Specialist Cardiac Radiographer – MRI & Cath Labs | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Lakenheath; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS healthcare provider in Lakenheath seeks a Specialist Cardiac Radiographer to join their skilled team. The successful candidate will provide high-quality imaging services and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring safety and effective patient care. This role offers opportunities for research and professional development in a leading cardiac environment. Apply by September 24, 2025.

Qualifications

• Registered Radiographer with expertise in Cardiac imaging.
• Experience in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Strong understanding of radiation protection.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality imaging services within MRI and Cath Labs.
• Enable timely diagnosis and treatment of cardiac patients.
• Support professional development of team in an NHS environment.

Skills

Cardiac MRI expertise

Radiographer experience

Patient care and safety

Education

Relevant Radiography qualification

Tools

Imaging equipment

Job description

Overview

Barts Heart and Thorax Centre (BHTC) are currently seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic Cardiac MRI & Cath Labs trained Radiographer who is looking for the opportunity to join a friendly, hard-working, ambitious and highly skilled team of Radiographers within the largest Cardiovascular Centre in Europe.

The Cardiac Imaging department boasts a wealth of state-of-the-art equipment, with ten Cardiac Catheter Labs and endovascular theatre, three dedicated Cardiac MRI scanners, and a dedicated photon counting Cardiac CT scanner, networking and expanding our services across the Trust. We are proud to lead the way in world-first procedures using latest technological advances and undertaking ground-breaking research and live broadcasting of cases for educational meetings and congresses.

The department has won awards for scanning pacemakers and is a National Leader in scanning patients with Cardiac devices. We carry out a large amount of research and complex scanning with plenty of opportunities to get involved, and are immensely proud to have many of our Radiographers publishing research and representing us at conferences both in the UK and around the World.

Within BHTC Cath Labs, we provide 24 hour Heart Attack and Arrhythmia services via 3 call systems. As part of this fast paced, exciting role you would be a key member of the MDT, offering life-changing, life-saving diagnosis and treatment to patients from London and beyond.

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Role and responsibilities

The aim of this role is to work as a Specialist Cardiac Radiographer responsible for providing high quality, safe and effective Imaging services within both Cardiac MRI and Cardiac Cath Labs, rotation weighted according to service requirements. The post holder will work closely with Medical and nursing staff, Radiographers, students and clinical staff of all grades in the multi-disciplinary team to enable the timely diagnosis and treatment of patients from across the NEL network and further afield, ensuring effective radiation protection and magnet safety at all times.

We are committed to high standards of patient care and safety while supporting the professional development of our team within a leading NHS cardiac imaging environment.

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britains leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Additional information

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025