Consultant Radiologist post with a specialist interest in paediatric: Sponsorship Available

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Job summary

Applicants are invited to apply for a Consultant Radiologist post with a specialist interest in paediatric Imaging. The post is for 10PAs. The post has arisen to reconfiguration of the existing team of 5 paediatric radiologists.

The post will be based at St Marys Hospital which is a centre for paediatric infectious disease, paediatric haematology and oncology (Level 2). There is a large bone marrow transplant unit, a busy general paediatric department and an established PICU. There are two neonatal units across the two sites (St Mary’s hospital & Queen Charlottes Hospital) with two dedicated NICUs. St Mary’s Hospital is the paediatric trauma centre for north west London. There is a paediatric surgery service in combination with Chelsea NHS trust. The imaging department supports busy A&E departments, UCC centres and general practitioners.

The successful candidate will have completed formal training in radiology and will have experience in paediatric radiology.

An interest in training and research is strongly encouraged in accordance with the strategic aims of the Academic Health Sciences Centre.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate’s clinical work will involve reporting paediatric plain radiographs and cross-sectional imaging, performing paediatric ultrasound and fluoroscopy and attending paediatric MDT meetings. The candidate will be fully supported by the existing paediatric radiology team.

Close collaboration with the paediatric radiology team and clinicians in the management of patients will be paramount.

The appointee will contribute to the general work in the department, including duty “hot desk” reporting and general CT reporting.

A strong interest in teaching and training will be welcomed to support the radiology training scheme, sonographers and reporting radiographers. There will be ample opportunities for audit and research projects in line with the candidate’s interests.

The post will be mainly based at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • On GMC’s register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
  • On GMC’s Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
  • Appropriate Royal College Membership

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Formal subspecialty training in paediatric imaging including fluoroscopy, CT and MRI.
  • General radiology skills in plain radiography, ultrasound, CT and MRI.
  • IT Skills and computer literacy

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ROLES

Essential

  • Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
  • Knowledge of finance/budgets
  • Management of staff
  • Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues

TEACHING & TRAINING

Essential

  • Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

AUDIT

Essential

  • Understanding of principles of clinical audit

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Essential

  • Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

LANGUAGE

Essential

  • Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

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: 22 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.