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CT Operational Lead Radiographer - Band 7
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The Imaging Department St Bartholomew’s Hospital, (Barts Health) have an exciting career development opportunity to become a CT Operational lead Radiographer in our team.
Imaging services across Barts Health are transitioning to a new model of work, recruiting more staff, including Imaging Assistants, to drive the quality of care delivered by Radiography across all sites. Our vision is to support staff to work to the top of their licence, nurturing skills through training and mentorship to realise a workforce that provides outstanding care for our patients now and in the future.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who is excited about providing high quality patient care within a close-knit and supportive team environment. We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, motivated and experienced radiographer to co-manage the day-to-day operations of the CT department at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. This position is one of three Band 7 Radiographers who will be expected to jointly manage the day-to-day CT operations, reporting to the CT Modality Lead Radiographer.
Main duties of the job
Our Barts Health values describe our approach to everything we do, working collaboratively and compassionately to deliver the best care.
The post holder will be able to establish credibility with stakeholders across a number of specialties and relate well with clinical and non-clinical teams, be patient focussed with excellent communication skills.
This is a key role within the Imaging Department, the post holder will have a pivotal role in supporting the service to meet its activity and quality improvement priorities, diagnostic and cancer performance standards and strategic development of the service.
This will be a challenging but rewarding role and we welcome Radiographers with the desire to stretch their leadership skills and enhance their prospects for career progression.
For further details or an informal conversation please contact: Kay Thavarajah- CT Modality Lead. Email: [email protected]
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Able to act as an Ambassador for the Service
- Committed to the continuous development of staff and self
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
Skills
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and delegate when required
- Excellent communication skills and presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to implement change
- Good analytical & organisational ability
- To have effective problem solving skills
- Able to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
Desirable
- Teaching and training skills with the ability to adapt training and teaching styles in response to needs of the trainee.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of Booking and capacity planning
- Portfolio of evidence of continuing professional development.
- Some knowledge of wider NHS Issues
Desirable
- Has knowledge of management theory, including personnel management, risk management and health and safety
Experience
Essential
- NHS CT experience
- Extensive experience as a radiographer performing a wide range of CT.
- Experience of current, and awareness of developing trends in CT service.
- Wide experience of CT scanning equipment and techniques.
- Experience in training of other staff or students
- Day to day operational management
- Participation in Quality Assurance/Clinical Governance initiatives.
- Some personnel management Current experience of research and audit.
Desirable
- Experience of post graduate teaching
- To have been involved in implementing change to a service/department
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Radiography or DCR
- State Registration
- Some formal management training
- IV cannulations- or willingness to achieve this skill in house.
- Post Graduate qualification in CT (or willing to undertake this)
- CT Colon training (or willingness to undertake this)
Desirable
- Radiation Protection Supervisor experience
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This advert is for CT Operational Lead Radiographer with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Radiographer role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc.. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Jul 2026.
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