Overview
This post is to work as a member of the Breast Imaging Department at The Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust, rated as Outstanding by the CQC. The post forms part of a sustained development plan in Breast imaging to meet rising demand. The successful candidate will join a cohesive breast imaging team in a dedicated breast unit for symptomatic and screening services based at the Mermaid Centre — an outpatient unit dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of breast disease. The successful candidate will be a GMC registered doctor and will have completed the RCR/ NBIA breast clinician training program with credentialling or demonstrate equivalent post graduate breast imaging qualifications along with relevant breast imaging experience.
Main duties of the job: as an integral member of the breast care team, the successful candidate will be involved in delivering screening and symptomatic breast imaging services, undertaking clinical examinations and formulating diagnostic pathway plans, participating in MDT meetings, optimising patient management, communicating with the multidisciplinary team, undertaking audit and service improvement projects, and collaborating in research.
Responsibilities
* Delivering screening and symptomatic breast imaging services including: interpretation of screening mammograms, new patient symptomatic clinics (clinical and imaging assessment), screening assessment clinics, and image-guided interventions (predominantly ultrasound and stereotactic guided core biopsy).
* Undertaking clinical examinations and formulating diagnostic pathway plans
* Participating in MDT meetings
* Optimising patient management
* Communicating with the multidisciplinary team
* Undertaking audit and service improvement projects
* Collaborating in research
About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, serving a population of over 500,000 people. We employ approximately 7,000 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site supports medical and nursing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. We are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally and to research and innovation. Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research-active organisation. The South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities.
Details
Date posted: 04 September 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £100,870 to £111,441 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number: 156-MS-4313
Job locations: Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro, TR1 3LJ
Job responsibilities
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* Identity Checks
* Professional registration and qualification checks
* Employment history and reference checks
* Occupational Health clearance
* Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
* Right to work in the UK
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We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: GMC registered doctor
* Essential: Credential in breast disease management (NBIA, RCR), or postgraduate qualifications in mammography and breast ultrasound with relevant clinical experience
* Desirable: Postgraduate medical qualification
Clinical Experience
* Essential: Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients and to independently undertake all aspects of symptomatic breast work
* Essential: Completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (aggregate), with at least six years in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades or equivalent
* Desirable: Screening experience; Breast MRI
Other Experience
* Essential: Experience of clinical audit; Experience of teaching clinical skills to radiology registrars/trainees; Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Desirable: Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Interpersonal Skills
* Essential: Ability to work in a team; Enquiring, critical approach to work; Caring and professional attitude to patients; Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies; Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
Other
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a DBS disclosure is required.
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. Guidance on overseas criminal records checks is provided by the NHS Employers site. UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers website for details.
Employer details: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro, TR1 3LJ. Website: https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk/
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