Job summary
- Main area
- Diagnostic Radiographer
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 241-166FD-26
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bolton Hospital
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Enhanced Practitioner - MSK Reporting Radiographer
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Part time 22.5 hours per week (0.6 WTE). Permanent post.
Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an experienced musculoskeletal (MSK) reporting radiographer to join our established reporting team. The successful candidate will support the team to deliver our 09.00-21.00 MSK reporting service including all aspects of musculoskeletal projectional imaging and our radiographer-led discharge service.
Main duties of the job
To evaluate and interpret MSK x-rays and produce accurate, diagnostic and actionable reports, while maintaining patient and staff confidentiality and practising within legal and ethical boundaries of your profession. To take part in the radiographer-led discharge service.
Be responsible for prioritising and managing your own workload and ensuring that examinations are reported in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. Demonstrate professional autonomy and accountability, while working within your own scope of practice, be aware of your own limitations and know when to seek support. Understand the requirement for life-long continuing professional development, research and self-audit, required for retaining competence and supporting the necessary depth of knowledge. Demonstrate effective communication skills, and be able to adapt your communication style, to provide information, advice and professional opinion to the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their relatives and carers. Be actively involved in the daily operation of the department and act as a role model, setting and maintaining excellent standards of professionalism and ensuring the highest standard of patient/client care.
Working for our organisation
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level.
Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare. The Trust offer a range of flexible working patterns to enable our staff to balance their work and personal life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an experienced MSK reporting radiographer, you will join our established reporting radiographer team. As a member of the of this team, you will use your expert knowledge to independently report MSK x-rays from all referral sources, while working within your own scope of practice. You will take part in our radiographer led discharge service to support shorter journey times through our Emergency department.
Job planning will be completed on an individual basis in order to map your responsibilities and duties against national and local standards to ensure that you are able to demonstrate fulfillment of the four pillars of enhanced and advance radiographic practice. All team members will be expected to take part in self-audit, radiology events and learning meetings (REALM) and participate in the local continuous professional development (CPD) programme.
You will support the wider radiographic team to deliver a high standard of imaging whilst working in the general x-ray clinical area. You will act a role model and deliver support and actionable feedback to the team in order to maintain a high standard of radiographic practice.
For further details, please see the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration as a Radiographer with the Health Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- Years experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of basic image interpretation
Desirable criteria
- Experience of audit
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
- Emma Dodd
- Job title
- Radiology Reporting Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204390390
- Additional information
To arrange an informal department visit and/or discussion of the role, please contact Emma Dodd, Radiology Reporting Service Lead. ([email protected])
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