Quality and Research Lead Radiographer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves leading and supporting Imaging services by driving quality and research initiatives. The post holder will ensure high standards of record keeping and documentation, contributing to improved patient experience and best practices. They will also focus on implementing and maintaining robust governance across all Imaging modalities, ensuring compliance with national quality and safety standards. Additionally, the role supports and promotes research activity, aiming to embed evidence-based practice and facilitate high levels of research participation for patients.
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered
- 3 years post qualification experience
Desirable criteria
- Have experience and knowledge of developing/peer reviewing documentation pertaining to a specialist area
- Knowledge of research ethics/standards
- Experience of Datix and risk management
- Previous participation or contribution to research trials/projects and/or audits
- Previous participation or contribution to internal/external assessments
- Knowledge and experience of local and national regulatory compliance
- Leadership experience
- Person Specification/Knowledge
- HCPC registered
- 3 years post qualification experience
- Have experience and knowledge of developing/peer reviewing documentation pertaining to a specialist area
- Knowledge of research ethics/standards
- Experience of Datix and risk management
- Previous participation or contribution to research trials/projects and/or audits
- Previous participation or contribution to internal/external assessments
- Knowledge and experience of local and national regulatory compliance
- Leadership experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Quality and Research Lead Radiographer
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
To act as a lead supporting Imaging by driving and embedding quality and research further within the culture of the department, influencing behaviour, ensuring the highest of standards of record keeping and documentation which in turn impacts on a better patient experience and best practice.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of Imaging Quality and Research Team with a specific focus on ensuring that high standards and robust governance is implemented and maintained across all modalities of the Imaging service providing assurance of compliance with all relevant national quality and safety standards.
The post holder will help to support, drive and promote research activity, striving to establish best practice for patients and further embed evidence based practice into the culture of a research led department, using negotiation and problem solving skills should any challenges arise to participation, thus enabling high levels of research activity and treatment opportunities for patients.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three
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