Consultant, Radiology (Head & Neck): Sponsorship Available

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Job summary

This post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications will be considered and additional DCC PA may be offered through negotiation depending on service need.

Duties will be primarily based on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites with expectations of potential on-site presence at Dewsbury, Pontefract and/or our Community Diagnostic Centre in Wakefield.

Main duties of the job

A brief description of the post:

The post is primarily to complement the existing Head & Neck Radiology team comprising 3 consultant radiologists, who have shared commitments across other subspecialties.
The successful candidate will support and enable the team to deliver a sustainable excellent service throughout the year for acute and elective pathways including a substantial cancer workload in the context of increasing demands and service delivery expectations.
They will report specialist MRI and CT, perform ultrasound-guided intervention and support the weekly cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting.
The department currently comprises 43 consultant radiologists, with a mix of full-time and less-than-full-time posts, who provide a wide range of subspecialist and general radiological services.
General radiology diagnostic skills are essential and the post holder is expected to contribute to the departmental general radiology workload, including acute CT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 7 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit careers.midyorks.nhs.uk.