Band 3 Radiographer Assistant

NHS; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Loughborough is seeking a caring and reliable Radiographer Assistant. This full-time role involves assisting in MRI procedures and providing essential administrative support within a dynamic imaging team. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 3 in a health-related field and demonstrate strong communication skills. The position offers comprehensive training, a supportive work culture, and the chance to work in a modern facility equipped with advanced technology.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Access to gym and sports facilities

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting with direct patient care.
• Information Technology (IT) skills required.
• Previous experience as Radiology Department Assistant preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures.
• Provide direct patient care and administrative support.
• Maintain calm and professional demeanor under pressure.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Compassion

Flexibility

Education

NVQ Level 3 in health-related subject

GCSE in Maths and English

Job description

Band 3 Radiographer Assistant

Go back Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Due to the expansion of our imaging department, we are seeking a caring, motivated, and reliable Radiographer Assistant to join our dynamic imaging team at DMRC Stanford Hall, Loughborough.

This is a highly rewarding role that combines direct patient care with essential administrative support to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the department. Whether assisting clinical procedures or managing administrative tasks, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality care and service to our patients.

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Due to the service expansion, the post holder will be required to cover shifts between 0700-1900 Monday-Friday.

If you are a compassionate, motivated individual looking to join a dedicated team and make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to become part of our growing imaging department!

• Comprehensive training and development opportunities to help you excel in your role.

A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.

Free on-site parking.

• Access to gym, running track and swimming pool, racket sports, cross country runs/walks.
• The chance to work in a modern, expanding imaging department equipped with state‑of‑the‑art technology.
• A rewarding role that combines patient care with administrative responsibilities, providing variety and professional growth.

Main duties of the job

Joining our imaging team offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in patients' lives while developing your skills in a supportive and professional environment.

The successful applicant will assist imaging staff in the provision of imaging services and assist Radiologists in specialised areas of work. Providing direct patient care and administrative duties including reception and clerical tasks, to ensure a high quality of service for patients.

The post holder will be required to hold strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team, as well as the ability to remain calm and focused in a fast‑paced environment.

The post holder will help maintain the professional standards of the department and will undertake a range of delegated radiography‑related duties across MRI, US, and Fluoroscopy.

About us

Our success depends on our people, our Whole Force—regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors—working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision‑making and parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared‑parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Job responsibilities

As a Radiographer Assistant, duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Assisting in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures and supporting radiologists during interventional and minor surgical procedures.
• Acting as a chaperone when required, ensuring patient comfort and dignity at all times.
• Safely transferring and moving patients, adhering to manual handling protocols.
• Carrying out basic nursing care tasks, such as recording patient observations.
• Ensuring patient confidentiality, dignity and observing safeguarding protocols.
• Providing administrative support, including reception cover, answering telephones, scheduling appointments, and updating patients' electronic records.
• Maintaining a calm and professional demeanour under pressure while delivering compassionate care.

Please pay particular attention to the attached JobDescription and Person Specification, which outlines the role requirements in further details.

Selection Process Details

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

CV

• Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.
• Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

The interview will consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation‑based scenarios.

NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework-https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf

The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs. Please note the salary will be pro‑rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6‑month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To be considered for this role, qualifications must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points‑based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points‑based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre‑employment checks will be carried out.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second‑hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke‑Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non‑MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Person Specification

Provide a CV

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question; you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment.
• Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included.
• Please use double spacing where possible.

Behaviour Statement

• Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment?
• Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate.

Experience

• Previous experience in a healthcare setting with direct patient care.
• Information Technology (IT) skills.
• Previous experience as Radiology Department Assistant.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of the Service.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in health‑related relevant subject.
• General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) pass, or equivalent, in Maths and English.

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.

Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Stanford Hall

£24,937 to £26,598 a year Per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0500

Job locations

Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Stanford Hall