Interventional
Band 2
Interventional radiographer Band 2 jobs in the UK
Imaging support worker / departmental assistant · Entry level — no formal qualification required
Interventional radiographers support image-guided procedures — angiography, embolisation, biliary, vascular and neuro-interventional.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £24,169 (2025/26 AfC, single spine point)
- Typical experience
- Entry level — no formal qualification required
- Where these roles sit
- Vascular/IR suites in tertiary centres · Neuro-interventional centres · Cardiac cath labs
What the person spec usually requires
- Patient escort, chaperoning, room turnover and stock control
- Basic patient handling and communication
- Supporting radiographers in plain-film, fluoroscopy and CT rooms
- Mandatory training: manual handling, IPC, safeguarding, IR(ME)R awareness
Core Interventional skills panels score
- Sterile technique
- Fluoroscopy/DSA
- Patient monitoring
- Equipment & consumables knowledge
How to get shortlisted
- Customer-service or care experience — show the human side
- Reliability, teamwork and shift-work examples
- Genuine interest in progressing to assistant practitioner
- NHS values mapped explicitly to the job description
The route into Interventional
Most IR radiographers move across from general or CT after Band 5, with in-house training and a PgCert in interventional imaging for Band 6/7.
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