Locum Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Breast Imaging

Job overview

We are looking to appoint to a whole time Locum Consultant Radiologist with an interest in Breast Imaging within the Medical Imaging and Medical Physics Directorate of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (RHH), Sheffield. This post is fixed term for 12 months.

The Breast Service is recruiting one post in order to meet the needs of Breast Services both symptomatic and screening. The successful candidate will join the existing team of 4 Breast Radiologists as part of the 46 NHS radiologists within the Directorate. On-call commitments can be tailored to the candidates expertise and training, current cross-site oncall rota is 1 in 14, with 2 Radiologists covering the oncall.

The candidate is expected to have a major interest in Breast with an ability to perform interventional diagnostic procedures. The candidate will be expected to provide support for Sheffield Breast Screening Service, the Breast Clinic and general radiology activity across the Trust.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will, together with consultant colleagues, be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive Breast Imaging service to the Trust. This will be predominantly at the Royal Hallamshire site.

The successful candidate will work flexibly and co-operatively with other members of the team in order to provide a high quality, comprehensive service within this teaching hospital environment. He/she will be required to cover for colleagues during periods of absence and will have continuing responsibility for patients in his/her care and the proper functioning of the department.

The successful candidate will work according to the terms and conditions of the national consultant contract.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including an indicative job plan.

The successful candidate must be registered with the GMC with a valid licence to practice. For further information please visit the GMC website and click on the Registration and Licensing link.

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