Trainee/Qualified Mammographer

Employer: University of Leicester Hospitals NHS

Department: Breast Care Unit

Location: Glenfield Hospital

We are seeking to recruit a Trainee or Qualified Mammographer with a passion for working to the highest standards. 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. A Postgraduate Award in Mammography is preferable, although training will be considered for the right applicant.

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 radiographers

About us

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:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• 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,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

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:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Job description

Job 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.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma of the College of Radiographers/BSc in Radiography
• Certificate of Competency/Postgraduate award in mammography or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Mammography equipment and techniques
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance issues

Desirable

• Experience of NHS breast screening programme

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• 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 recalled to assessment

Desirable

• Be able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English concerning patients without risk of misunderstanding

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Glenfield Hospital

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9QP

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