Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)
- Job ref
- 317-CON-26-014
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/03/2026
Employer heading
Consultant Interventional Radiologists 10PAs
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
We are looking for candidates with a broad range of interventional training and experience, including vascular and non-vascular intervention, with a commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
These are new posts, based predominantly at the Freeman Hospital with some regular commitments at Royal Victoria Infirmary, joining a team of eight other IRs at the Trust.
The successful applicant will:
· Be able to perform a wide range of interventional procedures including vascular interventions, emergency embolisation, percutaneous nephrostomy and biliary drainage.
· Have experience in complex vascular intervention including peripheral vascular disease and EVAR.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr. Philip Gonsalves via email at [email protected]
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
· The posts have clinical commitments primarily in the Newcastle Hospitals, but with the expectation that some time may be spent supporting IR services at other centres. The post is whole time, although those wishing to work part time will also be considered.
· Appropriate training in Interventional Radiology is required. You will contribute to the provision of CT and MR related to interventional radiology including acute and elective referrals and the tertiary referral caseload.
· There are excellent working relationships in Newcastle with colleagues in our main referring specialties, including vascular, hepatobiliary and urology.
· You will take part in an out-of-hours Interventional Radiology on-call rota for emergency work which will involve being required to return to site. This will provide IR support for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals. The scope of regional on-call service coverage may change with future reorganisations. The on-call commitment is currently classified as category A. The rota will be on a flexible 1 in 8 arrangements, with prospective cover for leave, including substituting in an emergency for absent colleagues.
· Emergency working time arising from on-call is averaged amongst consultants on the rota and is included in the DCC component of the contract. There is a partially filled out-of-hours IR registrar rota to support the on-call consultants.
Administrative:
· Ensure appropriate management for patients in your care
· Contribute to the efficient and effective running of the department
· Support initiatives to improve service quality, patient pathways and manage waiting time targets within the Directorate and the Trust, as well as the wider Health community
Research:
· The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high-profile activity that compliments the service provided, the emphasis being on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio
· Time for research is included in the SPA allowance
Teaching:
· Participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
· Support the training of other healthcare professionals within the organisation
· Active involvement in the clinical supervision of Radiology Registrars in the department
Flexibility:
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC
- Training in Interventional Radiology
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in the specialty
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre
Desirable criteria
- Experience in vascular treatments including EVAR.
- Experience in one or more areas of subpecialty interest (including endo-urology, interventional oncology, complex aortic intervention etc).
Management and Administration Experience
Essential criteria
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills
- Postgraduate qualification in medical education
Research
Essential criteria
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree
- Publications in the last five years
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
- Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Scorfield
- Job title
- HR Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
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