Radiography Practice Educator Lead

Job overview

The Imaging Department at Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health have an exciting career development opportunity to become a Band 8a Radiography Practice Educator in our team.

The Imaging Department supportsone of the busiest A&Es in the country as well as a broad range of specialties with a CT Colon service, walk-in GP services, dedicated MRI pacemaker imaging service, Dental services and MDT-led Fluoroscopy services. The new hospital planned for Whipps Cross will feature imaging as an essential provider for same day assessment and treatment of patients.

We’re looking for an inspiring Radiography Practice Educator to lead our Imaging team through a significant Workforce Transformation while driving the development and growth of Radiographers, Imaging Assistants, Radiography Students, T-level Students and Apprentices at every stage of their career. You’ll champion high‑quality clinical education, guide learners and staff, and lead colleagues confidently through evolving ways of working. Our vision is to support staff to work to the top of their licence, nurturing skills through training and mentorship to realise a workforce that provides outstanding care for our patients now and in the future.

Main duties of the job

To lead and provide expert clinical practice, training and education to the Imaging workforce and audit practice in line with departmental and national guidelines and protocols.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• • Extensive experience in core radiographer services.
• • Knowledge and understanding of NHS structure and organisation.
• • Experience of change management.
• • Demonstrable experience of teaching, supervision and assessment.
• • Demonstrable experience of staff management/supervision.

Skills

Essential criteria

• • Ability to manage own work programme and to prioritise deadlines.
• • Microsoft Office skills.
• • Able to develop and deliver staff training programmes and presentations.
• • Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings, using a variety of methods, with different staff groups.
• • Adaptable to meet differing learning styles/preferences.

Desirable criteria

• • Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• • Able to interpret national and local guidance and to develop service wide policies to reflect these standards.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• • To hold DCR(R) or BSc Hons in Diagnostic Imaging.
• • Current state HCPC registration.
• • Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience / evidence of working towards.

Desirable criteria

• • Teaching qualification or equivalent.
• • Reporting Radiography Qualification

Other

Essential criteria

• Responsible for own professional actions and have sufficient autonomy for the delivery of the role

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.