Job Details:

Branding: Band 6

Hourly Rate: £23-£24 per hour 

Working Hours: 8:45-17:00

Payment method: Umbrella 

Contract Type: Locum 

Contract Length: Ongoing 

Job summary:

To participate in the radiographic operation of the breast assessment unit, based at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor.  The unit incorporates both symptomatic and NHS Breast Screening Programme examinations. The service has mobile units which visit surrounding areas.  It is necessary that the post holder holds a full UK driving license and has access to a motor vehicle. The post holder would work in accordance with the agreed operational policies of the Parapet Breast Assessment Unit and the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP).

Extended days may be introduced in the future and the post holder will be expected to participate, if required.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Radiologists
• Consultant Mammographer
• Advanced practitioners
• Nursing staff
• Admin staff
• Other clinical staff with in unit
  

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Clinical

1. To provide a specialised clinical technical service in order to produce radiographs of the highest diagnostic quality using as low a radiation dose as reasonably achievable whilst adhering to time constraints.

2. To maintain an exceptional standard of patient care.
3. To undertake all breast imaging examinations as required in screening, assessment and symptomatic clinics.

4. To rapidly assess patient personality type and respond accordingly to elicit & document relevant clinical history within the time allowed, while also explaining the procedure, gaining consent, informing & advising the patient.

5. To possess highly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision & accuracy is essential.

6. To ensure the day-to-day smooth running of clinics when out on the mobile vans.

7. To provide specialist, in-depth complex and often sensitive information and support to women in the screening environment but especially during assessment and symptomatic clinics. This may also necessitate overcoming barriers to understanding.

8. To assist in interventional procedures including digital stereotactic biopsy, vacuum biopsy, pre-operative wire localisations and use of the digital specimen cabinet.

9. To ensure the mobile screening units are maintained as a suitable environment for staff & patients.

10.  Maintaining stock control of all consumables on the mobile vans.

11.  To positively promote breast awareness and be involved in all aspects of health promotion.
    

Policies & procedures

1  To work with in the NHSBSP policies and procedures.

2  To take delegated responsibility for the relevant legislation relating to health & safety, Ionising Radiation Regulations, IR(ME)R and procedures for ceasing screening when equipment fails to perform to quality/safety standards.

3  To work within the guidelines of the quality management system and undertake audit on a regular basis.

Technical

1  To be fully competent with the operation of all imaging equipment within the department, to use this equipment safely and in accordance with good radiographic practice.

2  To be fully competent in the use of PACS (Picture Archiving Communications System) and RIS (Radiology Information System).

3  To undertake all daily, weekly and monthly quality control tests as detailed in the unit QA manual, ensuring optimum conditions are in place before commencing clinical work and to record findings.

4   To have the underpinning knowledge to analyse QA test results and to know how & when to take remedial action, including reporting to a superintendent radiographer and liaising with engineers as necessary.

Education Training and Audit

1   To provide clinical supervision & support to staff undergoing training – including Assistant Practitioners, and other staff groups.

2  To attend study days and update training courses required to maintain the Post-graduate Certificate of Mammographic Studies.

3   To undertake CPD and further training as necessary to fulfil the professional role and the standard required by the HPC.

4  To maintain HPC Registration and abide by the Professional Code of Conduct.

5 To actively participate in clinical audit and the development of quality standards.

6   To participate in peer review of images to identify trends/problems, devise remedial action and improve standards.

7   To participate in Research & Development projects when required.

8   To attend all mandatory training courses including manual handling and fire safety.

Physical skills & mental effort

1. To maintain extremely high standards and be able to maintain on-going physical effort whilst undertaking high numbers of repetitive examinations in cramped conditions.

    

2. To maintain concentration when working to a predictable and repetitive work pattern.

    

3. To assess and adapt technique to accommodate clients with physical or mental disabilities including wheelchair users and clients attending with an advocate.

Emotional effort

1     To employ counselling skills with highly distressed clients at assessment sessions when radiographer is first point of contact. Empathic & reassurance skills are essential.

2     To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of patients when they have been given a diagnosis of cancer. This is a frequent occurrence in the Breast Screening unit.

3     To treat each client as an individual whilst working under pressure and within the time constraints as laid down by the NHSBSP.

4     To be able manage adults with challenging behaviours.

5     Maintain sensitivity when frequently exposed to highly unpleasant working conditions including direct contact with body fluids and offensive body odours.

GENERAL:

To comply at all times with any regulations issued by the Trust, especially those governing Health and Safety at work and to ensure that any defects which may affect safety at work are brought to the attention of the appropriate manager.

This job description reflects the present requirements and objectives of the post, it does not form part of your contract of employment.  As the duties of the post change and develop the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment, in consultation with the post holder.

General Responsibilities

• Any other duties, which may be requested by the manager, to facilitate the smooth running of the department.

   

• This job description and associated KSF outline are not exhaustive and can be altered as the post develops, or with changes in service requirements. Such changes will take place in consultation between the post holder and the manager.

   

  Trust Policies & Procedures:

• The post holder is responsible for complying with the Trust’s corporate policies and procedures. These serve as a basis for regulating the conduct of activities in a consistent manner, and are required to satisfy the proper discharge of statutory, professional and legal responsibilities and provide a disciplined framework within which actions take place.

   

  Confidentiality:

  • The post holder will be required to maintain confidential information about patients of the Trust or other persons employed by the Trust either living or dead. Relaxation of this stipulation will be possible within the conditions laid down in the Trust policies, and as per the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information Act 2000.

     

    Equal Opportunities:

• The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and aims to ensure that no applicants or employees are discriminated against on the grounds of their gender, race, colour or nationality, marital status, pregnancy, age, colour, disability, social background, ethnicity, religion, belief or sexuality. The post holder is at all times expected to promote and implement the Trust’s equal opportunities policies and procedures.

   

  Safeguarding:

• The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to undertake this commitment.

   

  Infection Control:

• Infection prevention is the responsibility of each individual. Employees are required to strictly adhere to the Trust’s Infection Control Policy (TPP124), procedures and guidelines and should actively encourage other staff and visitors to comply. In particular, ensuring that you use appropriate hand hygiene practices at all times.

   

  Risk Management / Health & Safety:

• The post holder is responsible for the management of risk in all the areas for which they are responsible. The post holder is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the Trust's Health and Safety Policy (TPP405). The post holder must ensure that duties are carried out in accordance with health and safety regulations. The post holder should not endanger the health and safety of him/herself or others whilst at work.

  Smoke-free Environment:

• Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust is a smoke-free environment. Staff, patients and visitors to the Trust are not permitted to smoke anywhere on site, including all hospital buildings and grounds.

Blackstone Benefits:

• Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
• Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs 
• Complete onboarding support
• Framework Rates
• Informed tailored career advice 
• Personalised job alerts
• Unlimited referral bonus 
• prompt payroll

For further information on this role, please contact Kirsty Chasmer at Blackstone Recruitment o the details provided or APPLY now