Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Lead Radiographer Reporting or Trainee (Annex 21)
The closing date is 24 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced radiographer to join our team of reporting radiographers.

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated individual to train to report plain film studies. The post holder will support in leading and developing our service as well as supporting the operational managers. You must have a flexible approach to working and be able to demonstrate good organisational and communication skills along with a commitment to service improvement.

This post may be offered as a training opportunity under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate, with the checking of the Adults and Children's Barred Lists is required for this position.
Interview date to be confirmed

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring the best quality images are obtained and support staff education, day-to-day support of the operational management of the service that we provide working closely with our Consultant Radiologists and our administration team.

You will work clinically as well as performing managerial tasks and will be expected to cover out of hours and weekend working within the Radiology department.

About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancs, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Details
Date posted: 10 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 409-8221708-B
Job locations: Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES

• Responsible for administration, performance monitoring and data quality of the PACS/RIS and other integrated systems.
• Responsible for training of staff in PACS/RIS and associated systems.
• Perform diagnostic imaging examinations in accordance with departmental protocols.
• Responsible for ensuring image quality is maintained from all staff members
• Responsible for the initial and ongoing training and education of staff in the designated modality.
• Be competent in the use of all appropriate imaging equipment
• Participate in the on-call, flexible working and out of hours service as required
• Responsible for QA program in designated area
• Abide by radiographic protocols
• Abide by all Radiation Protection regulations
• Report all equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel
• Responsible for sending accurate image data to the Picture Archiving Communication System for storage, transmission and archive
• Justify radiographic examinations for Junior Radiographers, Radiographic Assistant Practitioners and Student Radiographers.
• Promote quality initiatives, ensuring the quality of patient care and compliance of quality standards
• Undertake staff appraisals
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients on complex, contentious and sensitive issues, using persuasion and negotiation where required
• Maintain a patient, courteous manner in all aspects of communication with patients and staff especially in distressing situations
• Liaise with lead clinicians to ensure effective running of the service
• Maintain a good working relationship with other departments and staff to ensure the provision of and efficient and effective service to all users and patients
• Communicate with service users and external agencies

Person Specification
Essential

• Team player
• Commitment to quality
• Leadership skills
• Ability to organise own work and others within the team
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Negotiation skills
• Audit analysis
• Data collection and analysis
• Ability to interact within a multidisciplinary team
• Organisational skills
• Evidence of Time management skills
• IT literate
• Significant post graduate clinical experience
• Management experience
• PACS experience
• Manage self and others
• Experience of Participation in emergency single handed out of hours duties
• QA testing
• IV injection/cannulation
• BSc in Radiography and/or or equivalent Qualification and/or Equivalent Experience
• Post Graduate Certificate in the relevant modality or equivalent significant experience in the modality (Annex 21)
• HCPC Registered
• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

Desirable

• Able to travel to both sites via own car or assisted driver.
• Student assessor
• MSc Radiography and/or or equivalent Qualification and/or Equivalent Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Deputy Radiology Manager Ian Sutton, ian.sutton@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk, 01514301748

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