Mammographer

NHS Professionals Limited; Southampton; In loco; GBP 28.000 - 40.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

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

Competenze

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

Mansioni

• 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.

Conoscenze

IRMER/IRR knowledge

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Autonomy

Initiative

Interpersonal skills

Formazione

Degree in Radiotherapy diagnostic or therapeutic or equivalent

Post Graduate Qualification in Mammography

HCPC registered

Descrizione del lavoro

a) Toundertake an unsupervised role in mammography and to assess and treat ownpatient workload and maintain associated records in an unsupervised area ofresponsibility.

b) Activelyparticipate in and be responsible for the organisation of the radiographicteam and patient workload in an allocated area, working as the dutycoordinator.

c) Undertakespecialised mammographic examinations.

d) Towork alongside the multidisciplinary team in the symptomatic and screeningsetting.

e) Toundertake a specific allocated role in the management of the department.

Main duties of the job

1.Undertakea specialised clinical caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner,including complex patients, using clinical reasoning skills, to provide dailypatient assessment and treatment, supporting appropriate and early discharge.

2.Obtainverbal informed consent from patients, or their carers.

3.Follow and proposes changes to standards and policies forclinical practice to ensure a co-ordinated and effective service. Thisincludes infection prevention.

4.Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensureeffective communication and facilitate appropriate patient care.

5. Communicatesensitive information to patients/carers/staff, where there may be barriersto communication ensuring confidentiality and sensitivity to the audienceslevel of understanding and prior knowledge.

6. Beresponsible for keeping accurate and timely written and electronic patientrecords and statistical information. This may include written reports offunctional ability and specialist assessments.

7. Manageown time by prioritising competing service requirements, seeking guidancefrom senior staff where necessary.

8. Dayto day supervision, including training, of relevant team members whenrequired including practical, theoretical and clinical teaching of new staffentering speciality, medical and nursing students.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

1.Undertakea specialised clinical caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner,including complex patients, using clinical reasoning skills, to provide dailypatient assessment and treatment, supporting appropriate and early discharge.

2.Obtainverbal informed consent from patients, or their carers.

3.Follow and proposes changes to standards and policies forclinical practice to ensure a co-ordinated and effective service. Thisincludes infection prevention.

4.Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensureeffective communication and facilitate appropriate patient care.

5. Communicatesensitive information to patients/carers/staff, where there may be barriersto communication ensuring confidentiality and sensitivity to the audienceslevel of understanding and prior knowledge.

6. Beresponsible for keeping accurate and timely written and electronic patientrecords and statistical information. This may include written reports offunctional ability and specialist assessments.

7. Manageown time by prioritising competing service requirements, seeking guidancefrom senior staff where necessary.

8. Dayto day supervision, including training, of relevant team members whenrequired including practical, theoretical and clinical teaching of new staffentering speciality, medical and nursing students.

9. Ensurethat all equipment is in good working order and ready for immediate use andreport any defective equipment or provision of supplies to managers.

10. Keepup to date with clinical developments, through audit and research, andparticipate in innovation and change concerned with improving the standardsof care for patients.

11. Reportand act on adverse incidents.

12.Managingown workload and organisation of colleagues as a daily duty co-ordinator andcontribute to staff rotas and daily planning.

13. Carry out front line patient care andmammographic examinations essential to diagnosis and treatment. Be able tocommunicate with and reassure patients and deal with complex distressingsituations such as patients who have had a recent cancer diagnosis.

14. Use dexterity, co-ordination and sensoryskills for accurate positioning and adapting technique for patients withadditional needs.

15. Responsible for quality assurance ofimaging and determining if additional views or repeats are necessary.

16. Assess the ability of patients who undergomammographic examinations and modify techniques accordingly such as forpatients in additional needs clinics.

17.Using own initiative, respond topatients and /or carers who are anxious about their condition and itsconsequences and be able to communicate with patients regardingcomplaints.

18. Ensure correct justification ofmammographic procedures keeping radiation doses as low as reasonablyachievable.

19. Responsible for adjusting exposure factorsbased on breast thickness for implant in situ.

20. Ensure comfort for patients fitted withcardiac devices adjusting technique as required.

21. Undertake tomosynthesis mammograms as wellas paddle and magnification views as necessary.

22. Responsible for checking the position ofthe wire placement prior to surgery, including different views such as alateral view.

Person Specification

Experience

• Sound knowledge of IR(me)R 2000, IRR regulations and clinical governance
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP and Quality Assurance Programmes (QA)
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working in a breast screening unit
• Communication
• Working under pressure
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Time management
• Working autonomously
• Taking the initiative
• Interpersonal skills
• Experience of working in a breast screening unit

Qualifications

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

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.

University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

£19.97 to £28.90 an hourWelcome Band 6 to Band 7

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Reference number

M0042-26-0334

Job locations

University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust