Consultant Mammographer

The Dorset Breast Screening Unit (DBSU) as part of the University Hospital Dorset Trust screens approximately 43,000 women per year as part of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme. The Trust also provides symptomatic services based at Poole and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital’s. The unit is fully digital with eight mammography units (three being mobile), four having tomosynthesis.

**Base Location**: Poole Hospital

**Interview Date**: TBC

The Consultant Radiographer/trainee will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and provide a specialist opinion for Breast Imaging. This will include film reading, ultrasound, and biopsy and ultimately they will be responsible for their own assessment and symptomatic breast clinics at both Poole and The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals.

Consultant practice is already fully integrated into the service with four current Consultant radiographers in post. They provide expert professional advice to other professionals, multi-disciplinary groups and patients. The department is a forward thinking one which has always encouraged advanced practice. We currently have a team of advanced practitioners in various specialties who contribute to the development of the Breast Imaging Services in the Trust. We are actively involved in a wide range of research projects, both locally and nationally and have a partnership with a local University offering teaching on their Breast MSc pathway.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please see a video below for an overview of the University Hospitals Dorset Breast services:
For further details please contact Lisa Bisset, Clinical Director on 0300 019 8094 or Chelsey Pope, Interim Breast Manager on 0300 019 3258.