Interventional
Band 6
Interventional radiographer Band 6 jobs in the UK
Specialist / senior practitioner · 1–4 years post-qualification
Interventional radiographers support image-guided procedures — angiography, embolisation, biliary, vascular and neuro-interventional.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £38,682 – £46,580 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 1–4 years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Vascular/IR suites in tertiary centres · Neuro-interventional centres · Cardiac cath labs
What the person spec usually requires
- Autonomous practice in at least one specialist modality
- Supervision of Band 5s, students and assistant practitioners
- Active CPD with a postgraduate certificate in progress or completed
- Contribution to audit, governance and protocol development
Core Interventional skills panels score
- Sterile technique
- Fluoroscopy/DSA
- Patient monitoring
- Equipment & consumables knowledge
How to get shortlisted
- Specific modality competency with case-volume evidence
- Leadership / mentorship examples using STAR
- Audit or QI you led and what changed as a result
- Knowledge of trust priorities (e.g. RTT, CDC rollout)
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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