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General Superintendent Radiographer

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Profession
Radiographer
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
20 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Jul 2025

Job overview

This role would suit either an experienced band 7 or a band 6 who would like to step to the next level of leadership. QVH is a specialist centre for plastics/ maxfax and corneo. QVH Radiology has strong links with our local GPs and offer a wide range of direct access imaging across multiple modalities. In addition, QVH has an MIU which we cover during our operational hours. We currently do 5 day working with on-call duties serving outside these hours.

This role is to cover all equipment / staff within our general department. We have 1 General Xray room, 1 mixed fluoro and general room, 3 mini c arms, 3 portable x-ray machines and 1 triple function CBCT/OPG/Ceph room.

The general superintendent will be expected to: 1.1    To deputise for the Radiology Services manager/ operational lead radiographer as appropriate 1.2    Manage the staff daily rota and on-call rota as required/ line management staff members including appraisal / sickness management and recruitment 1.3    To lead the provision of an efficient General Radiology service and support the CT Superintendent on provision of CT/CBCT services 1.4    To work as part of a professional radiography team providing a high quality diagnostic service 1.5    To maintain a sensitive and courteous approach to all patients 1.6    To develop and improve professional expertise via continuous professional development 1.7    To maintain a safe working environment within the General Radiology

On-call is a requirement of the role.

Main duties of the job

Please see job description of main details but duties broadly cover:

  • Clinical patient care undertaking examinations
  • Supporting staff/ trainees in their learning
  • Modality leadership including datix investigations/ booking service & maintenance
  • Working as an RPS
  • Supporting RPA for dose audits - calculation of DRLs/ dose incident reporting, supporting new staff to access personal monitoring, environmental monitoring
  • Attending meetings as required
  • Supporting other band 7 in modality leadership meetings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As mentioned previously, please do consult the job description. Speak to our current Supt. and we welcome visits to the department for people to see our services.