X-Ray Deputy Superintendent Radiographer

Job summary

The Deputy Superintendent Radiographer will be an experienced Diagnostic Radiographer with a strong interest in healthcare service delivery, leadership, radiographer development within the X-ray speciality. This is a key role within the Radiology service, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-focused imaging in line with Trust values and strategic objectives.

The post holder will play an integral role in ensuring key performance indicators are achieved, while maintaining excellent standards of patient care and safety. They will support the effective day-to-day running of the service and provide visible, supportive leadership to staff. This includes ensuring adherence to professional, ethical and regulatory requirements, and fostering a positive, inclusive working environment.

Effective communication is central to this role. The post holder will communicate clearly and compassionately with patients and carers, and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and students, providing advice and information of varying complexity as required. They will hold line management responsibility for a range of staff, with a strong emphasis on pastoral support, staff wellbeing and ongoing professional development.

Main duties of the job

• Be accountable as the area Deputy Superintendent Radiographer, provide supervision and advice as required for staff and students. Provide leadership to support, or in the absence of, Superintendents as necessary.
• Organise and manage workloads, escalating issues and concerns appropriately.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of anatomy, pathology and imaging system technology to determine appropriate acquisition techniques for individual patient presentation
• Assess service requirements, identify capacity, demand and development on a strategic level.
• Ensure that Trust and departmental (local) policies, protocols and procedures are adhered to by colleagues and students. Assist with policy development and implementation.
• Demonstrate excellent radiographic knowledge and competency.
• Where advanced practice qualification/s are held, clinical practice and performance monitoring will be completed in line with local policy.
• The post holder will possess the knowledge and understanding of imaging techniques, equipment functionality and radiation physics to ensure optimisation of every exposure.
• Be accountable for own professional actions and working within codes of Practice and Professional Guidelines. Act as an Operator under the IR(ME)R 17 and hold detailed knowledge of IRR 17 and IR(ME)R 17 legislation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of team working, supervision and leadership
• Leadership experience, works effectively in a large diverse team
• Knowledge of, and experience obtaining, a range of standard and specialised x-ray imaging examinations and techniques
• Thorough knowledge and application of relevant legislation inclusive of, and not limited to, IR(ME)R 2017 and IRR17
• Post qualification radiographic clinical experience in x-ray imaging

Desirable

• Audit and service improvement experience
• Experience as a Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS).
• Relevant post-graduate qualification/s

Closing Date: 26 July 2026