Deputy to Principal Superintendent Radiographer

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 15.04.26

Are you a forward thinking and enthusiastic Radiographer who wants to participate in the leadership of our busy and friendly team? Do you have an interest in developing future generations of CT Radiographers at BTHFT? If you would like to join a progressive and supportive team we would love to hear from you.

You will play a vital role supporting the Principal Superintendent Radiographer with the organisational management of the department. You will demonstrate strong leadership skills and continue to develop excellent patient focused care.

You will have extensive clinical knowledge of CT, IR(ME)
R 2017 and IRR 2017.

Radiology at Bradford provides a comprehensive imaging service supporting the wide spectrum of clinical work undertaken in the Trust. We cover multiple sites including Bradford Royal Infirmary, St Luke's and a CDC. We have 4 CT and 4 MR scanners, Vascular and Intervention rooms along with ultrasound rooms, general and A&E x‑ray rooms with CR/DR equipment. All major clinical specialties, with the exceptions of transplant surgery, neurosurgery and cardiac surgery are represented in the Trust.

Act as Deputy to Principal Superintendent Radiographer. Use own initiative and action own decisions.

Support development of Trust's values, aims and objectives.

• Maintain effective fault reporting systems
• Demonstrate understanding of legislative issues through practical application and monitoring of guidance
• Annual staff appraisal
• Provide pastoral care/counselling support to staff
• Investigate/respond to complaints/safety incidents, ensuring lessons learnt from concerns raised are shared and action taken to prevent recurrence
• Responsible for day to day delivery of all Trust/national initiatives where appropriate and have input into local policies/protocols/work instructions to ensure effective delivery
• Through management and leadership of staff ensure smooth running of the service. Includes re-allocation of workload and/or resources as necessary
• Clearly communicate complex, sensitive information with users of the service, across all age groups and abilities
• Undertake recruitment and selection
• Ensure Quality Imaging Standards for Imaging (QSI) are monitored and suggest improvements when required
• Act as radiation protection supervisor
• Assist in coordinating collection, analysis and presentation of appropriate quantitative and qualitative activity related data and technical performance of radiographic staff
• To assist in the training, induction and preceptorship of staff

• Lead Radiographer, deputy to Principal Superintendent Radiographer
• Leadership and mentorship
• Managerial responsibilities
• Budget management
• Appraisals / Interviewing
• Research
• Audit
• IRIS (Incident Review) and management of complaints
• RPS
• Rostering
• Liaising with manufacturers and external companies
• Ordering new stock/equipment/consumable

You will be a role model for demonstrating Trust values through your own leadership behaviors, working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams and be committed to providing high quality patient care.

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

We are keen to support development and career progression. There will be opportunities to attend training courses and undertake research and audit.

Bradford offers some of the best schools, has competitive housing prices and is officially the youngest city in the UK, making it an excellent place to build and grow your career.