Job summary
- Main area
- Radiology
- Grade
- Band 5 or 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full Time and Part Time Hours Available)
- Job ref
- 153-SP05317
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorsets
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- pa/pro rata
- Closing
- 10/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Radiographer CT & MRI
Band 5 or 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a high quality radiographers who can offer experience in either CT, MRI or both.
Our Trust is based across two large hospitals, the Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals. Across the organisation we have 9 Canon CT scanners, 4 Siemens MRI scanners, 2 Phillips MRI scanners and an Esaote Extremity MRI scanner.
We have a large new trauma centre currently being completed at Bournemouth and we will imminently be adding 3 additional state of the art CT scanners to our portfolio. In CT, we perform a large amount of orthopaedic, neuro and chest/body studies, as well as specialist examinations such as cardiac, angiography, colonography and ablations. Whilst in MRI we have the opportunity to perform orthopaedic, spine, angio, liver, cardiac, breast, prostate, head & neck and arthrography. In reality, there is not a great deal of examinations that we are not undertaking.
This post will be based initially solely at Poole Hospital however please note that once the new trauma centre in Bournemouth is open the role will involve working also on the Bournemouth site.
The shifts are currently over a 4-day working week; Monday to Sunday (including bank holidays), and consist of 7am-5pm, 8am-6pm, 10am-8pm,1pm-11pm and a night shift of 10pm-8am . In addition to this you would be required to participate in the MRI on call rota out of hours.
Base Location: Bournemouth/Poole Hospital
Interview Date: 16th December 2025
Main duties of the job
We benefit from a dynamic, advanced thinking team of radiographers and assistants who enjoy good working and social relationships. There is excellent support for CPD, such as IV cannulation training, study days and courses. This is a departments are committed to staying at the forefront of technology as well as all the latest CT & MR scanning techniques.
We offer the possibility to be recruited as a band 5 and receive training, or, if you already have previous experience in CT or MRI, to join us straight as a band 6 radiographer. If however you then require training in the other modality, this is not a problem - we are always keen to develop our team.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
Person specification
Qualification / Experience
Essential criteria
- DCR (R ) or BSc in Radiography
- Current HCPC Registration
- NHS experience or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in CT or MRI.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work within a team and autonomously
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of multi-slice CT techniques and principles, and/ or an excellent working knowledge of the principles of MRI physics, and to be able to relate this to the introduction of new techniques.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Benbow or Amy Walker
- Job title
- Superintendent Radiographer CT & MRI
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 2242
- Additional information
You would be most welcome to come for a visit, see the scanners and meet the team - please just contact us to arrange:
Matthew Benbow ([email protected]) - Bournemouth
Amy Walker ([email protected]) - Poole
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