Main area mammography Grade Band 5/6 Contract Permanent: Full/Part time Hours
* Full time
* Part time
15 hours per week (Full/ Part time available) Job ref 412-DCSS-7210809
Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton Hospital Town Crewe Salary £29,970 - £44,962 pa, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2025 23:59
Mammographer/Trainee Mammographer
Band 5/6
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge in a friendly and supportive Breast Care Unit that’s committed to maintaining exceptional clinical standards and happy staff? You may just have found it!
We have a vacancy for band 5/band 6 Qualified/Trainee Mammographer.
You must be a Radiographer who is qualified and has some experience in Mammography. You’ll be undertaking both screening and symptomatic aspects of the role and should have experience of both. Crucially you must be someone who puts patients first and has a strong commitment to quality and safety; we want our patients to remember us as the place where they were not only seen and treated quickly and efficiently, but where they were treated with dignity, compassion and respect. Essentially, you must also be committed to working with others to create the best outcomes possible for our patients; we really want a team member who understands what team working means.
As a team we’re committed to developing careers, not just offering jobs and currently have 3 Advanced Practitioner Radiographers; 2 undertake film reporting and 1 carries out stereotactic procedures, skills we want to continue to build in our workforce. We all participate in working some evening screening sessions and this is an essential aspect of the role.
If this sounds like the change you’ve been looking for them please give us a call or pop in for a look around the unit.
Main duties of the job
Our Unit, in Leighton Hospital, South Cheshire is an excellent, recently refurbished environment with two mammography rooms equipped with Siemens Inspiration units. We have a stereo biopsy unit and primarily carry out Encor vacuum assisted procedures. We currently have one ultrasound room with a Toshiba Aplio machine.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a unit we:
* Undertake NHSBSP screening
* Provide a comprehensive symptomatic/family history breast service
* Have excellent working relationships with the Surgeons, Pathologists, Breast Care Nurses and Oncologists.
* Hold one MDT per week with video link conferencing with Macclesfield DGH and the Christie Hospital, Manchester
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in radiography or equivalent
* Post graduate award in Mammography
* HCPC
Skills
* Good communication
* Team player
* Ability to deal with sensitive situations
Knowledge and professional development
* Knowledge of QA
* Act as role model or mentor
* Ability to adapt to changing environment
Key Messages
· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
· All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
· Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold (usually £38,700 per year for Skilled Worker or £23,200 for Health Care Worker Visa). You can find more information on the Government website .
· Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
· Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
· Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
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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