Lead Radiographer for Cardiac Catheterisation
The closing date is 09 November 2025
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Radiographer to lead the Radiology provision of our Cardiac Catheterisation service at Colchester Hospital.
You will work in our combined Interventional Radiology & Cardiac Angiography (IRCA) unit.
The dedicated Cardiac Cath Lab runs Monday - Friday for procedures such as diagnostic coronary angiography and pacemaker implants and liaises closely with other local hospitals for those needing interventional procedures. Our interventional Radiology service provides a 24/7 service for which Colchester is the regional vascular centre, performing procedures including RIGs, portacath insertions, ureteric stents, fibroid and prostate embolisations. We also accept patients from across the region for urgent, life-saving procedures such as EVAR, FEVAR, embolisation, thrombolysis and angioplasty.
This post requires a rotational on call commitment, for which there is a 45-minute call out time, once appropriate training has been provided. There is also an opportunity to rotate into CT.
Main duties of the job
- Accountable for the daily management of the staff workflow adhering to agreed protocols
- Provide significant knowledge and expertise in the clinical field of area
- Lead RPS for the your Imaging modality and keep up to date with IR(ME)R policies cascaded from the IR(ME)R Lead
- Undertake imaging to a high professional standard and ensuring good radiation governance processes are in place to support bothpatients and staff
- Accountable for reviewing your area policies, competency frameworks and staff training in order to support and maintain effective andefficient operation of the department enabling compliance with both national and local access targets
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you
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Details
Date posted
27 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR823-25
Job locations
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
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