Consultant Interventional Radiologists PAs

Consultant Interventional Radiologists 10PAs

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 February 2026

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.

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

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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 underrepresented groups.

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…