Consultant Radiologist - Breast Radiology

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Radiologist - Breast Radiology The closing date is 29 March 2026

Applications are invited for a new 10PA full time Consultant Radiologist in Breast Radiology based at the Denmark Hill site of the Department of Radiology at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT). This new post has been created from additional funding associated with renewal of the Breast Screening Contact at King's College Hospital. The post holder will be joining a friendly dynamic department committed to providing a timely high quality imaging service. The Denmark Hill based General, Neuro, Breast and Dental Radiology services are part of the Whole Trust Radiology Care Group.

Main duties of the job The activities and development of the Imaging Services reflect those of the Hospital with integration of undergraduate and postgraduate training and service commitments. This service includes complex imaging for inpatients referred across the range of general and tertiary specialties as well as trauma, Emergency Department and Day-case unit imaging.

The post holder will primarily be expected to provide consultant input for the Breast Radiology Service which covers the Symptomatic service for the hospital, and the screening service for South East London.

In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the imaging department, join the diagnostic radiology rota currently a 1:20 while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and associated professional groups.

About us King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum - and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King's College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recognised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Job responsibilities KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure.
6. Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.
7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues.
12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
14. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
15. King's is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

General information GENERAL INFORMATION

1. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance responsibilities associated with this post.
2. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations, including complying with statutory and Trust core training.
3. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
4. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
5. The postholder has an important responsibility for, and contribution to make to, infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures, which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.
6. All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account, which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.
7. The Trust is committed to the Health and Wellbeing of all its staff and offer a range of guidance and services to support them, including
   • Local occupational health support
   • Employee Assistance Programme which provides a wide range of support for work and personal issues, including relationship problems (personal and at work); anxiety/depression; finance/debt; work overload; legal matters; bullying; consumer issues; bereavement; pressure/stress; child care; and care of the elderly/disabled.
   • Proactive local organisational systems to support staff following a serious incident
   • Availability of local initiatives and resources to promote workforce wellbeing
   • Coaching and mentoring, peer review groups and participation
8. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the postholder.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registerable medical qualification FRCR or equivalent
• Within six months of the expected date of CCT (or equivalent) on the day of interview
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD(Res), PhD)
• CCT or equivalent

Registration

• Full registration with GMC with licence to practice
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

• Wide experience all aspects of radiology in the UK, culminating towards award of CCT or equivalent
• Recent training and experience in specialist Screening and symptomatic breast Radiology. Completion of breast screening radiology training in line with NHSBSP for core and VHR screening.
• Post CCT experience or fellowship in Screening and symptomatic Breast radiology

Administration

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of radiology services in a busy Hospital
• Understanding of the NHSBSP
• Familiarity with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

• Experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams
• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Thorough understanding with practical experience of the principles of medical audit and quality improvement
• Able to demonstrate ability to lead change

Research and Publications

• Experience of supporting clinical research
• Relevant research experience in radiology
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching and exam preparation
• Teaching skills course/qualification
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