Consultant Radiologist interest in Musculoskeletal Radiology

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The closing date is 11 February 2026

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated colleague with a specialist interest in musculoskeletal radiology to join our team of 44 consultants. We are a dynamic and innovative department, and the applicant will be expected to provide acute and sub speciality imaging and have a strong interest in teaching. Portsmouth Hospital University NHS trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, providing acute and specialist services to a population of greater than 675,000 people.

Portsmouth is part of the East branch of the Wessex specialist registrars training scheme, providing training to 20 specialist registrars. Portsmouth University NHS Trust is in partnership with the Isle of Wight and hosts the new Portsmouth Medical School.

Portsmouth is a vibrant seaside port, steeped in naval history and surrounded by the beautiful South Downs National Park. It is only 1.5 hours from London, close to two international airports and has ferry links to Europe and the Isle of Wight. There are exceptional schools in the region with very good OFSTED reports. Opportunity for both water and land based outdoor activities is exceptional, and working in Portsmouth offers an excellent work life balance.

• Participate fully in the provision of multimodality musculoskeletal radiology services in collaboration with existing consultant team, having flexibility during colleague leave to provide the acute, onsite and other priority weekday services.
• Acute in-patient cross-sectional imaging
• Supported by local Trainees until 22:00 hrs
• Outsourced acute CT 22:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs and MRI 17:00 09:00
• Occasional emergency ultrasound 22:00 hrs to 09:00 hrs
• Weekend on-call working is in and working for 9 hours, compensated with time in lieu (time and a half). This can be taken within three months of the on‑call date.
• Provide training for the Radiology Registrars from the Wessex School of Radiology who will be working in different Wessex NHS Trusts. Willingness to contribute to regional level FRCR teaching sessions.
• The job comprises 8 direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 supporting programme activities (SPA). One of the SPA sessions can be taken off site. We are happy to support flexible working (e.g., compressed job plan, four day working etc.) Extra DDC PAs may be available following consultation with the Clinical Director, depending on departmental and personal requirements.

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The Musculoskeletal team currently consists of 3.5 WTE radiologists, contributing to the Emergency, Orthopaedic, Rheumatology, Diabetic foot, Paediatric, Pain, skin cancer and soft tissue lumps MDT, and Isotope Imaging services. PHUT is an extremely busy trauma unit as part of a Trauma Network with University Hospital Southampton (UHS) being the trauma centre.

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16 consultants who participate in the on‑call rota.

It hosts the Regional Knee Revision hub and the Revision Knee MDT for Hampshire and Wessex every other week.

It includes 4 Foot and Ankle Surgeons, 4 Hand Surgeons, 4 Shoulder Surgeons, 1.5 Young Adult Hip Surgeons, 2 Trauma Surgeons, 1 Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon and the remainder are arthroplasty surgeons.

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