Superintendent Radiographer

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and forward‑thinking Superintendent Radiographer to lead our busy and evolving Neuroradiology service. This is an excellent opportunity to shape service delivery, drive innovation, and support the development of a skilled and committed team within a highly specialised imaging environment.

Main duties of the job

As Superintendent Radiographer, you will provide strong clinical and managerial leadership, ensuring the delivery of a safe, high‑quality, and efficient Neuroimaging service. You will act as a visible role model and mentor, supporting radiographers and support staff while promoting a culture of continuous improvement, professionalism, and patient‑centred care.

In this role, you will be responsible for implementing departmental policies, embedding clinical governance, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with Trust and national guidelines.

You will oversee operational performance, including workforce management, staff rostering, recruitment and retention, and managing sickness and competency processes. You will lead on achieving key performance indicators, budgetary targets, and waiting list management, while ensuring optimal utilisation of imaging capacity across booked sessions. The role also includes monitoring equipment performance, escalating faults appropriately, and producing accurate activity, capacity, demand, and waiting list data for divisional reporting.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Provide appropriate clinical and managerial leadership throughout the department.
• To ensure that Clinical Governance and Risk management are embedded within daily practice.
• Be responsible for the interpretation and implementation of Trust and NHS policies and clinical guidelines within Neuroradiology.
• Achievement of the Neuroradiology budget and specific Key Performance Indicators including monitoring of waiting list targets.
• Work with others to optimise Neuroimaging utilisation in relation to booked sessions and availability to meet the demands of the service, acting with regards under-utilisation of lists as appropriate.
• Oversight of the management of staff rosters in the most efficient way to meet demand, whilst maintaining compliance.
• Investigate complaints relating to Neuroradiology and implement remedial action as required.

Financial Management

• Be responsible for the delivery of optimal service within budgetary restraints, ensuring value for money, cost effectiveness and efficiency.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Be the Operational lead for Neuroradiology services.
• Be responsible for the operational running of the Neuroradiology service, ensuring the service provides a responsive and flexible service to the Trust and its patients.
• Be able to interpret complex medical conditions and facilitate that the relevant diagnostic procedure is undertaken.
• Demonstrate a highly specialist knowledge of Neuroradiology techniques and be able to adapt that technique to the more challenging patient groups.

Training

• To be responsible for ensuring that all relevant staff are trained to use all equipment in Neuroradiology and to ensure that there is a sufficient pool of radiographers to deliver a safe, well-led and effective service.
• Be responsible for the production and implementation of an induction programme for senior radiographers, radiographers and assistant staff (including agency staff) in the Neuroradiology Department.

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