Advanced Practitioner - Breast Services

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Breast imaging team.

Are you an independent autonomous practitioner with experience of Breast Ultrasound, Image Interpretation and Breast Interventional procedures, who can take a lead role in clinical decision-making while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team?

You will provide expert clinical assessment, differential diagnosis, while offering guidance and support to junior colleagues.

This senior role also includes delivering advanced clinical practice, clinical leadership, supervision, mentorship and support to multidisciplinary professionals, including ACPs, junior medical staff and nursing staff across all grades.

If this sounds like you, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Doncaster has embraced the 4 tier model using a mixture of Assistant Practitioners,  Mammographers ( with extended roles )  and  Advanced Practitioners who perform a mixture of film reading, Interventional Biopsies & Breast Ultrasound.  We are committed to role extension and continuing professional development.

The department provides a full symptomatic and breast screening service spread over 3 sites:

• Jasmine Unit at Doncaster Royal Infirmary – Provides 4 Fast Track, 2 Assessment & 2 Surveillance / Family History Clinics per week and includes 2 new GE Logic E10 ultrasound scanners  and 2 Siemens Inspiration mammogram machines with PRIME Technology upgraded to state of the art MAMMOMAT Revelation with 50° HD Breast Tomosynthesis.
• The Princess Diana Unit at Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop provides 2 fast track clinics, 2 screening days, 1 assessment & 1 surveillance / family history clinic and includes 1 new GE Logic E10 ultrasound scanner and both the Siemens Inspiration mammogram machine & the MAMMOMAT Revelation with 50° HD Breast Tomosynthesis
• Devonshire House is our new dedicated static screening unit close to the centre of Doncaster and railway station where Siemens Inspiration with PRIME Technology is currently being installed. Currently we run screening clinics every day from 8 -4.30pm, Monday – Friday.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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