Interventional
Band 8a
Interventional radiographer Band 8a jobs in the UK
Consultant / clinical lead · 8+ years post-qualification
Interventional radiographers support image-guided procedures — angiography, embolisation, biliary, vascular and neuro-interventional.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £55,690 – £62,682 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 8+ 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
- 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 Interventional skills panels score
- Sterile technique
- Fluoroscopy/DSA
- Patient monitoring
- Equipment & consumables knowledge
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 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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