Employer Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Breast Unit, Sunflower Suite (A Block). Royal Bolton Hospital Town Bolton Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/09/2025 23:59
Deputy Lead Mammographer
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Are you looking for a Deputy Lead post in a Breast Screening Unit, and have Advanced Practice skills. If so, this could be the post for you.
We are looking for an enthusiastic operational team leader to support staff in the Bolton Hospital Sunflower Suite and our Breast Screening Sites.
The post holder will have extensive mammography experience, which they will be able to use to develop and support junior staff whilst delivering the highest standard of imaging.
The post holder will be expected to perform clinical duties.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a high quality, timely and efficient NHS Breast Screening Programme, along with a symptomatic and specialised assessment mammographic service
* To act as coordinator for the radiographic team to ensure effective clinical co-ordination and management. To adhere to the roles and responsibilities of this role
* To provide supervision and guidance to all junior members of the team.
* Have a high degree of personal and professional autonomy. Must be a decision maker with the ability to make clinical judgements and critical decisions using their extensive knowledge, skills and experience.
* Must be able to develop robust workflows, systems and processes to ensure the delivery of safe responsive care.
* To effectively manage patient/breast screening client requirements ensuring all who are imaged receive the highest level of service and care.
* Collecting and manipulating data to produce audit presentations and documents.
* To assist where necessary and possible training team colleagues and Advance Practice team colleagues in their duties if required.
* To maintain the highest personal and professional standards at all times and to lead junior staff to deliver the same. To provide high standards of patient care in a safe, clean and tidy working environment, observing all Trust and departmental policies and to maintain professional and personal standards.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the communities it serves. The Trust provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please find attached job description and person specification for the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Radiographic Qualification (DCR or BSc Radiography).
* Post graduate Certificate / Award in Mammography
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of current, relevant CPD in Breast Imaging
* Advanced Practice skill
Experience
* Minimum 5 years post graduate clinical experience
* Evidence of strong clinical leadership and mentorship
* Experience of Advanced Practice in Breast Radiography
* Experience of equipment maintenance and replacement schemes.
* Experience of managing change.
Skills
* Leadership
* Analytical
* IT
* Ability to work under pressure
* Problem solving abilities
* Teaching/Training / Mentorship
Knowledge
* Comprehensive understanding of the requirements of the legislation associated with ionising radiation.
* Sound, proven knowledge base in breast imaging.
* An in depth understanding of the NHS Breast Screening Programme and Cancer Plan Pathway Targets
Other
* Reliability
* Self motivated
* Flexible and adaptable
* Car owner / driver
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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