Clinical Lead Radiographer, MRI

Job overview

The successful candidate will play a key role within the department's leadership team, contributing to the operational management and delivery of high-quality MRI services.

Responsibilities will include the management and monitoring of departmental performance and staff-related KPIs, maintaining professional standards, and supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

We are seeking a dedicated, dynamic, and highly motivated radiographer with strong people-management skills and a passion for continuous service improvement. The ideal candidate will be committed to maintaining high clinical standards while ensuring compassionate, patient-focused care at all times.

Applicants must possess extensive UK experience as an MRI Radiographer, with a proven ability to work within a busy clinical environment and contribute to service development and operational excellence.

Please be advised that the interviews for this post are scheduled to take place the week commencing  28th July 2026

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

To manage radiographic, admin & clerical staff, assistant practitioners, radiology assistants and students within a designated area/department, provide clear clinical leadership for the day to day organisation of the departmental section in accordance with professional and departmental protocols

To carry out the full range of imaging/duties within specialised area, to be consistently high standard.

As a Trust we combine a number of key roles:

• District general hospital services for Coventry and Rugby, our local population.
• Tertiary centre for Coventry and Warwickshire, providing complex specialist services for the sector and beyond.
• Provider of innovative and leading-edge clinical services to Coventry and Warwickshire.
• The clinical base for The University of Warwick Medical School.

University Hospital of Coventry and Warwick is a large PFI hospital which ensures a guaranteed equipment replacement programme. Consequently all the imaging equipment is replaced with top range systems on a regular basis resulting in a very modern department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake imaging tasks, in line with governmental and departmental protocols, working both alone and with multidisciplinary teams, within specialised area.
• To check patient identification and documentation, and ensure the appropriate radiographic examinations are carried out in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests.
• Develop, monitor and maintain standards of care in accordance with Trust policies, guidelines, protocols and professional regulations.
• Operating equipment, then assessing patient`s needs adapt and modify radiographic techniques according to the patient’s condition. Attending to patients` welfare at all times.
• To evaluate the resultant images for diagnostic quality and alert clinicians of any abnormality when appropriate.
• Organise facilities for carrying out routine and specialist investigations. Lead and supervise radiographic and support staff in the preparation of those sessions.
• To arrange, plan and participate in the department Quality Assurance programme to ensure the efficient operation of highly technical equipment, and to ensure compliance with best practice whilst adhering to MRI safety guidelines.
• To assist department managers with planning maintenance schedules, initiate and monitor external engineers to breakdowns, to support prompt service resumption.
• To maintain stock management, both control of purchasing as denied in delegated financial approval staffing, stock, non-stock and petty cash expenditure.
• To participate in the provision of an ‘Out of Hours’ service, to support full 7 day service delivery as part of contracted hours.
• To be familiar with, understand and apply principles of Radiation Safety, both nationally and locally regulated or protocol led, defining and arranging safe systems of work.
• Arrange and define local reporting systems compliant with legislation for CAE reporting, incorporating accidental/erroneous exposures compliant with IRMER, including the resultant action planning to better manage systems.
• To provide expert training in specialist equipment and give theoretical instruction, practical guidance, and supervision to less experienced staff, Student Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners and trainees.
• Schedule, liaise and undertake work assessments as required for trainee staff and accreditation programme candidates.
• To assist with the practical experience of newly inducted staff, educate and promote adherence to Trust working policies for all staff groups within the department.
• To timely manage the ‘Out of Hours’ and ‘On call’ rosters, in line with the departmental agreement, negotiating additional cover to meet demands for additional radiographic provision.
• To manage staff annual leave, toil and training to maintain a core staffing resource.
• Be responsible for the operational supervision and management of an appropriate area assessing and managing workflow to utilise available resources, in liaison with other staff in the department, and in the hospital. In the absence of other senior staff to supervise other areas ensuring those areas are working to agreed standards.
• Collaborative working with management teams to develop/modernise service delivery, analysing service provision, service needs and development needs to support the Trust ability to meet capacity and demand pressures, through safe structured, planned schemes.
• Deal with day to day queries generated by patient, staff and requests presenting at reception, and arrange appointments as necessary with prior consultation with radiological and senior radiographic staff where indicated and liaise with clerical staff, adapting standard bookings for patient specific conditions.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.