Locum Consultant in General Radiology: Sponsorship Available

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust

Clinical Support Services

Imaging Service Group

Locum Consultant in General Radiology

10 PA

12 Months Job Contract

We are looking for a Consultant in General Radiology to join a friendly and cohesive team of radiologists with diverse expertise in a busy department and a strong record in teaching, mentoring and training. The applicant would be expected to join the existing radiologists in providing a comprehensive cross-sectional and diagnostic radiology service, & a general radiology experience is necessary as well as experience in interventional radiology.

Barts Health NHS Trust is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospital trusts in Britain as well as being the home of London’s Air Ambulance Service. The Trust incorporates St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals, Newham University Hospital and Whipps Cross University Hospital.

The post will be based at Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate excellent general radiology skills including US, CT, plain film reporting, fluoroscopy and MRI, as well as having the relevant subspecialty interest as above. Applicants should be GMC registered & ideally able to commence in the very near future. There is a general on-call commitment is envisaged in relation to this post but no out-of-hours interventional radiology on-call.

Research and teaching activities are encouraged and supported by the active academic department and there is a highly successful training programme with registrars.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or equivalent
  • FRCR or equivalent
  • Full GMC registration with license to practise

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in diagnostic radiology

Desirable

  • Evidence of participation in regional MDTs, in a chosen subspeciality.
  • A 2nd subspeciality eg Paediatric or Trauma radiology

Knowledge

Essential

  • Training in relevant subspecialty for the post
  • Experience of research, presentations to learned societies
  • Record of presentations at specialist societies
  • Knowledge of NHS complaints system
  • Record of incident and near miss reporting

Desirable

  • Training in root cause analysis
  • Research grants / Grant applications
  • First author publications in refereed journals

Skills

Essential

  • Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
  • Demonstrates honesty, integrity and appreciation of ethical dilemmas
  • Able to change and respond to changing circumstances
  • Able to work as part of a team
  • Ability to work under pressure Reliable work record

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: 1 November 2026

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