Job overview

Due to ongoing Radiographer development through preceptorship and internal career advancement, vacancies have arisen for a Band 5/6 (depending on experience) Radiographer to join our Plain Film team. As part of this role, Radiographers will be working throughout the Plain Film department rotating through a range of specialties including the emergency department, orthopaedics, pain and endoscopy unit, outpatients and mobiles, surgical theatres, and also our spoke sites in Henley and Bracknell. 

The Radiology department has a robust preceptorship program, specifically designed to develop the skills of newly qualified Radiographers allowing automatic progression to Band 6 following the successful completion of a 12 – 18-month preceptorship period. 

As a progressive teaching department for Radiographers, we have established links to universities and actively encourage CPD and role extension, with support available to pursue academic courses and develop your career within a supportive and friendly environment. Our department offers excellent training and development opportunities with funding available for a variety of courses. We have staff undertaking post graduate training in Ultrasound, Plain Film reporting, Mammography, Fluoroscopy PG cert reporting, PG cert Practice Education, the Henley Business Management degree apprenticeship, as well as attendance on a variety of study days.

Main duties of the job

Candidates ranging from newly qualified to many years of experience are very welcome to apply. Appointment into a Band 5 Diagnostic Radiographer with Preceptorship role or a Band 6 Senior Diagnostic Radiographer role will be based upon experience. 

Applicants must hold HCPC registration and currently reside in the UK. 

We hope that all invited candidates will attend for a face-to-face interview. In extenuating circumstances, remote interviews can be requested and accommodated on a case by case basis. 

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to work both autonomously and within multi-disciplinary teams, flexibility to work at satellite spoke sites, and ability to participate in the out of hours rota as part of our seven-day service delivery.

Our Plain Film department boasts 10 DR general x-ray rooms including 2 in a dedicated orthopaedic department, 3 within the busy and exciting A&E and Minor Injuries units, and a CBCT/OPG suite. We provide fluoroscopy services in support of ERCP studies, Pain Clinic procedures, emergency and elective theatres, and Interventional Radiology. Our 6 mobile DR machines bring x-ray imaging to critically unwell patients across the hospital site.

Working for our organisation

Our Radiology department consists of specialist modalities, including Plain film, Ultrasound, CT, MRI, Mammography, and Interventional procedures. We were awarded the title ‘University Department of Radiology’ for our involvement in research and education through the University of Reading. Radiology is actively working towards accreditation with the Quality Standards for Imaging which sets out national quality criteria for imaging services. The department encourages all staff to participate in quality improvement and audit and to support the service with achieving accreditation.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London and Oxford. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital services for the population of Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and the towns and villages of West Berkshire. 

At our heart we are a local hospital that works with NHS and social care partners to provide excellent healthcare services for over 500,000 people who currently live in our catchment area. We employ more than 5,500 staff from 39 different nationalities and deliver care from a network of facilities across sites in Bracknell, Henley-on-Thames, Reading, Thatcham and Windsor.