Employer: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Glenfield Hospital
Town: Leicester
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/01/2025 23:59
Trainee Mammographer
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance
Job overview
Trainee Mammographer
We are seeking to recruit a qualified or newly qualified Radiographer with a passion for working to the highest standards. This is a training post aimed at developing into a Qualified Mammographer. Our friendly, dedicated multi-disciplinary team is committed to providing a first-class service to our patients from our purpose-built Breast Care Centre, static unit at the Leicester General Hospital or one of our four mobile units.
Our breast screening programme is the largest in the East Midlands and one of the largest in England. Our Breast Screening population is 160,000. In addition to the screening activity, our symptomatic and surveillance demand is approximately 17,000 per year. We are a centre that is actively involved in clinical trials and up-to-date techniques including Tomosynthesis and CESM.
The successful candidate will assist in planning and providing a high standard of care to all patients and will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Breast Care Unit.
You will need to be highly motivated, passionate, and able to work as part of a team with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Interviews will be face to face only.
Main duties of the job
* To provide all aspects of mammographic Imaging to agreed standards.
* Be a professional role model for staff facilitating positive working relationships, good level of communication and co-operation within the radiology multidisciplinary team and other areas within the Trust.
* Supervise and mentor junior members of staff.
* Ensure the quality assurance programme is adhered to.
* Assist in the placement and supervision of student radiographers.
Working for our organisation
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
* high-quality care for all,
* being a great place to work,
* partnerships for impact, and
* research and education excellence.
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To provide a high-quality mammographic service, including screening and the symptomatic breast clinics, to the women of Leicestershire and Rutland adhering to the NHSBSP guidelines including monitoring of the equipment and quality standards.
* To prepare all mammographic equipment prior to use to ensure that it is working correctly and safely following agreed protocols.
* Ensure that women attending for Breast Imaging are interviewed in the appropriate manner displaying an encouraging attitude to breast imaging and that women are supported and guided through the mammographic process.
* Manage the mammographic workflow.
* Assist in the development of systems of work including operational policies and procedures.
* To initiate and make recommendations towards changes in clinical practice for new ways of working.
* To adhere to the NHSBSP Quality Assurance Guidelines for Radiographers and maintain high standards of clinical expertise in all aspects of Breast Imaging.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
* Diploma of the College of Radiographers/BSc in Radiography.
* UK NHS Breast Screening Programme Certificate of Competency/Postgraduate award in mammographic practice.
Experience
* Suitable Band 5/6 or newly qualified radiographer with sound experience and clinical knowledge of radiography.
* Ability to carry out radiographic procedures to a high standard.
* Previous experience working/training in an NHS hospital.
* Knowledge or experience of working in the UK NHS breast screening programme.
* Knowledge of Quality Assurance and Quality Control Test of mammography equipment.
Communication and relationship skills
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Ability to organise and prioritise work using own initiative.
* Ability to communicate easily and effectively with staff and clients, in particular empathise with distressed women.
* Be able to speak, receive and issue instructions in English concerning patients without risk of misunderstanding.
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three-month period commencing on your first month's payment.
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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