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Consultant Breast Radiologist | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Job details
Posting date: 16 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £93,666 - £126,281 Per annum/pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 16 May 2024
Location: Maidstone, ME16 9QQ
Company: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6233979/359-MSD6233979

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Summary


We are looking to invite a new Radiologist to join our team of Breast Radiologists and Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, Advanced practitioners, Nurses and Mammmographers.

Our busy breast unit at Maidstone Hospital treats in excess of 700 breast cancers per annum, employs cutting edge techniques and has state of the art equipment - including VAE, prone table stereotactic and tomosynthesis guided biopsies, contrast enhanced mammography, microbubble ultrasound and radiofrequency markers.

We are a regional breast screening site and actively participate in Breast Radiology / Oncology research. The Trusts research programme is led by a Consultant Radiographer.

We are an exciting and ambitious unit with lots of opportunity for research, teaching and leadership roles

Successful candidates must have a particular interest in Breast Radiology, both symptomatic and screening and be able to demonstrate ability in cross sectional breast imaging including CT, MRI, as well as extended ultrasound techniques.

The new candidate would share in the existing workload and support colleagues within the Breast Care team covering symptomatic and screening work. The post will be based primarily on the Maidstone Hospital site and will have duties for consultant provision of diagnostic imaging services within the Peggy Wood Breast Care Unit. There is a likely requirement to occasionally cover the service at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury.

The post requires a commitment to our main weekly Breast MDT. Candidates would also be encouraged to take part in our dedicated Metastatic Breast MDT which is held weekly with the Oncologists.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Medical Staffing to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.



Interview Date: 24th June 2024


This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024

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