CT
Band 8a
CT radiographer Band 8a jobs in the UK
Consultant / clinical lead · 8+ years post-qualification
CT radiographers deliver high-throughput cross-sectional imaging for trauma, stroke, oncology and interventional workups.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £55,690 – £62,682 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 8+ years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Major trauma centres · Stroke units · Oncology centres · CDCs
What the person spec usually requires
- Consultant-level practice or departmental clinical lead
- Published / presented research or service-level QI
- Strategic responsibility for a service line or modality
- Active in regional / national professional networks (SoR, BSIR, BMUS, IPEM)
Core CT skills panels score
- Contrast administration & reactions
- Dose optimisation (DRLs)
- Trauma pathway (CT polytrauma)
- Cardiac CT
How to get shortlisted
- Articulated vision for the service, mapped to trust strategy
- Demonstrated influence beyond the department (region, national body)
- Financial and workforce literacy
- Track record of developing others into Band 7
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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