General radiography
Band 9
Diagnostic radiographer Band 9 jobs in the UK
Director / chief AHP / imaging executive · Executive — typically following sub-director roles
General/plain-film radiographers cover A&E, theatres, wards and outpatients — the largest part of the diagnostic workforce.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £108,755 – £125,322 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- Executive — typically following sub-director roles
- Where these roles sit
- Emergency departments · Theatres · Wards · Outpatient X-ray
What the person spec usually requires
- Executive director portfolio (chief AHP, imaging director)
- Statutory and regulatory accountability at organisation level
- National policy engagement (NHS England, GIRFT)
- Whole-system transformation leadership
Core General radiography skills panels score
- Plain film technique
- Mobile & theatre imaging
- IR(ME)R justification awareness
- Trauma positioning
How to get shortlisted
- Track record at board level
- Published strategy or national policy influence
- Crisis / pandemic-scale leadership stories
- Articulated personal leadership philosophy
The route into General radiography
Entry is via a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography or the degree apprenticeship, leading directly to a Band 5 post.
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