Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist

Overview

In this Consultant Cardiothoracic Radiologist role you will deliver high‑quality diagnostic imaging across a large, evolving radiology service. You will help grow advanced cardiothoracic imaging, with a focus on cardiac MRI, and contribute to service development and accreditation efforts. You’ll work within a collaborative trust-wide team to shape imaging pathways, lead audit and education, and support both acute and community diagnostic settings. This is a chance to develop specialization while advancing patient care at scale.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality diagnostic radiology service
• Contribute to the development of general and specialist imaging services
• Collaborate with colleagues to manage emergencies and inpatient care
• Share on-call duties for diagnostic radiology
• Participate in MDT meetings
• Maintain standards via audit, research, and appraisal
• Contribute to training of junior doctors and undergraduates
• Support professional development aligned with RC Rad and GMC requirements
• Introduce new techniques with appropriate training and evaluation

Key requirements

• MBBS or Equivalent
• entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry or within six months of CCT at interview
• formal subspecialty training and cardiothoracic imaging fellowship with cardiac MRI
• Desirable: Level 3 accreditation/certification; Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT
• Expertise in performing and reporting cardiac MRI and CT
• Experience in thoracic diagnostic CT
• Ability to take full independent clinical responsibility and provide expert opinions in cardiothoracic imaging
• Desirable: CT-guided thoracic intervention; simple interventional procedures (biopsy and drainage)

• collaboration
• teaching/mentoring
• clinical leadership
• cardiac MRI
• cardiac CT
• thoracic diagnostic CT

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