MRI
Band 2
MRI radiographer Band 2 jobs in the UK
Imaging support worker / departmental assistant · Entry level — no formal qualification required
MRI radiographers run multi-sequence scans across neuro, MSK, cardiac and body imaging using 1.5T and 3T systems.
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
- Acute trusts · Community diagnostic centres (CDCs) · Private providers (InHealth, Alliance)
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 MRI skills panels score
- Safety screening (MRSE/MRSO)
- Sequence optimisation
- Cannulation
- Patient management in-bore
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 MRI
Most MRI radiographers start in general radiography at Band 5, rotate through MRI, then complete a PgCert in MRI to consolidate at Band 6.
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