Mammographer

Countess of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mammography Radiographer to join a multi-disciplinary team providing high-quality screening and diagnostic services. You will supervise trainee mammographers, maintain standards, and support consultant radiologists with advanced procedures such as stereo-tactic biopsies and Magseed insertions.

You will ensure adherence to IRMER and related regulations.

Qualifications

• Maintain the highest professional standards of technical ability and care in mammography.
• Assist consultant radiologist/radiographer with diagnosis by performing additional radiographic procedures as requested.
• Adhere to departmental protocols and relevant legislation (IRMER/IR(M)ER 2017, Ionising Radiation Regulations 2018).
• Provide supervision and guidance to trainee mammographers and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of image quality and clinical care in screening and diagnostic mammography for symptomatic and screening clients.
• Assist with stereo-tactic biopsies and Magseed insertion under supervision.
• Assess urgency and plan workload within the multidisciplinary team, highlighting any concerning history.
• Work under pressure to manage unpredictable workloads while ensuring patient safety.

Job description

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide the highest professional standards of technical ability, quality assurance and patient/client care in the field of mammography for both symptomatic and breast screening clients.

To provide supervision and guidance to trainee mammographers and junior members of staff.

To keep up to date with current issues in all aspects of screening and breast.

• To maintain the highest professional standards of technical ability, efficiency and care under the terms of the mammography postgraduate certificate. Maintaining consistent physical effort and manual dexterity to produce specialist radiographic images demanded by the service with precision and speed.
• Assist consultant radiologist/ radiographer with diagnosis by undertaking additional radiographic procedures as requested for women returning for assessment, including using digital systems for stereo-tactic biopsies and Magseed insertion procedures.
• To perform all examinations to the highest quality with adherence to departmental protocols and procedures including British and European Law, Ionising Radiation regulations (2018) and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017.
• To validate and justify imaging requests under IRMER, and assess urgency to plan workload for department and to discuss problems within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To highlight to the film reader any suspect clinical history or appearance.
• The ability to work under pressure with an unpredictable workload, requiring prolonged periods of concentration in order to provide the optimum diagnostic service.
• Assess a woman’s suitability for screening physically, mentally and psychologically.

Please Refer To Job Description For Further Information

The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma McPate-Webb Job title: Breast Imaging Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01244363606