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Job summary

Main area
Radiography Mammography
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Secondment: 6 months (Fixed term would be considered)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7254987
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham Breast Institute, City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/06/2025 23:59

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Lead Radiographer

Band 8a

Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team and influence the delivery of breast imaging services? An exciting secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave has arisen for an experienced and driven radiographer looking to further develop their leadership skills to join the team at the Nottingham Breast Institute. 

The successful candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary breast team based at the City Hospital Campus of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. You will work in both clinical and admin roles providing operational and strategic leadership for the breast imaging team in the delivery of both the symptomatic and breast screening services, and have the opportunity to advance your leadership skills by leading the daily supervision of the breast imaging mammography team. 

You will hold a Masters level mammography qualification (UK recognised) and be HCPC registered.

Mammography posts have a gendered protected character, due to the nature of the work. This is an occupational requirement, as a result the post is exempt under section 9; part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 and therefore only female applicants should apply.

Main duties of the job

You will have a sound knowledge of the NHS Breast Screening Service and significant experience of working as a mammographer within the NHS breast screening and symptomatic services.

You will have excellent communication skills and be able to communicate effectively with patients, their families and health professionals. You will
provide the daily operational leadership for the mammography team so previous experience in a supervisory capacity and a desire to develop your leadership skills further are essential.

You will need to be able to think quickly and strategically to delegate tasks appropriately as you problem solve and advise the team on a range of equipment and workflow issues to ensure the daily clinics run smoothly and that the team are well informed and supported. You will have
considerable experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.

As a mammographer you will work clinically within both screening and symptomatic clinics.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Degree Diagnostic Radiography or DCR (Diploma of College of Radiography)
  • Post Graduate Award in Mammography Practice (Masters level), or equivalent
  • Registered Practitioner with Health Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of working as a mammographer within the breast screening and symptomatic service.
  • Experience of leading a team or project.
  • Experience in the use of Microsoft office packages e.g. power point / excel to produce reports, analyse statistics etc.
  • Experience of finance and budgetary responsibilities

Communication & relationships

Essential criteria
  • Ablility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, including management
  • Ablility to delegate appropriately
  • Ability to communicate and negotiate with external personnel
  • Ability to initiate, communicate and develop ideas

analytical

Essential criteria
  • Ablility to problem solve and advise staff on complex cases, taking into account a variety of options
  • Ablility to judge when to escalate.
  • Ability to produce and interpret verbal and numerical information
  • Ability to evaluate the long term strategic development of the screening service.

Planning and organisation

Essential criteria
  • Ability to prioritise own workload.
  • Ability to manage a series of concurrent and consecutive pieces of work.
  • Ability to adapt to interruptions and changing priorities.
  • Ablility to manage own time to enable management and clinical work to be undertaken in a timely manner

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • Access to a car for work purposes to travel between remote screening locations

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Leanne Calderwood
Job title
Radiography Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812275845
Additional information

Please also contact:

Rima Choudhury - [email protected]

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