Senior I Mammographer Rotational

Job responsibilities

What will your duties include?

• Monitors, evaluates and reports status of the departmental operations. Acts as a liaison internally and externally.
• Professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of own practice, working within national legislation, departmental and hospital wide policy, Code of Conduct and professional guidelines ensuring delivery of imaging services emulates "best practices".
• Provides direct patient care in specialty areas. Flexible approach to working hours, prepared to participate fully in shifts, skill mix, extended working days and oncall working rotation and schedules as may be required.
• Undertake relevant training and competency assessments, strictly adhering to agreed protocols and procedures. To supply medicines using Patient Group Directions, without compromising patient safety. This involves ascertaining the patients suitability for drugs and taking joint responsibility for the potential complications under the indirect supervision of radiologists. To be aware of the clinical hazards and emergencies that such drugs can induce.
• Adheres to appropriate Health & Safety guidelines and regulations.
• Ensures Care Quality Commission regulations related to Imaging are adhered to.
• Undertake basic patient observations, recognise a deteriorating patient, and manage immediately and appropriately.
• Use good radiographic techniques and modify as clinically appropriate. Have the technical ability to manipulate a range of equipment, whilst maintaining patient comfort and adequately communicate with patients and colleagues to ensure the safe movement of patients into imaging position. Use appropriate touch techniques to locate external bony landmarks.
• Assess the clinical justification of referrals.
• Act as a point of advice for imaging referrers.
• Act as a point of advice for patient enquiries regarding their referral.
• Acquire diagnostic images and physically position the full range of patient presentations.
• Assist and participate in interventional breast procedures such as ultrasound, stereotactic and vacuum assisted biopsies.
• Operate advanced software on specialised mammography equipment.
• Participate in the organisation, co-ordination and prioritisation of the flow of work within the department.
• Maintain a high level of expertise in the safe operation of Mammography equipment and manage faults effectively.
• Ensure that a high standard of patient care and high professional standards are maintained throughout the Imaging Department.
• Review images and in liaison with Consultant Radiologists ensure that supplementary imaging procedures are considered.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current valid Healthcare Professional Council (HCPC) registration required.
• Relevant post Graduate experience with a post DCR in Mammography ascertain in the UK from a HCPC recognised institute required.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures in Radiography.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures in Mammography.

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed specialist Diagnostic Radiology knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
• Relevant personal history of continuing professional development.
• Understanding of radiographic equipment in the context of how images are produced for both ionising and non-ionising radiation imaging methods and how images are appropriately shared and/or stored.
• Knowledge of the application of different Imaging procedures and the associated risks/benefits and precautions/safety requirements.

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed specialist Diagnostic Radiology knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
• Relevant personal history of continuing professional development.
• Understanding of radiographic equipment in the context of how images are produced for both ionising and non-ionising radiation imaging methods and how images are appropriately shared and/or stored.
• Knowledge of the application of different Imaging procedures and the associated risks/benefits and precautions/safety requirements.

Competencies (Complexity of Work)

Essential

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work autonomously.
• Requires high degree of dexterity to produce materials on a computer.
• Manage time and resources and prioritise workload according to clinical needs.
• Build and sustain professional relationships and work independently, as part of the imaging team, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of the process for escalation of unexpected findings identified on images to ensure optimum patient care.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organisational and time management skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in IT systems and software.

Competencies (Complexity of Work)

Essential

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work autonomously.
• Requires high degree of dexterity to produce materials on a computer.
• Manage time and resources and prioritise workload according to clinical needs.
• Build and sustain professional relationships and work independently, as part of the imaging team, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of the process for escalation of unexpected findings identified on images to ensure optimum patient care.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organisational and time management skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in IT systems and software.

Competencies (Complexity of Work)

Essential

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work autonomously.
• Requires high degree of dexterity to produce materials on a computer.
• Manage time and resources and prioritise workload according to clinical needs.
• Build and sustain professional relationships and work independently, as part of the imaging team, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of the process for escalation of unexpected findings identified on images to ensure optimum patient care.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organisational and time management skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in IT systems and software.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).