# Specialist Paediatric Radiographer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-radiographer/23f2cc3b-8b65-4a2d-94b3-349407276664 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-paediatric-radiographer/23f2cc3b-8b65-4a2d-94b3-349407276664.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call/Shift work/Weekends/Bank Holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T11:20:44.603Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Radiography/Radiography-v8241103 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8241103?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and forward-thinking Band 6 Specialist Paediatric Radiographer to join our dedicated team of skilled and supportive professionals, helping to deliver high-quality imaging services to women, children, young people, and families across the West Midlands and beyond. As one of the largest and busiest specialist radiology services in the country, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust provides imaging services for approximately 110,000 patients each year across Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a compassionate, family-centred, and patient-focused diagnostic radiology service, ensuring an excellent experience for children, young people, women, and their families. The post offers the opportunity to rotate across both the Women's and Children's Hospital sites, gaining experience within a diverse range of specialist clinical areas and supporting a variety of complex patient pathways. We are committed to the ongoing development of our workforce and are actively progressing a program of service improvement and staff development, within the General Imaging Department. We actively support flexible working opportunities and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where colleagues can develop their skills, progress their careers, and deliver outstanding patient care. ### Main duties of the job To work as an experienced Specialist Paediatric Radiographer within a multidisciplinary team, undertaking a comprehensive range of diagnostic imaging procedures including Major Trauma, Dental, Palatal Studies, Forensic Imaging, Urodynamics, Fluoroscopy, Theatre, Mobile/Portable Imaging, and other examinations in accordance with service requirements and within the scope of professional practice. The post holder will rotate between Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital, supporting imaging services across both sites and providing specialist radiographic expertise to children, young people, neonates, women, and their families. To provide an efficient, effective, responsive, and safe imaging service across both the Children's and Women's hospital sites, supporting acute, elective, inpatient, outpatient, emergency, theatre, neonatal, and specialist care pathways. To perform imaging examinations to a consistently high technical and professional standard, ensuring image quality is optimised and that all examinations comply with departmental protocols, radiation safety requirements, and professional standards. The post holder will be required to participate in a 24-hour, 7-day service, including shift work, on-call duties, weekends, and bank holidays, in line with departmental rotas and service needs across both Birmingham Women's Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc Diagnostic Radiography - HCPC Registration - Evidence of CPD - Evidence of career development ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Non-judgmental attitude - Decisive in a timely and confident manner - Evidence of ability to make autonomous clinical decisions - Recognise and prevents situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of an individual - Able to act using sound emotional intelligence particularly when managing conflict ### Knowledge & Nature of Experience **Essential** - Evidence of professional up-to-date knowledge - Evidence of up-to-date technical knowledge - Awareness of current NHS issues - Up to date knowledge of paediatric medical conditions - Post graduate knowledge and experience in all areas of paediatric general imaging - Participation in Quality Assurance, research and development **Desirable** - Experience of performing video-swallows independently - Experience of undertaking Cone Beam CT - Experience of forensic imaging ### Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes **Essential** - Ability to use and act on own initiative - Ability to concentrate on the tasks at hand and be able to cope with highly charged situations. - Recognise and effectively deal with traumatic and emotional situations. - Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust - Team working - Self- motivated - Excellent time management - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - Able to work under close supervision and willing to accept constructive suggestions for improvement - Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships **Desirable** - Stamina to concentrate and work for extended periods of time ### Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of MDT working - Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills including numerical interpretation - PACS, RIS and IT experience with good Microsoft knowledge - Ability to coordinate staff - Able to manage resources effectively - Good attendance record **Desirable** - Awareness of HR policies - Experience of Staff Appraisal process - Experience of Preceptorship reviews ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 968.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10551979) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.