Trainee to Advanced Practitioner Mammography

7 months ago


WestcliffonSea, United Kingdom Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are offering a trainee post which with lead to a permanent position within the team as an Advanced Practitioner Mammographer.

Trainee Mammographers are qualified Radiographers engaged in a post graduate study leading to competency in Mammographic advanced Practice.

You will train towards an area of advance Practice in Mammography, biopsies and/or Film reading.

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.

We run three recently refurbished GE Mammography rooms with tomosynthesis capacity and 2 Ultrasound rooms.

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.

You will be responsible for providing a safe, efficient and effective imaging and Breast Mammography service for the Trust and South Essex Screening service in accordance with Screening and Trust protocols. They will ensure a high-quality Mammography service is maintained at all times.

You will support the superintendent in organising staff and workload to maintain adequate staffing in each area and respond to changes in demand in a positive and constructive manner

You will demonstrate expertise in Breast Imaging techniques by promoting high standards of diagnostic radiography through best practice and education and by maintaining and developing high standards of patient care and best practice amongst peers, student colleagues and users of the breast imaging service. They will take an active role in the development of the breast mammography service in order to continuously improve patient safety and experience and will be responsible for the organisation and coordination of the staff rotating through the mammography rooms. In order to maximise the available resources the post holder with liaise with Radiologists, Radiographers, Nurses, requesting doctors and clerical staff on a regular basis.

You will practice advanced clinical skills in mammography including stereotactic within approved guidelines and working to given protocols.

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

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description, but some of the responsibilities include:
To lead in the provision of the radiographic technique for stereotactic biopsy and guidewire localisation prior to surgery.

To be competent at assessment clinic techniques.

Taking responsibility for justification of imaging clients who are over the current upper age limit for screening as self-referrals



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