Job summary
- Main area
- Scientist in Radiography
- Grade
- NHS Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7825734
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Maudsley Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £75,328 - £86,114 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Superintendent Radiographer
NHS Band 8b
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
As Superintendent Radiographer, you will provide strong clinical and managerial leadership, ensuring the delivery of a safe, high‑quality, and efficient Neuroimaging service. You will act as a visible role model and mentor, supporting radiographers and support staff while promoting a culture of continuous improvement, professionalism, and patient‑centred care.
In this role, you will be responsible for implementing departmental policies, embedding clinical governance, managing risk, and ensuring compliance with Trust and national guidelines.
You will oversee operational performance, including workforce management, staff rostering, recruitment and retention, and managing sickness and competency processes. You will lead on achieving key performance indicators, budgetary targets, and waiting list management, while ensuring optimal utilisation of imaging capacity across booked sessions. The role also includes monitoring equipment performance, escalating faults appropriately, and producing accurate activity, capacity, demand, and waiting list data for divisional reporting.
Working for our organisation
Benefits offered by SLAM:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, eligible staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Managerial Responsibilities:
- Provide appropriate clinical and managerial leadership throughout the department.
- To ensure that Clinical Governance and Risk management are embedded within daily practice.
- Be responsible for the interpretation and implementation of Trust and NHS policies and clinical guidelines within Neuroradiology.
- Achievement of the Neuroradiology budget and specific Key Performance Indicators including monitoring of waiting list targets.
- Work with others to optimise Neuroimaging utilisation in relation to booked sessions and availability to meet the demands of the service, acting with regards under-utilisation of lists as appropriate.
- Oversight of the management of staff rosters in the most efficient way to meet demand, whilst maintaining compliance.
- Investigate complaints relating to Neuroradiology and implement remedial action as required.
Financial Management
- Be responsible for the delivery of optimal service within budgetary restraints, ensuring value for money, cost effectiveness and efficiency.
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Be the Operational lead for Neuroradiology services.
- Be responsible for the operational running of the Neuroradiology service, ensuring the service provides a responsive and flexible service to the Trust and its patients.
- Be able to interpret complex medical conditions and facilitate that the relevant diagnostic procedure is undertaken.
- Demonstrate a highly specialist knowledge of Neuroradiology techniques and be able to adapt that technique to the more challenging patient groups.
Training
- To be responsible for ensuring that all relevant staff are trained to use all equipment in Neuroradiology and to ensure that there is a sufficient pool of radiographers to deliver a safe, well-led and effective service.
- Be responsible for the production and implementation of an induction programme for senior radiographers, radiographers and assistant staff (including agency staff) in the Neuroradiology Department.
For futher details, please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Radiography (or equivalent)
- Health Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate Health Management Qualification/ Radiography Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in Radiology across modalities
- Extensive experience in supervision and training of less experienced radiographers, students and departmental staff
Desirable criteria
- Proven leadership role within Radiology
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- Good oral and written communication.
- Able to present information effectively.
- Compilation and analysis of statistics for aid in practice and service development.
- Knowledge of current policies, legislation affecting service delivery.
- Prepared to undergo role extension training if necessary.
Desirable criteria
- Able to produce effective written reports.
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
- Nicola Gower
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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