Senior Paediatric Radiographer

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester seeks a Senior Paediatric Radiographer for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic team, ensuring high standards in pediatric imaging. Candidates should have HCPC registration and post-graduate radiography experience. A salary of £38,682 to £46,580 pro-rata awaits the successful applicant.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and training

Annual appraisals

Enhanced remuneration for night duties

Full rotation into CT with necessary skills

Qualifications

• Post-graduate knowledge in Paediatric Radiography required.
• Experience of an Interventional service is beneficial.
• Evidence of post-qualification experience with children.

Responsibilities

• Operate independently, providing high-quality imaging services.
• Encourage professional standards and supervise junior staff.
• Maintain commitment to professional development and risk management.

Skills

HCPC registration

Post-graduate Radiography experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability to prioritize workload

Ability to coach junior staff

Education

BSc Radiography/ DCR

Tools

RIS / PACS system

Job description

Overview

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Paediatric Radiographer at the Royal Manchester Children\'s Hospital, Oxford Road site. The closing date is 13 October 2025.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and qualified Radiographer to join our dynamic, friendly team to maintain and improve standards and quality of patient services. It is an exciting time to join our team, with a wide-scale equipment replacement program in progress across the Trust. The post is based at the Royal Manchester Children\'s Hospital and includes training if required and rotation through general X-ray, theatre and mobile imaging, fluoroscopy, CT/MR as necessary. The post holder will adhere to good radiographic practices and safe radiation protection standards and trust procedure guidance. They will provide high quality radiographic images that assist in patient diagnosis, treatment and management of care. The department offers opportunities to rotate into CT & MRI and progress into specialist areas as needed.

Main duties of the job

• Have a BSc Radiography/ DCR
• Be HCPC Registered
• Have Excellent communication skills
• Be organized and able to prioritise workload
• Be flexible

You will operate as a senior member of the Radiology multi-disciplinary team, working independently, using initiative, clinical skills, knowledge, and organisational skills to provide an efficient and high-quality imaging service, whilst dealing with patients and managing patient priority in a caring professional manner.

You will encourage the highest professional and technical standards in all staff using personal example and constructive supervision. You will be responsible for ensuring all junior and rotational staff, including students, operating in their area of responsibility are suitably trained, mentored, and monitored to prevent untoward incidents and ensure effective formal learning.

You will maintain a commitment to professional development and a high level of technical and theoretical skills ensuring a personal CPD portfolio of evidence is kept up to date and participate in the governance of the department in areas such as Risk Management, Health and Safety and Audit activities.

Benefits and arrangements

• Receive a comprehensive induction and training in all areas
• Receive annual appraisals
• Receive enhanced remuneration for night duties
• Full rotation into CT with IV skills as necessary
• Rotation into MR if needed

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We are creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. We bring together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, champion collaborative working and transformation, and encourage our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, offering scale of opportunity that is extraordinary. We have created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We are proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to encourage high-quality research programmes. We are also committed to the Green Plan, outlining how MFT will continue to contribute to sustainable healthcare.

At MFT, we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protect health and wellbeing, and shape the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you\'ll need, please see the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. Read the Candidate Essentials Guide (with details about the Trust, our benefits and how we care for you as you care for others) before submitting your application.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to assist with your application, email [e-mail].

We\'re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration

Experience and Knowledge

• Post-graduate Radiography experience
• Post-graduate knowledge in Paediatric Radiography
• Knowledge of Radiation protection
• Use of RIS / PACS system
• Experience of an Interventional service
• Evidence of post-qualification experience of working with children and young people

Personal Attributes

• Ability to prioritise and organise workload
• Able to manage own time effectively
• Able to communicate well with a range of personnel
• Able to work well in a team environment
• Ability to coach and supervise junior staff and students
• Ability to assess progress, give feedback and plan action
• Ability to question clearly and concisely
• Ability to lead staff in carrying out their duties

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 CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata