Mammographer

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Mammographer to join our multidisciplinary team providing high standards of mammography for symptomatic and screening clients.

You will supervise trainees and junior staff, stay up to date with developments in breast screening, and perform imaging with strict adherence to IRMER and safety regulations while maintaining quality patient care.

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in Radiography required.
• State registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC) required.
• Post-Graduate Certificate of Mammography Practice required.
• Introduction to Communication and Counselling Certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the highest professional standards of technical ability, efficiency and care in mammography.
• Assist consultant radiologist/radiographer with diagnosis by undertaking additional radiographic procedures incl. stereo-tactic biopsies and Magseed insertion.
• Perform examinations to the highest quality with adherence to departmental protocols and laws including IRMER/IR(M) Regulations.
• Validate and justify imaging requests under IRMER and assess urgency to plan workload in the department.
• Highlight to film reader any suspect clinical history or appearance.
• Ability to work under pressure with prolonged concentration to provide the optimum diagnostic service.
• Assess a woman's suitability for screening physically, mentally and psychologically.

Skills

Empathy

Team player

Staff supervision

Pressure management

Education

BSc Degree in Radiography or Diploma of The College of Radiographers

HCPC Registration

Post-Graduate Certificate of Mammography Practice

Introduction to Communication and Counselling Certificate

Job description

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Mammographer

The closing date is 12 November 2026

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

About us

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

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Radiography or Diploma of The College of Radiographers.
• State Registration with Health Professions Council
• Post-Graduate Certificate of Mammography Practice
• Introduction to Communication and Counselling Certificate

Knowledge and experience

• Experience of a variety of client types
• Sound knowledge of imaging and imaging equipment.
• Understanding of IRMER
• Mandatory training
• Understanding of N.H.S.B.S.P
• An up to date knowledge of breast disease and treatments.

Skills and abilities

• High standard of patient care
• Strong team player
• Motivate junior members of staff
• Empathy
• Unconditional positive regard.

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.

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust