Job summary
We are looking for a Radiographer who is a qualified Mammographer with considerable experience to take a Clinical Excellence role within Breast Imaging. If you've seen this role advertised previously its because we are looking for a particular calibre of candidate that has proved elusive to find. Perhaps its you.
You will be part of a team who support each other and take pride in delivering excellent care.
The role is primarily a clinical one and you will spend your working day undertaking mammography and mammo-based procedures. You will also take responsibility for elements of planning, demonstrate leadership, help to standardise procedures, create efficiencies and promote best practice as a single, integrated unit based on three sites. Building relationships and encouraging co-operation are important parts of this role.
Opportunities will arise to train in Advanced Practice, such as Imaging Interpretation and Interventional Procedures, and you will be able to apply for these in a competitive internal process as part of this role.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 7 Radiographer in Mammography, you will provide a high quality and responsive Mammography service to patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Breast Imaging. Working to a very high technical standard and responsible for your own work, you will liaise closely with other team members to ensure the appropriate imaging is provided in a timely manner where it is needed.
Working primarily in the Symptomatic service, you will also be called upon to provide Screening and Screening Assessment as part of a Service Level Agreement from Barts Health to Central and East London Breast Screening Service (CELBSS). The Post Holder should be familiar with and will take part in Breast Screening Quality Assurance.
Undertaking clinical work within established quality standards, adhering to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations (IRMER) and Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR). You will ensure that safe practice is carried out in accordance with local protocol.
You will acquire, maintain and expand an excellent level of skill and knowledge in all aspects of breast imaging. You will supervise, support and train Student Radiographers, Radiographers (i.e., Trainee Mammographers) and Assistant Practitioners, encouraging them and assisting in their professional development.
You will maintain positive professional links with medical and non-medical staff within the unit to promote the highest service standards and collaborative working.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold DCR(R) or BSc Hons degree (or equivalent) in Diagnostic Imaging.
- Current and up-to-date Registration with the HCPC
- Recognised additional specialist training equivalent to Master's level plus practical experience: Breast Imaging Theory and Practice
- Evidence of substantial CPD in clinically related and relevant subjects
Desirable
- Certificate of competence in venous cannulation and administration of contrast agent
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Interventional Procedures of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Image Interpretation of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Ultrasound of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification in Practice Education
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience in Radiography
- Substantial previous experience of Mammography and other techniques to be competent to adapt to individual patient anatomy to produce specific standard and non-standard mammographic views.
- Substantial previous experience of Mammography and other techniques to be competent to enable training of junior staff and students
- Experience of a range of Mammographic procedures
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of service improvement
- Previous experience of participation in research projects
- Experience of setting up Breast Biopsy equipment
- Experience of imaging core biopsy and surgical excision specimens, often requiring physical handling of fresh specimens.
- Previously undertaken Breast Screening Quality Assurance
- Experience of supervising staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a Breast Screening Service
- Experience of Tomosynthesis
- Experience of Contrast Mammography
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to evaluate complex information, synthesise information from several sources and convey relevant parts.
- Pro-active in team-building and departmental issues
- High professional standards and ability to produce work of a high technical standard with attention to detail
- Be able to learn new skills and adapt technique to changes in best practice
- Logical with problem-solving skills, maturity and flexibility.
- Resilience with the ability to work well under pressure and co-ordinate a complex workload.
- Able to communicate sensitive information to patients and give support regarding cancer prognosis
- Good organizational skills with the ability to prioritise.
- Ability to assess and respond rapidly to client/patient personality
- Ability to develop policies, protocols and guidelines
- Plan and organise staff rotas, planning of new methods of working to include imaging complex cases
- IT, literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to supervise junior staff and students
- Ability to train junior staff and students in mammographic and other techniques
- Ability to encourage junior staff and students in their work
- Willingness to take on additional responsibilities
- Ability to make decisions
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, able to share ideas, information and feedback
- Willingness to speak up in meetings
- Able to communicate with colleagues at all levels throughout the organisation.
- Able to give clear instruction to people who for various reasons may have difficulty understanding
- Self-motivated
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold DCR(R) or BSc Hons degree (or equivalent) in Diagnostic Imaging.
- Current and up-to-date Registration with the HCPC
- Recognised additional specialist training equivalent to Master's level plus practical experience: Breast Imaging Theory and Practice
- Evidence of substantial CPD in clinically related and relevant subjects
Desirable
- Certificate of competence in venous cannulation and administration of contrast agent
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Interventional Procedures of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Image Interpretation of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification to Masters Level in Ultrasound of the Breast
- Recognised Post Graduate qualification in Practice Education
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience in Radiography
- Substantial previous experience of Mammography and other techniques to be competent to adapt to individual patient anatomy to produce specific standard and non-standard mammographic views.
- Substantial previous experience of Mammography and other techniques to be competent to enable training of junior staff and students
- Experience of a range of Mammographic procedures
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of service improvement
- Previous experience of participation in research projects
- Experience of setting up Breast Biopsy equipment
- Experience of imaging core biopsy and surgical excision specimens, often requiring physical handling of fresh specimens.
- Previously undertaken Breast Screening Quality Assurance
- Experience of supervising staff.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a Breast Screening Service
- Experience of Tomosynthesis
- Experience of Contrast Mammography
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to evaluate complex information, synthesise information from several sources and convey relevant parts.
- Pro-active in team-building and departmental issues
- High professional standards and ability to produce work of a high technical standard with attention to detail
- Be able to learn new skills and adapt technique to changes in best practice
- Logical with problem-solving skills, maturity and flexibility.
- Resilience with the ability to work well under pressure and co-ordinate a complex workload.
- Able to communicate sensitive information to patients and give support regarding cancer prognosis
- Good organizational skills with the ability to prioritise.
- Ability to assess and respond rapidly to client/patient personality
- Ability to develop policies, protocols and guidelines
- Plan and organise staff rotas, planning of new methods of working to include imaging complex cases
- IT, literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to supervise junior staff and students
- Ability to train junior staff and students in mammographic and other techniques
- Ability to encourage junior staff and students in their work
- Willingness to take on additional responsibilities
- Ability to make decisions
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, able to share ideas, information and feedback
- Willingness to speak up in meetings
- Able to communicate with colleagues at all levels throughout the organisation.
- Able to give clear instruction to people who for various reasons may have difficulty understanding
- Self-motivated
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
