Employer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town: Shrewsbury
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust are looking for a dynamic, caring, and enthusiastic Consultant Radiographer to join our Breast Imaging team.
The department provides screening and symptomatic services for the county of Shropshire and parts of mid-Wales. We have recently implemented Tomosynthesis and are looking to implement Contract Enhanced Mammography. We are supported by an excellent team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Radiographers, Assistant Practitioners, Breast Care Nurses, Imaging Assistants, and Clerical staff.
We have newly installed GE Pristina equipment in both departments and on our mobile units.
We embrace new ways of working to meet the challenges currently faced, this includes going paperlite for our Breast Screening Programme.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to provide and facilitate an expert level of care in breast imaging services. They will exercise the highest degree of professional autonomy enabling and embedding values-based practice across pathways, services, organisations, and systems, working in partnership with individuals and teams. This extends beyond developing expertise in professional practice and independent decision-making within complex and unpredictable contexts. They will demonstrate expertise and evidence-informed practice.
Work collaboratively with colleagues delivering a seamless continuity of service for the NHS Breast Screening Programme and symptomatic breast services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Liaise with colleagues regarding annual leave and during times of increased workload, ensuring clinical workload commitments are covered to maintain continuity of service in both the screening and symptomatic services.
Clinical duties will be undertaken at both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, and the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. As such, the post-holder must have a current driving licence and access to private transport.
This post requires extremely high levels of clinical judgement involving frequent periods of intense concentration, utilising a significant amount of physical, emotional, and intellectual resourcefulness in managing patients, equipment, and external influences.
Working for our organisation
You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time as, having recently been awarded more than £300 million government funding, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is about to undergo a major transformation as part of our sustainable services programme. This will lead to breast imaging and surgery being co-located at one of the two hospital sites in a purpose-built breast services department. This will present an opportunity for the post-holder to take a leading role in the planning, design, and development of the new department.
Due to the nature of the work, mammography posts have a gender protected character. This is a genuine occupational requirement and as a result, this post is exempt under Schedule 9; Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 and, therefore, only female applicants should apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* DCR or BSc (Hons) Radiography
* Certificate of Competence in Mammography
* Post-graduate qualification in Image-Guided Breast Interventional
* MSc in Radiography
* HCPC State-Registered Radiographer
Knowledge
* Advanced specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and practices within Breast Imaging that is underpinned by theoretical study at Masters level
* Experience of research/audit at high level
* IR(ME)R Regulations
* Health and Safety
* Information Governance & Confidentiality
Experience
* Specialist expertise underpinned by theory and extensive practical experience in all areas – breast ultrasound, intervention, and image interpretation
* High standard of clinical skills
* IT competent: Microsoft Office, NBSS, PACS
* Participation in PERFORMS
* Must be able to make judgements on a wide variety of complex clinical and operational issues
* Teaching and supervision of students and trainees
* Experience with CRIS, Review, SemaHelix
Additional Information
By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation.
If successful, by completing your application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.
If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
If you require the application form in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402.
In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust is committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave, and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients, and service delivery.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
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.
Name: Lucy Cielecki
Job title: Consultant Radiographer
Email address: lucy.cielecki@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01743 261080
For further information, please contact Consultant Radiographer Lucy Cielecki or Cat Rowlands, Lead Superintendent Radiographer.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
Telephone: 01743 492402
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