Consultant in Nuclear Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The successful applicant will be embedded in the nuclear medicine service, reporting and vetting studies and problem solving to ensure smooth patient journeys through the service. The successful candidate will have the ability to craft their own job plan with the Clinical Director. Home reporting and flexible reporting sessions are supported.

The successful candidate will be working alongside 34 Consultant Radiologists, 135 Radiographers, 19 Nurses, 50 A&C staff and clinicians from various specialties. As a senior clinician people will look to you to help shape the future of Trust’s nuclear medicine offering.

Main duties of the job

1. Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities

  • To consult within the specialty of Nuclear Medicine. This will include reporting and advising on imaging.
  • To help lead and shape the Trust’s nuclear medicine services.
  • To engage in Registrar training (9 trainees from the Severn Deanery rotate through the department every six months).

2. Professional Development, Education and Training

Keeping up-to-date clinically via attendance at courses and conferences.

To teach Radiology Registrars.

3. Management and Leadership

Show willingness to engage in the running of the department by taking on management and leadership positions.

4. Research and Development

Whilst not essential, research is encouraged and supported.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: CCT or CESR (CP) (proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview) or the candidate clearly demonstrates the skills, experience and capabilities required for this consultant post.

Desirable

  • An appropriate higher clinical qualification (eg MRCS, MRCP etc)
  • Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to the specialty

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
  • Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
  • Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems

Desirable

  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals
  • Training in teaching skills
  • Certificate of education
  • Involvement in undergraduate education
  • Experience of teaching and clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Clinical/Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of a broad training in nuclear medicine
  • Experience working within the NHS at or approaching a Consultant level

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Communication skills, written and verbal
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
  • Ability to work under stress
  • Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
  • Honest and reliable
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GP’s, nurses and other agencies

Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

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: 25 October 2026

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