Senior Mammographer - Guildford, United Kingdom - InHealth Group

InHealth Group Guildford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Permanent

Description

Job summary

Are you an experienced Breast Screening Radiographer looking for a new opportunity with the National Breast Screening Programme?

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Mammographer to join our Breast Screening team based at the Jarvis Centre in Guildford, Surrey.

Breast screening the women of Surrey and NE Hants is carried out on a fleet of 5 mobile vans with additional capacity at Jarvis Centre. Assessment Clinics, held at the Jarvis Centre, are staffed by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team of Consultant Radiologists, Associate Breast Clinicians, Advanced Practitioners, Mammographers, Assistant Practitioners and clinical and administration staff following the NHSBSP principles of triple assessment mammography/ultrasound, clinical examination and needle biopsy).

Main duties of the job

What does being a Senior Mammographer involve? This is a full-time role, working hours per week on a local rota across Monday Friday.

As a Senior Mammographer at InHealth, you will provide a high-quality imaging service to all users of the service and screen women for breast cancer by mammography.

You will participate in assessment clinics including stereotactic biopsies and participate in the support of development of assistant practitioners.

This role offers significant development opportunities as you will be expected to take on some additional managerial duties and deputise for the Superintendent Radiographer when appropriate. Allocated time for these duties will be provided.

About us

InHealth is the UKs largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions. Our aim is to make healthcare better for patients by working collaboratively with the NHS to deliver a range of high-quality tests, scans, assessments and procedures. In the last year, we have supported more than 4 million people in their healthcare journeys, the majority of these are NHS patients and service users.

As a people-focused organisation, our teams are integral in how we deliver our services and our values of Trust, Passion, Care and Fresh Thinking underpin everything we do, influencing the way we interact with patients, customers, and colleagues.

Our mission is to be the preferred provider of high-quality diagnostics and healthcare solutions in hospitals and in accessible community settings, serving 5 million patientsfrom 1,000 locations by 2025.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Senior Mammographer

Location:Jarvis Centre, Guildford

Salary:Competitive

per week

Are you an experienced Breast Screening Radiographer looking for a new opportunity with the National Breast Screening Programme?

We are currently recruiting fora Senior Mammographer to join ourBreast Screeningteambased at the Jarvis Centre in Guildford, Surrey.

Breast screening the women of Surrey and NE Hants is carried out on a fleet of 5 mobile vans with additional capacity at Jarvis Centre.

Assessment Clinics, held at the Jarvis Centre, are staffed by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team ofConsultant Radiologists,Associate Breast Clinicians, Advanced Practitioners, Mammographers, Assistant Practitioners and clinical and administration staff following the NHSBSP principles of triple assessment mammography/ultrasound, clinical examination and needle biopsy).

What does being a Senior Mammographer involve?

This is a full-time role, working per week on a local rota across Monday Friday.

As a Senior Mammographerat InHealth, you will provide a high-quality imaging service to all users of the service and screen women for breast cancer by mammography. You will participate in assessment clinics including stereotacticbiopsies and participate in the support of development of assistant practitioners.

This role offers significant development opportunities as you will be expected to take on some additional managerial duties and deputise for the Superintendent Radiographer when appropriate.

Allocated time for these duties will be provided.

What will you do?

You will provide a high-quality imaging service to all users of the screening service; screening women for Breast Cancer by mammography. You will participate in assessment clinics including stereotactic biopsies and perform regular QC checks on mammography equipment including the stereotactic unit and Ultrasound machine. You will also participate in the support of development of assistant practitioners performing

What you are responsible for:

To take high quality mammograms

To participate in the units Quality Assurance Programme and take remedial action when necessary

To indirectly supervise and mentor Assistant Practitioners in the workplace.

To be competent at obtaining additional views of the breast at Assessment clinics

To prepare and assist in biopsy procedures including targeting for stereotactic examinations

To take part in a rota to cover work on mobile screening sites

To ensure sufficient supplies are available at mobile sites and arrange transportation if necessary.

To be competent to use all clinical equipment used by the Service

To keep up to date with current trends and techniques in mammography and thus be sufficiently well informed to answer queries on breast health and screening.

To be able to deal with nervous or anxious clients

To record clinical observations as part of the screening process

To be confident and professional when positioning women who are naked from the waist up

To be able to enter all quality assurance data on the computer

To deal with equipment malfunction and know when to suspend its use

To maintain a current CPD portfolio

To abide by the Ionising Radiation Regulations

To identify films suitable for teaching purposes

What skills and experience will you need to apply?

BSc in Radiography

PG Cert in Mammography

HCPC registration

Ability to listen and communicate effectively, using a variety of methods bearing in mind the diverse nature of the clients who attend breast screening

Be able to work co-operatively, across organisational boundaries, cultures and diversity to achieve shared goals for the breast screening service and for the organisation

Maintain and demonstrate the appropriate and necessary technical knowledge for breast imaging and continue to refine relevant analytical/technical skills as well as professional judgement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential