- Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.
- Record sterilizer test results.
- Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests
Radiography assistant | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Radiography assistants help radiographers with their day-to-day duties.
Radiography assistants typically work around 40 to 42 hours per week.
As a Radiography assistant you will typically work evenings / weekends / bank holidays.
This occupation tends to be:
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely
| Average salary |
| 38,008 GBP * |
| per year |
Salary statistics
Average salary for Radiography assistant
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39,517 GBP
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37,043 GBP
Average salary for part-time Radiography assistant
Average salary for full-time Radiography assistant
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24,643 GBP
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23,924 GBP
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28,987 GBP
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38,008 GBP
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37,043 GBP
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Salary over time for Radiography assistant
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35,566 GBP
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36,470 GBP
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35,591 GBP
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36,755 GBP
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37,207 GBP
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39,135 GBP
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38,008 GBP
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41,875 GBP
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Things to highlight for your Radiography assistant interview
Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Cooperation Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Independence Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. Stress Tolerance Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
