Senior MRI Radiographer

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Senior MRI Radiographer

The closing date is 13 November 2026

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Band 6 MRI Radiographer to support the expansion of our MRI services across the county.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a developing service whilst advancing your own professional practice within a supportive, progressive imaging department.

Why Worcestershire?

Worcestershire offers the best of both worlds: vibrant towns, peaceful countryside, and excellent transport links to the Midlands, Wales and the South West.

Our Trust operates across Redditch, Kidderminster and Worcester, giving you the chance to experience a diverse clinical environment while enjoying a great mix of town and rural life.

The Trust currently operates:

• 2 Siemens 1.5T MRI scanners
• 1 Philips 1.5T MRI scanner

We provide a wide range of MRI examinations, including specialist services such as Cardiac, Paediatric and Breast MRI. The successful candidate will benefit from a rich and varied working environment across the 3 very individual sites.

We are seeking radiographers who can bring both experience and passion to our growing team. The following will be essential:

• Minimum 2 years of dedicated MRI experience
• Previous experience working within an NHS setting
• Competency across a broad range of MRI examinations

Our current shift patterns include long days, short days and participation in the on-call service.

We aim to support a healthy work-life balance while maintaining excellent service provision.

Main duties of the job

• Consistently produce high quality MRI imaging
• Deliver excellent patient care , maintain high safety standards
• Plan , prioritise and organise workload
• Maintain appropriate stock levels
• Adhere to infection control measures
• Actively involved in departmental audit
• Quality assurance, Quality improvement
• Demonstrate effective communication with all staff and departments
• Assist site lead to develop protocols and techniques
• Adhere to departmental policies and procedures
• Train others and supervise junior members of staff
• contribute to extended day and out of hours rotas
• Vet referrals according to Scheme of Work in operation
• Contribute to learning by reporting incidents as per trust policy
• Participate in the modality CPD programme

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities

For full Job description see supporting documents.

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