Band 6 Radiographer _ PRUH

King's College Hospital; Orpington; Remote; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Orpington is seeking a Band 6 Senior Radiographer to join the Radiology team. The role offers 37.5 hours per week and participation in an out-of-hours roster to support a 24/7 service.

You will provide high-quality diagnostic imaging and help develop colleagues within a busy NHS radiology department. The post requires post-graduate radiography training, evidence of role extension, and CT experience.

Qualifications

• Post graduate training and experience as a band 5 with evidence of role extension or working as a band 6 in other modalities.
• Understanding on clinical governance / participation in QA
• Evidence in supervision of less experienced radiographers, students and departmental staff
• CT experience
• Teaching experience
• Evidence of clinical audit and/or research

Responsibilities

• Position patients accurately for each examination, adapting techniques in accordance with the patient’s needs.
• Comply with the requirements of CNST.
• Demonstrate a problem-solving approach to issues arising at a local level, evaluating the need to refer problems to the line manager.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and working within codes of Practice and professional guidelines, consulting senior staff as and when necessary.
• Act as a source of knowledge to be consulted by other professionals.
• Be responsible for ensuring the legal documentation on the Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) associated with each completed patient episode. Ensure timely provision of images to referrers.
• Assist Radiologists in performing Barium and fluoroscopy studies.
• Safely administer oral contrast media and other drugs in accordance with protocols as required.

Skills

CT experience

Supervision

Teaching

Education

Postgraduate training in Radiography

UK professional registration

Job description

Main area Radiography Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This role includes participation in the out of hours roster, to support a 24/7 service.) Job ref 213-Division-A-8345339

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Princess Royal University Hospital Town Orpington Salary £45,953 - £54,254 per annum, including high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

Are you an experienced and motivated Radiographer looking to take the next step in your career?

The Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a talentedBand 6 Senior Radiographer to join our dynamic Radiology team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading NHS Foundation Trusts, delivering high-quality diagnostic imaging services while supporting the development of colleagues and contributing to service innovation.

Main duties of the job

• Act under the IR(ME)R Radiation Regulations.
• Act as patient and staff advocate minimising their exposure to radiation.
• Provide timely, efficient and courteous provision of radiographic services to the agreed standards of the department taking account of the patient/clients clinical, physical and cultural needs.
• Undertake additional modality training in Computed Tomography.
• Perform out of hours duties as part of the departmental shift system, without supervision and acting as team leader where necessary.
• Monitor and adjust work priorities in conjunction with other professionals to take into account changing demands on the diagnostic services due to emergencies or increased demand from A&E, particularly during out of hours duties.
• Assess and treat own workload of patients/clients, also communicates work priorities, organising workload and encouraging collaboration in the respective work area.
• Responsible for the safe use and maintenance of imaging equipment, reporting faults to senior staff or directly to the manufacturer.
• Ensure all adverse incidents are reported in line with trust policies
• Continual development of services in line with best, evidence based practice.
• Participate in multiple site rotation as and when necessary

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy – 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Position patients accurately for each examination, adapting techniques in accordance with the patient’s needs.
• Comply with the requirements of CNST.
• Demonstrate a problem-solving approach to issues arising at a local level, evaluating the need to refer problems to the line manager.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and working within codes of Practice and professional guidelines, consulting senior staff as and when necessary.
• Act as a source of knowledge to be consulted by other professionals.
• Be responsible for ensuring the legal documentation on the Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) associated with each completed patient episode. Ensure timely provision of images to referrers.
• Assist Radiologists in performing Barium and fluoroscopy studies.
• Safely administer oral contrast media and other drugs in accordance with protocols as required.
• Train in the utilisation of complex and specialised imaging equipment.
• Train on advanced software on specialised radiological equipment requiring anatomical, pathological and technical knowledge

Physical Skills and Effort

• Ensure the safe transferring of patients and equipment, following manual handling guidelines and using risk assessment.
• Assist with changing and personal care of patients as necessary including immobile and disabled.
• Operate a wide range of radiological equipment requiring excellent hand-eye co-ordination.
• Be able to decide and offer advice on additional views when required in line with Professional knowledge and experience.
• Ensure appropriate infection control measures are utilised where necessary. Paying particular attention to personal protection as well as the management of equipment and linens contaminated by bodily fluids.

Person specification

Radiographer

• Post graduate training and experience as a band 5 with evidence of role extension or working as a band 6 in other modalities
• Understanding on clinical governance / participation in QA
• Evidence in supervision of less experienced radiographers, students and departmental staff
• CT experience
• Teaching experience
• Evidence of clinical audit and/or research

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