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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Job summary:

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This post provides symptomatic breast imaging and breast screening services on behalf of the West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Job responsibilities:

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Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

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• Provide specialist mammographic clinical technical services. To provide a full symptomatic and asymptomatic mammography service.
• Provide timely, efficient, and courteous provisions of breast imaging services to the agreed standards of the department, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Society of Radiographers.
• Work remotely on mobile vans to provide the breast screening service.
• Maintain up to date HCPC registration to practice.
• Ensure requirements of radiation administration and protection are observed as identified in the department local rules, procedure protocols and guidelines.
• Expert skills to perform all QA on all equipment routinely.

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1. Communication:

• Expert communication skills with staff and patients and the ability to handle difficult conversations.
• Effectively communicate with all grades of staff, carers, and patients. Adaptation of skills is needed to explain and carry out a variety of procedures.
• Provide and receive information relating to the management and imaging of breast imaging patients. This may be of a complex, sensitive, or contentious nature. Persuasive, motivational, and re-assurance skills will be required, in order to achieve agreement and cooperation from patients where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Understanding of the sensitive nature of the role and the complex communication needs required.
• Willing to undertake communication training or clinical updates as required.

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2. Planning and organisational Skills:

• To work unsupervised in a specialist area with autonomy making judgements on protocol.
• Planning and organisation of own workload, including breast screening sessions on a mobile unit.
• Adhere to the unit rota for clinic provisions.
• To be flexible with working hours wherever possible, if required.
• To undertake all Radiation, Health & Safety procedures as applicable to the department and/or Trust.

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3. Clinical Duties:

• Undertake all mammography duties for screening and symptomatic clinics including CESM, TOMO, assessment views, Implants etc.
• To carry out tasks delegated by the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent Radiographer in Mammography.
• Work closely with other breast care practitioners and radiologists to provide a high-quality service.
• Provide exceptional patient care.
• To attend multi-disciplinary meetings each year as appropriate
• Carry out quality assurance on all mammography equipment.
• To maintain high standards within the breast imaging team and service at all times.
• Manipulate complex mammographic equipment, always ensuring safe use.
• To be responsible for the management of patient images and data including processing, archiving, copying, image contrast and multi-planar image display.
• Report faults appropriately as required.
• Follow the departments quality assurance procedures.
• Accept referrals from other disciplines, adhering to Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulation (IRMER), on justification of procedures.
• Develop sufficient expertise in mammography to be able to act correctly on the information received.
• Ensure adequate CPD to maintain HCPC registration.
• Participate in trust appraisal scheme.
• Undertake clinical research imaging if requested.
• To participate in regular mandatory training including Fire Safety, Resuscitation and Manual Handling procedures and ensure these are followed.
• Adhere to department policies on Infection Control and the Handling and Clearing of Bodily Fluids.
• Adhere to departments COSHH regulations including dealing with a chemical spillage.

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4. Governance:

• To assist the department in audit and facilitating the Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI) accreditation.
• Participate in Governance and support the Governance Radiographer Practitioner in departmental audits.
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed, auditing processes as required.

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5. Leadership and management:

• Supervise and teach student radiographers and assistant practitioners as required.
• Support new staff in induction. Teach and promote awareness and compliance with policies and protocols.
• Work with an AP at remote locations and act as the supervising member of staff

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6. Information Resources:

• To be able to record all relevant dose information on CRIS as per Employer’s Procedures, in line with IR(ME)R.
• Be able to enter patient details, access patient records/history and retrieve images on the Trust’s computerised radiography systems and workstations as well as the patient archiving and communication system.