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Mammography Assistant Practitioner, King's Lynn
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Client:
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
6
Posted:
14.07.2025
Expiry Date:
28.08.2025
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Job Description:
Job overview
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn is situated in West Norfolk, just 25 minutes away from outstanding coastline and beautiful rolling countryside, yet is deceptively well connected with fast trains to Cambridge and London.
We have a new department, within the West Norfolk Breast Care Unit. We have two mammography rooms and two ultrasound rooms both with up to date equipment. We also have a mobile unit, which travels to 5 sites within the area.
We are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate individual who is a qualified associate practitioner/assistant practitioner in Mammography.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary. You will need experience of working with patients as part of the NHS breast screening programme.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Mammography Associates will work as an Assistant Practitioner within the breast imaging workforce undertaking routine 2 view mammography (x- ray images of breasts) as part of the NHS breast screening programme and on individuals with symptoms of breast disease.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.
We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding this opportunity, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
* NVQ level 3
* GCSE or Equivalent in both Maths and English
* Current Full UK driving licence
Experience
* Experience of dealing with the public
* Communication and negotiation skills evidenced by prior experience
* Requirement to develop additional skills and knowledge as the NHSBSP develops as a requisite of Continuing Professional Development
Skills, abililities and knowledge
* Good communication skills are required as the nature of the job involves direct contact with patients as well as liaison with medical, technical, nursing, secretarial and other clerical staff
* Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team but also able to work independently and use initiative
* To have analytical, evaluation and numeracy skills, along with a common-sense approach
* To be perceptive, to rapidly assess and respond to client personality & attitude
* To work flexibly, responding sensitively towards patients, their relatives and visitors
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.
We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
* Flexible working opportunities
* Free counselling service
* Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
* Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.
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