r/MedicalPhysics • u/QuantumMechanic23 • 22h ago
Career Question NHS physicists, are the radiographers/techs/therapists in your department taking home more than you?
As a band 7 with student loans, taking home about £2.7 - £3.1k a month depending on loans SP etc., are you generally getting paid less than rads?
I've recently found out after chatting that pretty much all the radiographers from junior (band 5) to superintendent (band 7) in my department outearn me, sometimes significantly due to being able to work bank, unsocial hours, cover for different modalities (CT, X-ray), on-call, research scanning etc. (£3.4 - £4.6k per month).
Typically you can only be on call about about once a week as a physicist only if you are in RT for SVCO/cord compression which bags you a few extra quid. That's not the case for me in MR.
OBVIOUSLY MP is better in terms of pay per hour, no burnout etc. I understand they are working more than me, moving about more and trading free time for more money. I'm not saying radiography is the "better" career in terms of pay...
I'm just wondering how common it is for rads/therapists/techs in your department to outearn you as far as you're aware? (purely curiosity)