MRI Radiographer
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Luton, LU4 0DZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9418-25-1142 |
Summary
1. To assist the MRI administrative team in the course of their work 2. Utilize department protocols and set standards to continually undertake MRI procedures of the highest quality. 3. To arrive promptly, be appropriately dressed for duties, and behave in a professional manner at all times. 4. To plan, prioritise and organise own workload. 5. To deputise for MRI Modality lead as and when required. 6. To be actively involved in the department audit and quality assurance programme. 7. To supervise junior members of staff and help expand their knowledge and skills. 8. To be aware of Health and Safety at Work Act and ensure the guidelines are followed. To be fully aware of the potential hazards of working in an area of strong magnetic field and to be familiar with the safety guidelines. 9. To be fully aware of the potential bio-effects of MRI and to ensure that the scanner is operated within safe limits at all times. To act at all times with consideration for the safety and welfare of patients. 10. To ensure that adequate protection is given to self, patients and other staff as laid out in the Local Rules for protection of persons in MRI. 11. To be familiar with and implement safety procedures (quench, fire, cardiac arrest) which are specific to the MR environment. 12. To ensure that all persons entering the scanner examination room have completed an MRI safety checklist and have removed all personal belongings, which might either be hazardous in the area of strong magnetic field or might be damaged by it. 13. To ensure that, once removed, patients valuables are safely locked away. 14. To be physically able to move moderately heavy items of equipment (e.g. surface coils) throughout the working day. 15. To physically position the patient for a range of MR examinations, to ensure that image quality, patient comfort and patient safety are maintained at all times, whilst taking into account patient limitations and adapting standard techniques where necessary. 16. To assess specific communication needs of individual patients. To anticipate where communication difficulties might make completion of the safety checklist impossible and to implement alternative methods to ensure that patient safety is maintained. 17. In particular, to be sensitive to patient anxiety regarding the claustrophobic nature of the MR scanner and to be able to help patients overcome their anxiety so that the examination can be performed. 18. To operate advanced software on the MR scanner, requiring excellent hand-eye co-ordination, e.g. bolus chasing, image reformatting and dynamic imaging. 19. Where imaging reveals a pathology which requires urgent medical review of the patient, bring such findings to the attention of a radiologist. In the absence of a radiologist, notify the referring clinician of the scan findings.