Mammographer / Pacs Support - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the unit for a B6 PACs Radiographer/Mammographer.

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Radiographer that has the Postgraduate Certificate in Mammography to work in the Breast Units at City Hospital, Walsall Manor Hospital and the 5 dedicated screening mobile units that are used within the community.

For essential effective patient management, the post holder will work as one of two PACs mammographers within the service.

The post holder is required to work closely with the clinical teams and service provider on a daily basis to provide PACs support.

The PACS coordinator Radiographer will be the first point of contact within the department to lead and deliver management of the PACS system and regularly monitor and maintain the system.

The post holder will also be the lead in training other staff in PACS to ensure knowledge is disseminated within the breast unit to ensure high standards of care to all clients and patients.

The PACS process is vital to clinical outcomes and this will involve troubleshooting via clinical and non-clinical pathways.

We are one of the largest screening programmes in the West Midlands and being an innovative team we undertake many trials and have recently purchased an ABUS and looking to incorporate further new technologies such as CESM.

Please contact:

Deputy Programme Manager.

Tel No:

The applicant will coordinate and deliver the PACs requirements within the service inclusive of City Hospital, Walsall Manor Hospital and the 5 mobile screening vans, delivering highly specialised support to the team.

Mammography is an essential requirement of this post, the roles of PACs and mammography will be delivered alongside each other over a 37.5 hour week.

The Walsall breast unit has GE-Pristina digital equipment and City breast unit and mobile vans has Hologic - Dimensions units.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.

Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Lead in operational management and support of the PACs system within the breast unit; to ensure effective management of PACS systems including activities such as workflows, archiving, exporting and importing images, monitoring secure view communication errors.
To lead and assist on integration work related to systems used in the breast unit; NBSS and CRIS
To monitor interfaces with Breast Unit PACS.
To support staff in the use of the PACs system, and that training is provided via 1:1 or group sessions. Excellent communication skills with staff are essential to explain systems to all bandings.
To effectively troubleshoot any issues on a day to day basis in regards to PACs, ensuring that excellent complex problem solving skills are utilised.
To assist in the connectivity of modalities in connection to IT, communicate technical details to relevant parties/systems.
To assist in ensuring that DICOM compatibility is maintained and integrated with existing and new systems.
Ensure that all policies and procedures are up to date, audited regularly and any changes implemented and disseminated to staff.
Ensure audit/QA is performed as per NHSBSP standards and that this information is documented and shared with relevant staff.
To develop links with Main Imaging PACS for points of reference and to attend any training workshops provided by Main Imaging PACS.
To liaise with IT and Medical Physics if required and when new equipment is being procured to confirm compatibility with existing service.
To maintain a highly specialised knowledge of PACS systems and implement this knowledge accordingly.
Ensuring that one's own workload is managed effectively with mínimal supervision.
To provide a high quality service in all aspects of mammography on the mobile units, imaging one client every 6 minutes. Also assessment clinics and symptomatic referral service, to a standard acceptable to the Division and NHSBSP.
To be responsible for monitoring the quality of Radiographic technique to ensure 97% of images are technically adequate and that less than 3% of clients are recalled for repeat examination.
To participate in the department's Extended Working Day System/Sessional working where agreed with the post holder.
To assist in the development and production of protocols, procedures and training manuals as directed by the Superintendent Mammographer.
To assist radiologists performi