting basket’ in PACS (AGFA EI) as well as ‘acute’ reporting baskets. They will prepare and attend Specialty MDTs and clinical meetings and will be expected to be available to respond to specialist queries. They will have CT and US intervention sessions and must be able to perform all aspects of chest interventions, such as chest drainage and lung biopsies.

For further information regarding this post please contact the Radiology and Imaging Clinical Director Dr Philip Marjoram on Tel: 01274 38 4491.

Short-listed candidates are encouraged to visit by prior appointment.

Applications should contain details of GMC registration and CCT (or evidence of eligibility to apply for CCT) along with names and addresses of three referees (one of which should be your current or most recent employer), please note,

- If you are currently a substantive consultant, we would require one of your referees to be either the Medical Director or Chief Executive,

- If you are currently a Specialty Registrar, we would require one of your referees to be your Training Programme Director.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The overall composition of the job plan is not expected to change. The appointee will work closely with two colleagues (one of which is partially retired and part-time) with special interests in chest/thoracic imaging, the Respiratory team and the Lung Cancer MDT and team. Specialist activities include Lung MDT and all chest CT and US Interventions.

For full details please see job description and person specification.