Job overview

The Nightingale Centre,  has vacancies for full/part -time Mammographers to join their friendly and busy breast radiology multi-professional team.  We  offer a modern diagnostic and treatment service across both the Nightingale Centre and NMGH. MFT also co-ordinate's the NHS breast screening program (NHSBSP) for the  Manchester area.  The Nightingale Centre  is an NHSBSP National Training Centre   and is home to the National Breast Imaging Academy (NBIA).

Our department is committed to Radiographer role extension and CPD. We  have Advanced Practitioners undertaking stereo interventional procedures and film-reading, Mammography Associates performing screening and symptomatic mammography, plus Clinical Expert Radiographer's specialising in advanced breast imaging. 

The Manchester BSP covers a wide geographical area, It is essential you are willing to travel to all screening sites.

A flexible approach to work will be required as weekend and evening sessions are often scheduled to meet the demands of the expanding screening population and symptomatic workload.

You must have HCPC registration as a Radiographer and a UK resident. A Postgraduate Award in Mammography is preferable, although training will be considered for the right applicant (Band 5 whilst in training).

We would be delighted to discuss the post in more detail and encourage you to make an informal visit to a mobile screening unit and/or the department .

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assist in the provision and delivery of the NHS BSP. This includes well woman screening mammography on the target population to National Standards, on both mobile and static units in the community.

In addition you will be involved with Family History screening, assessment, follow-up and symptomatic mammography within the Nightingale Centre. Further requirements include  assisting in stereo-tactic interventional and Magnetic Resonance Imaging biopsy procedures.

As a qualified mammographer supervision and training of students, trainee Mammographers and Assistant Practitioners is  a requirement.

A mammographer is expected to produce high quality images in a safe and caring manner. It necessitates working within a multidisciplinary team  to provide the highest standards of patient care. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.