Job Description:
Vacancy: Mammographer (Bank Shifts)
Location: Cromwell Hospital, 164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Contract: Bank Shifts
Salary: Competitive and Fantastic Bupa Benefits
At Bupa, you can be the Mammographer you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority.
Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
You'll provide breast screening service using our new state-of-the-art technology with Pristina, which is engineered for a better patient experience along the entire breast care pathway, from screening and diagnosis to treatment planning and monitoring. You’ll improve our customer journey by carrying out the screenings on-site on the day of health assessments, ensuring patient have a fast and efficient service from screening to treatment.
1. Deliver a high quality, patient centric service abiding by Ionising Radiation and Medical Exposure Regulations (IRMER) practicing in line with professional standards set by the healthcare and professional councils. They will work closely with the administrative teams, breast care consultants, clinical nurse specialists and radiologists to provide holistic care within the breast care service.
2. Responsible for ensuring examinations performed have been correctly charged, documentation of procedures in accordance with hospital guidance and all procedures performed are as per departmental protocol and hospital policy.
3. Interact with patients, consultants, staff and visitors in a way that will create an experience in accordance with the BUPA code: putting customers at the centre of the service.
Other duties include:
4. Perform high quality examinations as required by referring physicians according to departmental policies and procedures.
5. Ensure that all patients being imaged receive a very high standard of care.
6. Accurately analyse the acquired data, record results and produce high quality images for reporting.
7. Ensure all equipment within the department is cared for and maintained, cleanliness is upheld and that all equipment faults are reported immediately.
8. Maintain the efficient use of all resources, establish stock control systems and liaise with manufacturers and suppliers.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
9. A flexible and adaptive working attitude is crucial.
10. Use your own initiative in responding to the needs of the service and have a strong focus on streamlining the patient pathway through the imaging department.
11. Work closely with the Lead Mammographer to maintain and enhance the Breast imaging service we offer to our patients and stakeholders.
Qualifications:
12. BSc or DCR in Radiography (essential)
13. Post Graduate Certificate in Mammography (essential)
14. HCPC Registered (essential)
Why Bupa?
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
15. An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
16. Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop lead by expert caterers.
17. Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.