Job Description

Job Title: Radiology Unit Nurse Manager (Registered Adult Nurse)

Department: Radiography

Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU

Contract: Permanent

Full time/part time: Fixed Term 1 Year Maternity Cover, 37.50 hours per week

Salary range: £competitive

Close Date For Applications: Friday 12th June 2026 (23:59pm)

Are you an experienced Radiology or Diagnostics Nurse with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering outstanding patient care?

At Bupa, you can be the Nurse you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority. Building a career in radiography has never been easier, with good hours, you can live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.

Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.

About The Cromwell Hospital

The Cromwell Hospital is a major international private hospital in West London receive both UK and international patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality healthcare outpatient and inpatient service care. The hospital has 180 beds and 4 suites, theatres, medical and surgical wards, cardiac centre, CDU, level 2 and 3 full intensive care facilities, paediatrics, diagnostic services, physiotherapy, a dedicated day surgery unit, and a new cath lab.

The radiology department at Cromwell hospital opened its doors in December 2025 with a fully refreshed suite of facilities in the new diagnostic wing of the hospital: Lexham Gardens. Comprising three floors of ultrasound facilities.

Our new modern Radiography department is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology to include;

• Two general X-Ray rooms

• One fluoroscopy suite, which can also be utilised as an additional X-Ray room

• One Cone Beam CT scanner

• One Bone Density scanner with advanced body composition analysis capabilities

• Two state-of-the-art mobile X-Ray units

• Four theatre image intensifiers

How you’ll help us make health happen:

As the Radiology Nurse Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the quality, culture, and performance of our radiology nursing service. You will work collaboratively with superintendent radiographers, radiologists, and outpatient services to ensure safe, seamless, and patient‑centred pathways.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading, managing, and developing the radiology nursing team.

• Ensuring the delivery of exceptional patient care across all radiological procedures.

• Creating a positive, high‑performing environment where multidisciplinary teamwork thrives.

• Overseeing departmental rotas, appraisals, recruitment, performance, and daily operations.

• Ensuring compliance with hospital policies, CQC standards, radiation protection and infection control.

• Driving quality improvement initiatives, audits, and service development.

• Supporting patient concerns, complaints, and service feedback (NPS).

• Ensuring equipment, resources, and pharmaceutical supplies are efficiently managed.

• Maintaining robust governance standards and safe working practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced senior nurse ready to take ownership of a high‑profile, highly specialised service.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Registered Adult Nurse with BSc or working towards

• NMC Registration ( essential)

• Teaching/assessing qualification. ( essential)

• Must have a current ILS (Immediate Life Support) certificate ( essential)

• Post graduate qualification in Radiology nursing or equivalent. (desirable)

Benefits:

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• Payment of Professional Registration fees

• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year pro rata

• Access to Bupa Campus and our Clinical Training Facility to support your clinical career development

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work

• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass

• Various other benefits and online discounts

• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work

• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe. All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Nursing & Theatres

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London