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The closing date is 04 January 2026
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Job summary
Join us as a Consultant Radiologist at Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, with welcomed interests in Paediatrics, Interventional Radiology, and Gynaecological imaging (including Endometriosis). This fully funded substantive post supports our expanding Radiology Department and offers the chance to shape the future of specialist services.
You'll work within a dynamic, supportive team of consultant radiologists, delivering high-quality imaging to the Trust and county-wide primary care. We encourage sub-specialty development, and additional training can be provided on-site or through partner centres. There is also significant scope to develop and lead new interventional or specialist services aligned to your expertise.
Applicants must hold FRCR (or equivalent) and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of CCT at the time of interview.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the general radiology on-call rota.
Consultants are expected to provide cover for colleagues who are absent on leave. The number of consultants who are on leave at any one time is governed by local Directorate policy and six weeks' notice of leave is expected.
The successful candidate will be contractually accountable to Northampton General Hospital Trust for the provision of services. The appointee will be managerially responsible to the Chief Executive through the Medical Director and Clinical Director.
The appointee will be expected to participate in managerial and administrative work and should be aware of the broader context within the NHS in which consultants operate.
Please see attached job description which covers the main duties of this job from page 12.
About us
Being a large DGH with a proud history, we are big enough to get interesting cases, but small enough to care, coach and develop. With over 200 consultants, a similar number of trainees and approximately 60 (with existing plans to expand to 80+) medical undergraduates throughout the year, NGH provides comprehensive care and extensive training opportunities.
With this in mind, we have built a state of the art emergency assessment unit (Nye Bevan building) and are developing new ways of working to streamline in-patient care and optimize working with our partners.
We are a clinically led organization with most of senior management coming from nursing and medical roles. This offers great opportunities to get involved with all levels of care from departmental to the wider picture of the hospital as a whole.
NGH has an excellent social centre with a large library, gym with swimming pool and the Cripps Education Centre where lunch and snacks are available in one of our restaurants away from the main hospital. Frequent educational sessions run in the Centre for all levels of staff and it serves as an oasis from the clinical areas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
FRCR
MRCP, MRCS or other professional or higher qualification
Full registration with General Medical Council. On the GMC Specialist register for Clinical Radiology or eligible to be included on the Specialist Register within 6 months by achieving CCT / CESR.
Clinical Skills
Essential
Evidence of extensive training in Cross Sectional Radiology
Desirable
Evidence of sub-specialty training
Post graduate experience and familiarity of UK NHS hospital system
Experience of CT/US guided biopsy, MSK injections and other interventions.
Experience of MDT
Management Skills
Essential
Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Able to develop, present and implement coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
Able to delegate appropriately.
Able to work within a team.
Desirable
Completed an appropriate management course.
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
Evidence of participation in clinical audit
Able to teach and support junior staff effectively
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
Good written and verbal skills in English.
Willingness to show flexibility in responding to the needs of the department.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Northampton General Hospital
Address
Northampton General Hospital
Cliftonville
Northampton
NN1 5BD
