Imaging Navigator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and experienced Imaging Navigator to join the Radiology department at Royal Bolton Hospital. The role involves monitoring and facilitating radiology's compliance with patient pathways, implementing escalation criteria, and running daily statistics to audit performance. The post holder will mitigate risk of patient breaches by arranging imaging appointments and ensuring reports are available on time. They will also liaise with imaging modality leads and represent the department at weekly cancer PTL meetings.
Key responsibilities
- Monitor and facilitate radiology's compliance to patient pathways.
- Implement escalation criteria and run daily statistics for audit.
- Mitigate risk of potential patient breaches by arranging imaging appointments.
- Ensure formal and validated reports are available within designated timeframes.
- Liaise with imaging modality leads to appraise operational position.
- Represent the radiology department at weekly cancer PTL meetings.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with the public +/- healthcare environment
- Working with clinical and admin teams, across various levels and banding
- Knowledge of monitoring, recording and interpreting data
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing procedural documents
- Problem solving skills, multi-tasking, prioritising, working to deadlines.
- Working accurately, data entry, interpretation, recording, analysis
- Computer literate, experience of healthcare software platforms
- Good written and verbal skills, working in a MDT etc.
- Organisational skills and attention to details.
- Confidentiality, patient, sensitive
- Awareness of patient pathways and processes
- CPD, training, desire or evidence of additional training.
- English & Maths GCSE or equivalent experience.
- ECDL or equivalent skills
- IG training
- Diploma qualification or experience
- Medical terminology, radiology experience
- Service improvement / additional courses
- Experience of working with the public +/- healthcare environment
- Working with clinical and admin teams, across various levels and banding
- Knowledge of monitoring, recording and interpreting data
- Experience of writing procedural documents
- Problem solving skills, multi-tasking, prioritising, working to deadlines.
- Working accurately, data entry, interpretation, recording, analysis
- Computer literate, experience of healthcare software platforms
- Good written and verbal skills, working in a MDT etc.
- Organisational skills and attention to details.
- Confidentiality, patient, sensitive
- Awareness of patient pathways and processes
- CPD, training, desire or evidence of additional training.
- English & Maths GCSE or equivalent experience.
- ECDL or equivalent skills
- IG training
- Diploma qualification or experience
- Medical terminology, radiology experience
- Service improvement / additional courses
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Imaging Navigator
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen within the Radiology department at Royal Bolton Hospital. The department is looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic Imaging Navigator to join our friendly imaging team.
We are looking for a motivated and experienced member of staff to be part of this specialist team, working across radiology's administrative and clerical department. The post holder will work closely with clinical teams implementing and improving patient pathways.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
The primary responsibility of the post will be to monitor and facilitate radiology's compliance to patient pathways, either established or newly introduced. The individual will implement an escalation criteria and run daily statistics to help audit both compliance and performance activity. The post holder will act to mitigate risk of potential patient breaches by helping to arrange imaging appointments and ensuring formal and validated reports are available within the designated timeframes. The post holder will routinely liaise with imaging modality leads, To keep appraised of the operational position of each imaging specialty, accounting for planned downtime and planning service provision for all patient pathways. The successful candi
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