CT
Band 3
CT radiographer Band 3 jobs in the UK
Trainee assistant practitioner · 1–2 years on AP training programme
CT radiographers deliver high-throughput cross-sectional imaging for trauma, stroke, oncology and interventional workups.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £24,625 – £25,674 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 1–2 years on AP training programme
- Where these roles sit
- Major trauma centres · Stroke units · Oncology centres · CDCs
What the person spec usually requires
- Working towards FdSc / foundation degree in healthcare science (imaging)
- Performing protocolled plain-film exams under supervision
- Patient ID, consent and pause-and-check ownership
- IR(ME)R operator under a named scheme of work
Core CT skills panels score
- Contrast administration & reactions
- Dose optimisation (DRLs)
- Trauma pathway (CT polytrauma)
- Cardiac CT
How to get shortlisted
- Evidence of academic capacity (recent GCSE/A-level/Access study)
- Care experience plus exposure to imaging
- Examples of following SOPs precisely under pressure
- Commitment to completing the apprenticeship
The route into CT
CT is a common Band 5 rotation. Many radiographers specialise post-PgCert in CT or move into cardiac CT for Band 7.
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