Lead Radiographer Reporting or Trainee (Annex 21)

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Lead Radiographer Reporting or Trainee to join our Radiology team. The post involves training to report plain film studies, supporting operational managers, and leading service development within the department.

The role requires flexibility, strong organisational and communication skills, and a commitment to service improvement. An Enhanced DBS is required, with adults/children barred list checks.

Qualifications

• Significant post graduate clinical experience in radiography.
• HCPC registration with postgraduate qualifications in modality.
• Experience with PACS/RIS systems and image transfer.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor data quality of PACS/RIS and linked systems.
• Train staff in PACS/RIS and related technologies.
• Perform diagnostic imaging per departmental protocols.
• Ensure image quality across all staff and modalities.
• Lead workflow, QA and staff education within radiology.
• Participate in on-call and out-of-hours service.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Organisational skills

Team player

IT literate

Data analysis

Student assessor

Education

BSc in Radiography

Post Graduate Certificate in relevant modality

HCPC Registered

MSc Radiography

Tools

PACS

RIS

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Lead Radiographer Reporting or Trainee (Annex 21)

The closing date is 24 November 2026

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

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

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

Other

• Team player
• Commitment to quality
• Able to travel to both sites via own car or assisted driver.

Skills

• Ability to organise own work and others within the team
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Audit analysis
• Data collection and analysis
• Ability to interact within a multidisciplinary team
• Organisational skills
• Evidence of Time management skills
• IT literate
• Student assessor

Knowledge and experience

• Significant post graduate clinical experience
• PACS experience
• Manage self and others
• Experience of Participation in emergency single handed out of hours duties
• QA testing

Qualifications

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

Our Values

• 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.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearThis post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions