Autonomous Mammography Specialist & Imaging Lead

NHS Professionals Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Professionals Limited seeks an experienced Mammography Radiographer to deliver autonomous clinical care within an unsupervised area, specialising in mammographic examinations and patient management for a broad workload. You will coordinate duties in a busy team, uphold clinical governance and contribute to quality assurance across imaging services.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team in a breast screening setting, ensuring patient safety, consent, documentation and effective

Qualifications

• Degree in Radiotherapy diagnostic or therapeutic or equivalent.
• Post Graduate Qualification in Mammography.
• HCPC registered.
• Experience of working in a breast screening unit.

Responsibilities

• Undertake specialised clinical caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning for daily assessment and treatment.
• Obtain verbal informed consent from patients or carers.
• Follow and propose changes to standards and policies for clinical practice to ensure coordinated service, including infection prevention.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective communication and patient care.
• Communicate sensitive information to patients, carers, staff with confidentiality and sensitivity.
• Keep accurate and timely written and electronic patient records and statistics.
• Manage own time by prioritising service requirements with guidance from seniors.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and training of staff entering speciality.
• Ensure equipment is in good working order and report defects or supply issues.
• Keep up to date with clinical developments through audit and research and participate in innovation.
• Report and act on adverse incidents.
• Co-ordinate workload and contribute to staff rotas and daily planning.
• Carry out mammographic examinations and communicate with patients, including those with complex distress.
• Use dexterity and technique adjustments for patients with additional needs.
• Quality assurance of imaging and deciding if additional views are necessary.
• Assess ability of patients undergoing mammography and adapt techniques as needed.
• Respond to anxious patients and carers and communicate about complaints.
• Justify mammographic procedures and keep radiation doses low.
• Adjust exposure factors based on breast thickness for implants in situ.
• Ensure patient comfort for those with cardiac devices and adjust technique.
• Undertake tomosynthesis mammograms and related views as necessary.
• Check wire placement position prior to surgery.
• Use own initiative in challenging clinical situations and maintain patient reassurance.
• Ensure safe and effective breast imaging.

Skills

IRMER/IRR knowledge

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Autonomy

Initiative

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Radiotherapy diagnostic or therapeutic or equivalent

Post Graduate Qualification in Mammography

HCPC registered

Job description

NHS Professionals Limited seeks an experienced Mammography Radiographer to deliver autonomous clinical care within an unsupervised area, specialising in mammographic examinations and patient management for a broad workload. You will coordinate duties in a busy team, uphold clinical governance and contribute to quality assurance across imaging services.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team in a breast screening setting, ensuring patient safety, consent, documentation and effective