Consultant Radiologist – Cross Sectional Imaging with special interest: Sponsorship Available

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

Job summary

Consultant Radiologists – Cross Sectional Imaging with special interest in MSK Radiology.

Dartford and Gravesham NHS trustFull time-10 PA’sPermanent

Substantive posts have arisen for Consultant Radiologists within Clinical Radiology based at Darent Valley Hospital (DVH) and Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH), Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust, to support Radiology services. This is for a Consultant Radiologist post with subspecialty interest in Musculoskeletal Radiology.

Clinical Radiology Services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, are unified under a single Directorate. The successful candidate will be an employee of the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assist in smoothly running and providing an effective and efficient service. He/she will be expected to manage the service and attend meetings of the Directorate and other committees to which he/she may be appointed. The post holder may be expected to attend meetings convened by management that directly affect the work of his/her department. Opportunities to develop or maintain sub-specialist interests will be supported.

Duties will include all those normally expected of a Radiologist in a similar-sized Radiology Department in the United Kingdom. The majority of the appointee’s time will be spent on clinical duties. In addition, the appointee is expected to take part in the formal teaching and ongoing audit programmes within the Directorate and perform a full range of management duties commensurate with this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oGMC Recognised Medical Degree (MBBS or equivalent).
  • oCST in Radiology (or within 3 months of attainment).
  • oFRCR. (UK or Ireland) or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Higher Radiology qualification or Post-doctoral Fellowships

Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in Acute and General Radiology (CT, MRI and Ultrasound)
  • Completed MSK subspecialty Radiology training
  • Able to perform MSK specific interventions

Desirable

  • Fellowship in Radiology
  • Able to perform routine image-guided biopsies

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Involvement and understanding of Clinical Governance and Clinical Audit.

Teaching

Essential

  • Lecturing and Teaching of Medical Undergraduates, Post-Graduates, Radiographers, Nursing and Other Clinical Staff.

Desirable

  • Certificate of Teaching

Research

Essential

  • Knowledge and awareness of research processes and relevance to clinical practice

Desirable

  • oExperience of Collaborative Clinical or Laboratory Research.
  • oTo have published clinical work in peer-reviewed journals.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
  • oAwareness of current Radiology practices
  • oKnowledge of IT-based patient information systems.
  • oComputer literate in office applications (word processing, presentation, spreadsheet and database analysis). Ability to use internet applications (Web and e-mail).

Desirable

  • Innovation through IT and other technical solutions.

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: 16 November 2026

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