Job summary
Employer heading
Trainee Mammographer
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
Trainee Mammographer
Salary: Dependant on experience and current salary
We are seeking to recruit a qualified or newly qualified Radiographer with a passion for working to the highest standards. This is a training post aimed at developing into an Qualified Mammographer.Ìý Our friendly, dedicated multi-disciplinary team are committed to providing a first class service to our patients from our purpose built
Breast Care Centre, static unit at the Leicester General Hospital or one of our four mobile units.
Our breast screening programme is the largest in the East Midlands and one of the largest in England. Our Breast Screening population is 160,000. In addition to the screening activity our symptomatic and surveillance demand is approximately 17,000 per year. We are a centre that is actively involved in clinical trials and up to date techniques including Tomosynthesis and CESM.
The successful candidate will assist in planning and providing a high standard of care to all patients and will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Breast Care Unit.
You will need to be highly motivated, passionate, and able to work as part of a team with excellent verbal and written communication skills.Ìý
Interviews will be face to face only.
Main duties of the job
- To provide all aspects of mammographic Imaging to agreed standards.
- Be a professional role model for staff facilitating positive working relationships, good level of communication and co-operation within the radiology multidisciplinary team and other areas within the Trust.
- Supervise and mentor junior members of staff
- Ensure the quality assurance programme is adhered to.
- Assist in the placement and supervision of student radiographer
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:Ìý
- high-quality care for all,Ìý
- being a great place to work,Ìý
- partnerships for impact, andÌý
- research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,Ìý
- we are inclusive, andÌý
- we are one teamÌý
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide a high quality mammographic service, including screening and the symptomatic breast clinics, to the women of Leicestershire and Rutland adhering to the NHSBSP guidelines including monitoring of the equipment and quality standards.
- To prepare all mammographic equipment prior to using to ensure that equipment is working correctly and safely following agreed protocols
- Ensure that women attending for Breast Imaging are interviewed in the appropriate manner displaying an encouraging attitude to breast imaging and that women are supported and guided through the mammographic process.
- Manage the mammographic workflow.
- Assist in the development of systems of work including operational policies and procedures
- To initiate and make recommendations towards changes in clinical practice for new ways of working.
- To adhere to the NHSBSP Quality Assurance Guidelines for Radiographers and maintain high standards of clinical expertise in all aspects of Breast Imaging.
See the attached job description/personal specification (see documents required section) for further information on the main duties, responsibilities and skill required for this role.Ìý
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma of the College of Radiographers/BSc in Radiography
Desirable criteria
- UK NHS Breast Screening Programme Certificate of Competency/Postgraduate award in mammographic practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Suitable Band 5/6 or newly qualified radiographer with sound experience and clinical knowledge of radiography
- Ability to carry out radiographic procedures to a high standard
- Previous experience working /training in NHS hospital
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or Experience of working in UK NHS breast screening programme
- Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Test of mammography equipment
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to organise and prioritise work using own initiative
- Ability to communicate easily and effectively with staff and clients, in particular empathise with distressed women
Desirable criteria
- Be able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English concerning patients without risk of misunderstanding
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarbjit K Johal
- Job title
- Advanced Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0116 2502514
- Additional information
Serina Korol
General Manager
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