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: 22 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 409-8221708-A
Job locations: Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DR, United Kingdom

Job description
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

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Autonomously undertake Advanced Practice in a specialised area of radiography by displaying expert clinical practice, this could be either clinical interpretation of images, performing radiological or interventional procedures where appropriate.
• To provide clinical leadership to all staff in the department
• To act as a radiographic clinical expert in the relevant field
• Provide clinical support and advice to staff
• Provide education to junior staff and ensure competencies are achieved.
• Provide additional support and education to staff who require it.
• Ensure image quality is maintained and improved, education staff where appropriate
• Support the modality and department in improving services to enhance the quality of the service received by the patient.
• Support the modality and department in quality initiatives and ensure communication and education of appropriate staff.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining a high quality of clinical and professional standards within the department
• Promote and ensure compliance with radiographic protocols
• Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times
• Exercise clinical judgement in the utilisation of resources and initiate liaison with relevant clinical teams if clinical findings necessitate
• Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy
• Ensure compliance with COR code of conduct and HCPC regulations to ensure registration is maintained

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for accurate data entry on the Radiology Information System
• Ensure all documentation associated with regulations are kept and stored appropriately.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

• Responsible for the training and development of staff both radiographic staff and external staff.
• Contribute to continuing education programme by attending courses and keeping abreast of current professional developments
• Participate in department CPD programme
• Ensure professional standards are maintained by contributing to the clinical training and development of radiographers, radiographic assistant practitioners and students

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the day to day management of the designated department, planning and prioritising workload
• Ensure the effective and efficient running of the service with due regard to available resources. Allocating activity to ensure maximised use of capacity. Using data to inform decisions.
• Monitor and evaluate all aspects of service delivery with regard to waiting times ensuring that waiting times are kept to a minimum
• Demonstrate effective leadership qualities and promote teamwork
• Undertake initial investigation of patient and user complaints and exercising judgement and initiative take appropriate actions to resolve the problem/complaint
• Promote a working culture that improves quality
• Responsible for clinical and professional standards within the designated department
• Identify and contribute to service development within the department
• Responsible for implementing policies within the designated department and contribute to Radiology Trust policies
• Responsible for risk assessments within the designated area
• Responsible for the maintenance and servicing of all equipment in the designated work area, liaise and communicate with manufacturers
• Responsible for optimum use of resources within the department and maintain adequate stock levels
• Participate in the procurement (specification, evaluation and selection) of radiographic equipment
• Promote quality initiatives, ensuring the quality of patient care and compliance of quality standards
• Promote compliance with all Trust risk management procedures and ensure risk management strategies are implemented including Health & Safety legislation for Control of Radiation, COSHH, VDU use, handling of patients, fire regulations and security etc
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, professional and organisational requirements. Liaising with outside agencies to ensure compliance with statutory regulations when required. Ensure all documentation associated with regulations are kept and stored appropriately
• Ensure all staff are compliant with the relevant registration eg HCPC, ARSAC
• Act as radiation protection supervisor for a designated department/Modality
• Refer patients for on-going imaging examinations within departmental protocols.
• Responsible for the day to day management of the designated department
• Contribute to the recruitment, selection and appointment of professional, technical and support staff in accordance with policy and procedures
• Monitor staff performance and formulate personal development plans in accordance with Trust development review process (IPR).
• Monitor and action dose discrepancies via Dose Monitor alerts. Produce Dose audits and DRLs
• Monitor and action incidents within own work area that are reported via Datix
• Ensure image quality is maintained and improved, education staff where appropriate
• Support the modality and department in improving services to enhance the quality of the service received by the patient.
• Support the modality and department in quality initiatives and ensure communication and education of appropriate staff.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining a high quality of clinical and professional standards within the department
• Promote and ensure compliance with radiographic protocols
• Ensure clinical and professional standards are met at all times
• Exercise clinical judgement in the utilisation of resources and initiate liaison with relevant clinical teams if clinical findings necessitate
• Perform all aspects of clinical and technical procedures as per departmental policy
• Ensure compliance with COR code of conduct and HCPC regulations to ensure registration is maintained.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• MSc Radiography and/or or equivalent Qualification and/or Equivalent Experience

Knowledge and experience
Essential

• 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

Skills
Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Student assessor

Other
Essential

• Team player
• Commitment to quality

Desirable

• Able to travel to both sites via own car or assisted driver.

Our Values
Essential

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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/ (Opens in a new tab)

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

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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).