Locum Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Job summary
The post holder will join a team of 5.5 WTE musculoskeletal radiology consultants. Their duties will include providing a comprehensive diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal imaging service across the Trust. The post holder should be a dedicated clinician wishing to actively assist and further develop Musculoskeletal Radiology services in the Trust.

The post holder will join a team of of 48 WTE Consultant Radiologists and will provide MSK, diagnostic and interventional radiology services to Trauma and Orthopaedics, Spine and Rheumatology Directorates.

The skill mix is well established within MSK and currently we have a large number of advanced practitioners and consultant radiographers who report plain films, sonographers who perform and report MSK diagnostic US examinations and an advanced practitioner who reports knee and spine MRI exams.

Main duties of the job
As a Locum MSK consultant radiologist at UHNM you will be working with some of the latest equipment available in a purpose built department. A new hospital complex at the Royal Stoke University Hospital opened in March 2012 and provides high quality imaging equipment. In January 2017 a dedicated IR Day Case Unit with 8 beds and IR clinic facilities was built within the IR department. Overall the Imaging department has seven MRI scanners, a mobile MRI and nine CT scanners on both sites plus 2 ED scanners in ED, one of which is a dual energy Siemens Force.

At UHNM the MSK radiologists work closely with their colleagues through cancer MDTs and joint clinico-radiological conferences. The successful applicant will share responsibilities to support the Trauma and Orthopaedics, Spinal and Rheumatology Directorates through Multi-Disciplinary team meetings. Currently Spine, Rheumatology, Diabetes, Orthopaedic and Tumour MDTMs are in place and there is a rota for a lead radiologist for each of them.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of a high quality radiology service within a busy imaging department providing both general and specialist services in diagnostics and interventional imaging which performs more than 700,000 Imaging examinations and procedures per year.

The post-holder will contribute to the weekday on-call service on rotation with also a 1 in 8 rota for Saturdays or Sundays.

The job plan will include CPD SPA

About us
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. Happy staff make for happy patients, and with the help of both we have put together a wide range of development and support packages aimed at ensuring that everyone at the Trust has the opportunity to fulfil their potential and meet their aspirations as well as the tools to provide great care.

UHNM is a tertiary referral centre for Trauma and Orthopaedics, supported by a team of 29 Orthopaedic surgeons, taking in a population of approximately 1.5 million from Shropshire, Staffordshire, South Cheshire and Wolverhampton. The spinal team has 9 dedicated Spine surgeons providing all aspects of trauma and orthopaedics and spinal services including deformity correction, oncology surgery and trauma. There is a huge demand for MSK intervention services from these directorates for procedures including image guided injections, arthrography, myelography, biopsies, nerve root blocks and vertebroplasty and the post holder is expected to contribute to this type of work.

The Haywood Hospital has specialist services for rheumatology and rehabilitation. The Rheumatology centre at the Haywood Hospital welcomes patients from North Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire. The Haywood hospital is a centre of excellence and has an active research team known nationally and internationally for its work.

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 11 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 205-8281447

Essential qualifications

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: 1. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the anticipated CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) 2. Evidence of submission of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) 3. European Community Rights
• FRCR or equivalent
• Full registration with the GMC

Desirable qualifications

• Awards/ Distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree
• Academic and extracurricular achievements
• ALS certification

Essential clinical experience and training

• General and musculoskeletal subspecialist Radiology training.
• Willingness to develop skills to fit in with current establishment and MSK service needs.
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
• Ability to support the Clinical Director of Imaging.

Desirable clinical experience and training

• Post CCT MSK Radiology fellowship

Essential professional and multidisciplinary team working

• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives.
• Experience of post graduate and undergraduate teaching and training at the appropriate level

Desirable professional and multidisciplinary team working

• An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical staff and students, and other disciplines
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.

Essential academic achievements and research publications

• Interest in and willingness to develop teaching abilities and activities.
• Experience of conducting Clinical Audit
• Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
• Ability to organise and apply research outcomes and work within research Governance procedures.

Desirable academic achievements and research publications

• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Essential management and administrative experience

• Good leadership skills, communication and interpersonal skills
• Caring attitude to patients.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other staff and agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.

Desirable management and administrative experience

• Management Experience

Essential personal attributes

• Calm under pressure
• Work independently
• Good communication skills
• Team skills

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. 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.

UK registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address: University Hospitals North Midlands, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact
Clinical Director Imaging, Dr Abdelkader Allouni, AbdelKader.Allouni@uhnm.nhs.uk, 01782675864

Applications are welcome from all, including those requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship. Please apply through our website.