Deputy Superintendent Radiographer Breast Unit
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
This is a fabulous opportunity for a Senior Radiographer with Mammography experience to take the next step in your career.
The service includes the Screening & Symptomatic Service based at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with three mobile vans covering the South Essex area. We screen around 25,000 women per year.
We run three recently refurbished GE Mammography rooms with tomosynthesis capacity and 2 Ultrasound rooms, with dedicated waiting areas for screening and symptomatic.
This is an exciting time to join the team as we introduce Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography, alongside our current research audits and training programs.
If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!
Main duties of the job
* Your primary responsibility will be to work as a Deputy Superintendent Mammographer within Southend Hospital and on the Breast Screening mobile units.
* To supervise the Breast screening imaging staff on a daily basis.
* To deputise for the Superintendent mammographer in their absence.
* To be responsible for appraising the radiographic assistants (helpers).
* To be responsible for the health promotion activities for the unit.
* To be responsible for the rotation of the staff between mobiles and base unit.
* To be responsible for the unit QA reports to be sent to the regional QA physicist.
* To be responsible for ordering supplies.
* Act as an RPS within the Breast Imaging Service.
* To provide the mammographic service for the symptomatic and screening service.
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Job responsibilities
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include:
* To communicate effectively with team members on the breast screening service and the symptomatic breast team.
* To work with the regional QA team to ensure service performance is accurately submitted and actions taken forward.
* To ensure a professional patient/client and radiographer relationships at all times.
* To be able to communicate with the medical staff, doctors, consultant surgeons, consultant radiologists, nurses within the unit and the trust.
* To communicate with the engineers from the equipment providers.
* To communicate with the clerical staff in both the screening and symptomatic offices.
* To communicate with the staff from the host mobile site.
* Be able to deal with off the street enquiries and answer any related health promotion questions.
* Have sensitivity to the cultural, physical, and psychological needs of the patient.
* Provide information for relatives both written and verbal.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc Radiography or equivalent.
* Previous mammography experience at senior level.
* Knowledge of ICE, PAS iWeb and PACS.
Experience
* Demonstrated Knowledge of the NHS and NHS Breast Screening Programme.
* Knowledge of PACS and RIS systems.
* Management Experience.
Communication
* Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information appropriate to patients' level of understanding.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £43,742 a year (Per Annum, Pro Rata for Part Time)
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