Radiographer in Mammography | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC1A 7BE |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7356682/259-7356682SBH |
Summary
We are looking for a Radiographer who is a qualified Mammographer with considerable experience to take a Clinical Excellence role within Breast Imaging. If you’ve seen this role advertised previously its because we are looking for a particular calibre of candidate that has proved elusive to find. Perhaps its you.
You will be part of a team who support each other and take pride in delivering excellent care.
The role is primarily a clinical one and you will spend your working day undertaking mammography and mammo-based procedures. You will also take responsibility for elements of planning, demonstrate leadership, help to standardise procedures, create efficiencies and promote best practice as a single, integrated unit based on three sites. Building relationships and encouraging co-operation are important parts of this role.
Opportunities will arise to train in Advanced Practice, such as Imaging Interpretation and Interventional Procedures, and you will be able to apply for these in a competitive internal process as part of this role.
As a Band 7 Radiographer in Mammography, you will provide a high quality and responsive Mammography service to patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Breast Imaging. Working to a very high technical standard and responsible for your own work, you will liaise closely with other team members to ensure the appropriate imaging is provided in a timely manner where it is needed.
Working primarily in the Symptomatic service, you will also be called upon to provide Screening and Screening Assessment as part of a Service Level Agreement from Barts Health to Central and East London Breast Screening Service (CELBSS). The Post Holder should be familiar with and will take part in Breast Screening Quality Assurance.
Undertaking clinical work within established quality standards, adhering to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations (IRMER) and Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR). You will ensure that safe practice is carried out in accordance with local protocol.
You will acquire, maintain and expand an excellent level of skill and knowledge in all aspects of breast imaging. You will supervise, support and train Student Radiographers, Radiographers (i.e., Trainee Mammographers) and Assistant Practitioners, encouraging them and assisting in their professional development.
You will maintain positive professional links with medical and non-medical staff within the unit to promote the highest service standards and collaborative working.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025