Consultant Radiographer – Breast Imaging

NHS Scotland; Scotland; Vor Ort; CLP 99.105.000 - 145.355.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

35 days annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Annual incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave

Zusammenfassung

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an experienced Breast Imaging Service leader to drive clinical practice and strategic direction across breast services. The role collaborates with radiologists, radiographers, breast care nurses and educational partners to advance imaging, reporting quality and patient outcomes.

You will lead Mammography, coordinate across departments, and engage in research initiatives while ensuring CPD compliance and service development.

Qualifikationen

• Must be able to travel to attend meetings
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

Aufgaben

• Report mammograms independently. Advising and arranging additional views as necessary. Perform and report breast ultrasound independently and correlate findings with clinical and mammographic features. Issue comprehensive and timely reports with recommendations for further imaging and/or biopsy.
• Clinical Lead in Mammography for the NHS Lanarkshire
• Provide professional leadership to radiology colleagues to initiate and mentor for role development in radiographers and advanced practitioners.
• Undertake CPD to maintain registration requirements of the Health Profession Council
• Lead, develop and participate in collaborative research projects within breast service in NHS Lanarkshire.

Jobbeschreibung

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The post holder will provide strategic direction and leadership to further develop clinical practice in the Breast Imaging Service. This will involve working across professional and organisational boundaries, as part of Lanarkshire’s Managed Clinical Network for Breast and in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholder groups. These include breast service multidisciplinary teams, Radiologists, Radiographers Breast Surgeons, Breast Care Nurses, practice development centre, higher education providers, service users and carers, NHS Education for Scotland and NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.

In This Key Role, You Will

• Report mammograms independently. Advising and arranging additional views as necessary. Perform and report breast ultrasound independently and correlate findings with clinical and mammographic features. Issue comprehensive and timely reports with recommendations for further imaging and/or biopsy.
• Clinical Lead in Mammography for the NHS Lanarkshire
• Provide professional leadership to radiology colleagues to initiate and mentor for role development in radiographers and advanced practitioners.
• Undertake CPD to maintain registration requirements of the Health Profession Council
• Lead, develop and participate in collaborative research projects within breast service in NHS Lanarkshire.

What You’ll Bring

• Report mammograms independently. Advising and arranging additional views as necessary. Perform and report breast ultrasound independently and correlate findings with clinical and mammographic features. Issue comprehensive and timely reports with recommendations for further imaging and/or biopsy
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
• Must be able to travel to attend meetings

What We Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care Experienced Applicants

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.