Job summary
- Main area
- Breast Service
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 390-CSS-SO-9104-B
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- Salary
- £43,742 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Superintendent Radiographer Breast Unit
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
This is a fabulous opportunity for a Senior Radiographer with Mammography experience to take the next step in your career..
The service includes the Screening & Symptomatic Service based at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with three mobile vans covering the South Essex area. We screen around 25,000 women per year. Across MSE there is symptomatic imaging at Basildon and Screening and Symptomatic Radiographers at Broomfield provided from partners at ESNEFT.
We run three recently refurbished GE Mammography rooms with tomosynthesis capacity and 2 Ultrasound rooms , with dedicated waiting areas for screening and symptomatic.
We have 3 mobile screening units operating across South Essex and recently installed remote digital transfer systems from our vans to the base site.
This is an exciting time to join the team as we introduce Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography, alongside our current research audits and training programs.
We support ongoing leadership development and advanced practitioners, the services has supported the national breast fellowship program and have managed to recruit several graduates to support their ongoing career development.
Southend is also located close to two mainlines into London and an International airport, along with the longest pleasure pier in the UK.
If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today!
Main duties of the job
- Your primary responsibility will be to work as a Deputy Superintendent Mammographer within Southend Hospital and on the Breast Screening mobile units.
- To supervise the Breast screening imaging staff on a daily basis.
- To deputise for the Superintendent mammographer in their absence
- To be responsible for appraising the radiographic assistants (helpers)
- To be responsible for the health promotion activities for the unit
- To be responsible for the rotation of the staff between mobiles and base unit
- To be responsible for the unit QA reports to be sent to the regional QA physicist
- To be responsible for ordering supplies.
- Act as an RPS within the Breast Imaging Service
- To provide the mammographic service for the symptomatic and screening service.
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include
- To communicate effectively with team members on the breast screening service and the symptomatic breast team.
- To work with the regional QA team to ensure service performance is accurately submitted and actions taken forward.
- To ensure a professional patient / client and radiographer relationships at all times.
- To be able to communicate with the medical staff, doctors, consultant surgeons, consultant radiologists, nurses within the unit and the trust.
- To communicate with the engineers from the equipment providers.
- To communicate with the clerical staff in both the screening and symptomatic offices.
- To communicate with the staff from the host mobile site (can be from supermarket stores, local government, swimming pools, doctor surgeries etc)
- Be able to deal with ‘off the street’ enquiries and answer any related health promotion questions.
- Have sensitivity to the cultural, physical, and psychological needs of the patient.
- Provide information for relatives both written and verbal
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Radiography or equivalent
- Suitable Post-Graduate qualification
- Previous mammography experience at senior level
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of ICE, PAS iWeb and PACS
- MSc level qualification in Mammography
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated Knowledge of the NHS and NHS Breast Screening Programme
- Knowledge of PACS and RIS systems
- Team Leading Experience
Desirable criteria
- Management Experience
- Mentoring Experience
communication
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information appropriate to patients level of understanding
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Norton
- Job title
- Interim Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702 435555
- Additional information
Ben Norton 01702 435555 ext 6060
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