Mammographer

Job overview

Trainee/Qualified Mammographer

Employer: University of Leicester Hospitals NHS

Department: Breast Care Unit

Location: Glenfield Hospital

Salary: Dependant on experience and current salary

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 Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography.

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.

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

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.