About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Cross Sectional Deputy Superintendent at University Hospitals Dorset, Base Location: Poole Hospital.
Our Trust is based across two large hospitals, the Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals with a CDC site at Bournemouth and a new CDC currently in development near the Poole site. Across the organisation we have 9 Canon CT scanners, 4 Siemens MRI scanners, 2 Phillips MRI scanners and an Esaote Extremity MRI scanner. This position is primarily based at the Poole site.
For CT, we perform a large number of orthopaedic, neuro and chest/body studies, as well as specialist examinations such as cardiac, angiography, colonography and ablations. In MRI we have the opportunity to perform orthopaedic, spine, angio, liver, cardiac, breast, prostate, head & neck and arthrography. In fact, there is not a great deal of cross sectional examinations that we are not undertaking here.
This role required state registration with Health Professions Council
Base location - Poole Hospital
Interview date - 2nd and 3rd July 2026
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Please do not hesitate to make an arrangement to visit the department and meet the management team.
About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
Deputy to the Superintendent Radiographer within the CT and MRI department. Support the staff in rotating throughout the CDC site and new BEACH trauma unit at the Bournemouth site. Take on the Superintendent duties in times of absence, sickness or annual leave. Be able to work in a job share role, maintaining high levels of communication and professionalism. Maintain a confidential and discreet approach where required. Organise the day-to-day workload to accommodate clinical priorities, negotiating changes to the planned work rota where required. Manage all aspects of staff absences including sickness plus granting, recording or refusing annual leave. Hold Return to Work Interviews and complete the relevant online form with staff following periods of sickness absence. Make decisions regarding staff levels, skill mix, annual leave requests, shift swaps and WLI allocation, updating Health Roster as necessary. Manage bank and agency staff, assign duties where required and ensure up to date competencies. Liaise with locum agencies for booking of their staff and update our staff rota and capacity & demand records. Schedule the annual appraisals of all CT and MRI staff members and appraise staff to ensure on-going competencies. Provide and monitor training for new staff, including completion of local induction and additional relevant competencies. Record and schedule mandatory training dates for CT & MRI staff. Maintain and keep up to date records of all Staff Competencies. Undertake IV Cannulation and IV therapy assessments for new and existing staff. Investigate and respond to LERN forms from both our staff and those from other hospital wards and departments. Schedule, attend and chair staff meetings. Be willing to have difficult conversations with staff when required around sensitive subjects, such as poor performance, timekeeping, appearance, not being able to have leave when desired. Be willing to talk to patients who raise complaints and help de-escalate and resolve difficult situations. Create and update SOPs, policies, PGDs and other departmental protocols. Report faults to manufacturers and schedule breakdown fixes and routine maintenance visits, updating our records including capacity impacts. Ensure departmental audits are undertaken and updated on the Radiology Audit Schedule, such as compliance audit, document acknowledgement, extravasaton Shortlist and interview prospective radiographers and CSWs into our team. Work with the team at Poole with the aim of service improvement and amalgamation of systems. Attend the monthly Quality and Risk Forum with a report from CT & MRI.
Person Specification
Application form and interview Essential
Extensive post graduate radiography experience, with significant dedicated experience in CT and/or MR
Desirable
Management qualification
Application form and interview Essential
Post graduate qualification in CT or MRI or equivalent clinical experience in CT and/or MRI scanning
Application form and interview Essential
Experience of leading a team and supervision of less qualified radiographers or students
Application form and Interview Essential
Ability to influence others and to lead by example even when the initiative or task may be personally undesirable.
Application form and interview Essential
Leadership skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address Poole Hospital
Longfleet Road
Poole
BH15 2JB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)