Lead Reporting Radiographer

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A National Health Service organization in Harlow is seeking a Lead Reporting Radiographer to lead a team of reporting radiographers. The role involves ensuring high professional standards, delivering clinical reports, and providing expert guidance. Candidates should be registered HCPC professionals with management experience and a Master's level education. This role contributes to service improvements and patient care while adhering to regulatory standards. Closing date is 22 December 2025.

Qualifications

• Registered HCPC healthcare professional.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience with a wide range of imaging equipment and techniques.
• Previous management experience and delivering performance standards.
• Experience managing complex change projects in the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Deliver precise, clinically sound written reports on imaging examinations.
• Provide expert verbal clinical guidance to radiographers and clinicians.
• Evaluate appropriateness of radiology referrals according to regulations.
• Champion the role of reporting radiographers in patient care.
• Perform high-quality diagnostic imaging while ensuring patient comfort.

Skills

Clinical reporting

Patient communication

Diagnostic imaging

Expert clinical guidance

Education

Masters level or equivalent

Registered HCPC healthcare professional

Reporting qualifications

Tools

Imaging equipment

Job description

Lead Reporting Radiographer

Closing date: 22 December 2025

About the role

The post holder will lead and manage the team of reporting radiographers, providing guidance, mentoring, and ensuring high professional and technical standards. They will coordinate planning and delivery of educational programmes, manage data assessment to monitor reporting turnaround times, and contribute to service improvements and redesign. In addition, they will deliver precise clinical reports, offer expert verbal guidance, conduct audits, and maintain communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver precise, clinically sound written reports on a range of imaging examinations and suggest diagnosis or differential diagnosis with follow‑up action.
• Provide expert verbal clinical guidance to radiographers, clinicians and other practitioners.
• Evaluate appropriateness of radiology referrals in line with national regulations and local protocols.
• Champion the role of reporting radiographers, contribute to patient care and organisational operations, and demonstrate excellent clinical expertise.
• Serve as a key advisor to imaging referrers and patients.
• Perform high‑quality diagnostic imaging for the full range of examinations, maintaining patient comfort, safety and appropriate communication.
• Adapt imaging protocols to optimise diagnostic information per clinical indications.
• Assess patient communication needs and implement alternatives when required to ensure safety.
• Promptly communicate critical findings, adhere to Infection Control protocols and use personal protective equipment where appropriate.
• Fulfil responsibilities as an IRMER operator under IRMER (2017).
• Represent the Trust as an active member of the ImageEast imaging network.
• Participate in the Radiology Duty Manager roster and the divisional Bronze roster.

Person specification

• Registered HCPC healthcare professional.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Reporting qualifications.
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent.
• Experience with a wide range of imaging equipment and techniques.
• Previous management experience and delivering performance standards.
• Experience managing complex change projects in the NHS.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust