Mammographer/Trainee Mammographer - Breast Imaging

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a radiographer to join our team, delivering high-quality diagnostic mammography for the NHS Breast Screening Programme and our Symptomatic Breast Service. The role includes contributing to family history, breast cancer follow-up and screening assessments, plus advanced imaging support.

Rotation between The Breast Care Centre at Halton Hospital, St Helen's Hospital (Burney Breast Unit) and Bath Street Health and Wellbeing Centre, with a

Job description

The successful candidate will work as part of our highly skilled team and be actively involved in producing high quality, diagnostic mammography examinations for the NHS Breast Screening Programme and our Symptomatic Breast Service.

You will contribute to our family history, breast cancer follow-up and screening assessment clinics. You will perform additional imaging including, magnification views and digital breast tomosynthesis, also assisting our Advanced Practitioners and Radiologists with stereotactic interventional breast procedures.

Rotation between our 3 static screening/symptomatic sites to include The Breast Care Centre at Halton Hospital, St Helen's Hospital (Burney Breast Unit) and Bath Street Health and wellbeing Centre. We also have a state of the art mobile breast screening unit which visits 5 sites within the 4 boroughs that our screening service covers.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic radiographer who either holds a UK regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 7 postgraduate qualification in Mammography, or has a willingness to complete the Post- Graduate Award in Breast Imaging, for which you will be fully supported.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

• Kind - we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone
• Open - we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair - we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team - we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application.