Radiography

See what graduates from last year’s Diagnostic Imaging Science and Radiation Oncology courses at Glasgow Caledonian University went on to do after graduation. The chart below shows how many graduates were employed, in further study & unemployed six months after graduation (the category ‘Others’ includes graduates who were either not available for employment, were taking time out, were starting a job the following month, or were doing something else).

Destinations of Radiography graduates from DLHE survey 2009/10

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Employed: 46
Further study: 1
Unemployed: 1
Others: 2
Total 1st degree returns: 50

92% of graduates from our Radiography courses last year who responded to our survey were in employment 6 months after graduation – graduate employers included the following companies:

Ayrshire & Arran Health Board
Beatson Oncology Centre
Derbyshire Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS Fife
NHS Greater Glasgow
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Tayside
Oxford Radcliffe Hospital

Professional Bodies:

Guide to researching graduate vacancies:

Specialist information for School of Health students is available in the Applications and Interviews section below
Please refer to our suite of leaflets which will assist you in your search for a graduate job, further study or placement. The leaflets also cover topics including Writing a CV, interview techniques and the application process which you may also find useful. All these leaflets are available from the Careers & Employability Centre, M015 George Moore Building , or can be downloaded from our website.
Also look at the listings of graduate jobs in the vacancy section of our site. On average we receive over 30 new vacancies daily and we usually have over 500 graduate jobs, placements and part-time jobs advertised at any one time - be sure to check our website regularly.
Register with the Careers Service and we will email you jobs matching your specified requirements as soon as they are advertised.

Applications and Interviews:

View our recent seminar on Effective Applications for Radiographers (Powerpoint presentation)
View our recent seminar Impress at Interview for Radiographers (Powerpoint presentation)
NHS Personal Statement for Radiographers
Radiography CV & Radiography Covering Letter
Interview questions for Radiographers
A Guide to Interviews for Health professionals
Applications, CVs and covering letters (www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Appforms & www.prospects.ac.uk/links/CVwriting)
Making an impact: The Graduate Job Interview (AGCAS DVD)
Your job’s online (AGCAS DVD)

Postgraduate study/research:

Find a Masters.com
Find a PhD.com
Postgraduate Study (Graduate Prospects)
HealthQWest - based in the West of Scotland, providing research training for nurses and allied health professionals

NHS Jobs:

NHS (Scotland) – Search for vacancies by region, employer and category
NHS (England and Wales) – Search options include keyword, location and salary.
NHS (Northern Ireland) – Official gateway for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Jobs General:

Health Jobs UK.com UK’s largest independent database of jobs in the health sector. Search by job title, county or employer.
Jennie Reeves Recruitment - specialist recruitment agency for Radiography.
Society of Radiographers - vacancy search facility. See also journal 'Synergy News', with information on vacancies, CPD and professional issues.
Pulsestaffing - recruitment agency for specialist nursing and health care vacancies

Private hospitals:

BMI Healthcare Includes a ‘Looking for a Job’ section
Private Healthcare Includes a ‘Health Jobs’ section
Spire Healthcare Vacancies at hospitals previously owned by BUPA

Complementary Medicine:

The following websites are good starter sites for investigating this field, but they are not recruitment websites. See also relevant links & information from your own professional body website.

Medical equipment manufacturers and suppliers:

UK Science Parks Association Regional search & vacancy section
Scottish Business Information Service (Find a company/ Find an industry) National Library of Scotland's Scottish Business Information Service
Scottish Business Directories Links to all of Scotland’s Business Directories

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