# Band 7 Breast Screening Radiographer (WoLBSS)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal Free Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Radiographer
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30T12:00:39.045Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/West_London_Breast_Screening_Mammographer/West_London_Breast_Screening_Mammographer-v8275343
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8275343?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Senior Radiographer (Mammography) – Band 7

West of London Breast Screening Service is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Radiographer to join our dedicated, patient‑focused team delivering high‑quality breast screening and assessment services across multiple sites.

You will be a qualified Radiographer (DCR or BSc) with current HCPC registration and a PgCert (or equivalent) in Mammography at Master’s level from a recognised training centre. You will bring strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills and the ability to work autonomously across busy clinical environments.

This is a varied and rewarding role working across our static units, assessment clinics and mobile screening locations including Charing Cross Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital, Edgware Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, Hanwell Health Centre, Uxbridge Health Centre, Hounslow Centre for Health and other sites as required. The role requires flexibility to work across multiple sites within the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, including providing cross‑site cover to breast screening services as service needs dictate.

### Main duties of the job

As a Senior Radiographer, you will play a key role in delivering specialist mammography within the NHS Breast Screening Programme. You will operate digital mammography and stereo‑tactic biopsy equipment, perform high‑quality diagnostic imaging and support interventional procedures including breast biopsies. You will work within national QA standards, ensuring excellent image quality and low technical recall rates and acting as Lead Radiographer when required.

They may also be asked to support wider operational tasks essential to the effective running of the breast screening service.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post graduate experience in mammography
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team

**Desirable**

- Post graduate experience working within the NHSBSP

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Able to commute to all different screening sites to provide cross cover support
- Ability to work under pressure and flexibly in a dynamic environment
- Self-aware & reflective
- Competence in NBSS modules relating to mammography functions
- Be willing to work unsocial hours occasionally

### Skills & Knowledge

**Essential**

- Ability to build rapport quickly and support patients through sensitive and emotionally complex procedures.
- Highly developed organisational skills and able to prioritise effectively
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong team-working skills, contributing positively to collaborative practice and supporting colleagues at all levels
- Flexible approach to working, adapting to service needs, changing priorities and diverse client/patient requirements
- Capacity to prioritise workload dynamically
- Strong problem-solving skills, able to analyse issues, identify solutions and implement improvements effectively

**Desirable**

- Experience in recruiting, interviewing, and supporting new staff
- Ability to manage staff across multiple sites

### Analytical & Judgement Skills

**Essential**

- Delivers consistently high-quality diagnostic mammography images in accordance with national standards and professional guidelines
- Rapidly evaluates patient personality, communication needs and clinical history, adapting approach to ensure safe, efficient and patient-centered care.
- Able to adjust mammography positioning and technique with advanced clinical judgement, accommodating patient limitations, discomfort, or complex presentations
- Demonstrates strong initiative, autonomy, and accountability, making sound decisions in fast-paced clinical environments and maintaining service quality

### Royal Free shared commitments

**Essential**

- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments

### Education, Qualifications & HCPC Registration

**Essential**

- BSc (Hons) in Radiography (or equivalent)
- Pg Cert award in mammography practice
- Current HCPC registration.

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591185)
- [person specification (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591186)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 99.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10591187)
- [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752)

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