About Cannon James

We're a specialist recruitment partner to the imaging and oncology sector, helping organisations secure the talent that improves outcomes for their teams, their commercial goals and, ultimately, patients.

Who We Work With

We partner with organisations where technology, patient care and credibility sit at the heart of what they do.

Independent and clinical healthcare providers

OEMs, hardware and solution-sales businesses

AI, software and clinical imaging informatics

Health and science membership and trade associations

What You Can
Expect

A structured briefing process agreed up front

Clear timelines, responsibilities and communication expectations

Regular, proactive updates throughout the lifecycle

Honest feedback and debriefs with candidates and hiring managers

Our Core Values

The principles that guide how we work, who we work with, and the standard we hold ourselves to on every assignment.

Mountain landscape

Partnership

Long-term mindset, transparent communication.

Railway tracks

Precision

Skills, values and motivations first - not just keywords.

Mountain peak

Outcomes

Focused on impact in-role, not activity for activity's sake.

Meet The Team

Sam Cannon

Sam Cannon

Co-Founder

Over a decade of specialist recruitment experience, with a strong focus on imaging. Sam has spent more than ten years recruiting into the sector, building deep expertise that has expanded alongside the ecosystem into oncology and the technology behind better care. He founded Cannon James to bring a more considered, relationship-led approach to the organisations shaping these markets, and to place talent at every level, from clinical and operational teams through to commercial and executive leadership.

Joe James

Joe James

Co-Founder

More than thirteen years in recruitment, the bulk of it spent in imaging and adjacent specialist markets, operating at director level. Joe established his focus recruiting radiographers and imaging talent across the UK and has grown his expertise alongside the sector ever since, into oncology and the wider MedTech landscape. He co-founded Cannon James with a conviction that organisations in imaging and oncology deserve a recruiter who truly understands their world, their technology and their stakeholders, not just their vacancy.

Ready to hire with confidence?

Book a briefing call and we'll talk through the role, the context, and what "good" looks like - then we'll build a search plan around it.