Main area Mammography Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:30 to 5pm) Job ref 434-SCS6897907-A
Site Bucks Breast Unit, Wycombe Hospital Town High Wycombe Salary £43,742 - £50,056 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/03/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
* nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
* regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
* deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a motivated, forward-thinking experienced mammographer to join our multidisciplinary specialist breast screening and symptomatic team in the Breast Unit at Wycombe Hospital.
The successful post holder will undertake a major role in the management of all departmental staff, including recruitment & retention, staff appraisals, sickness management, disciplinary matters, and support of staff. The post holder will also be part of the Breast Imaging Management dealing with service planning and service development, and align themselves with the departments, and wider hospital's goals and values.
The applicant must have a UK Postgraduate Award in Mammography Practice (formerly the Certificate of Competence in Mammography) and at least 3 years mammography experience. It is expected that the successful applicant will make a real difference to our workplace and to the service which we offer to our patients.
The post holder will be based at Wycombe Hospital, High Wycombe however they will be required to travel, working as required on mobile breast units sited at various locations throughout the county. The candidate needs to hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.
This is an innovative unit committed to delivering an excellent service to our population of symptomatic breast patients and NHSBSP clients. We are hoping to introduce CEM in the near future.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be an experienced HCPC registered diagnostic radiographer with breast imaging expertise and leadership skills appropriate to this grade and post. A UK Postgraduate Award in Mammography Practice (formerly the Certificate of Competence in Mammography) is essential. Further training for a management qualification is possible.
* To produce high standard of images.
* To ensure that a patient centred approach is always maintained.
* To provide highly skilled and specialised Mammography within a symptomatic and screening setting.
* Participate in the mobile breast screening service on a flexible basis across all sites.
* Participate as required in the NHSBSP assessment clinics and provide effective support for consultant staff.
* To work without supervision in mammography, managing own workload and organisation of junior colleagues.
* Take a proactive leading role, supervising, inspiring and educating a team of clinical staff that includes radiographers, advanced practitioners, mammography practitioners and radiographic assistants.
* Support with the breast screening mobile moves, training staff and workload organisation.
* To work with other Band 7, dealing with day-to-day issues, supporting and managing staff, including recruitment & retention, staff appraisals, sickness management, disciplinary matters.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Degree or equivalent in Radiography
* UK Postgraduate award in Mammography
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of CPD and attendance at relevant courses
EXPERIENCE
* 3 Years experience in Mammography
* Experience of QA
* Supervision and training of Junior colleagues
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* Full Driving Licence and access to car
* Clear concise oral and written communication skills in order to deal with a range of staff/patients and provide written reports
* Knowledge of Health & Safety issues
* Ability to deal with difficult situations, complaints, aggressive behaviour
* Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team
* Ability to develop protocols for clinical imaging
* Appraisal and objective setting
Special Circumstances
* Travel to other sites and car driver
* Flexible to cover annual leave/sickness
* Physically fit
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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