Breast Screening Programme Manager

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

7/9/2025

This is an opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced breast radiographer to take on the challenging position of Breast Screening Programme Manager for the Liverpool Sefton and Knowsley Breast Screening Programme.

The post holder will be responsible for programme management of the breast screening programme as well as the management, co-ordination and delivery of a high quality radiographic service within breast services.

The programme manager is a key member of the service’s senior leadership team. They have wide-ranging responsibilities including people leadership, problem solving, developing and maintaining relationships, developing a learning culture, demonstrating and supporting resilience, developing a caring culture, acting as a professional role model and providing mentorship and coaching

To manage, co-ordinate and deliver high quality, timely and efficient NHS breast screening programme and specialised assessment mammographic service for the eligible female population of Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley which is delivered through static and mobile units.

• Responsible for the attainment of NHSBSP waiting time targets, including round length, screen to normal and screen to assessment. Reporting performance to the Trust Executive via the cancer performance report.
• Working with the Head of Operations to produce business cases relating to the
  
  

service developments within breast screening. Identify required changes and

develop interim proposals and submissions for funding to assist the director of

breast screening in service delivery.

• Liaise with regional superintendent radiographers and the QARC to maintain
  
  

knowledge of the NHSBSP managerial issues, ensuring dissemination of best

practice.

• Respond to complaints in accordance with the Trust’s patient complaint
  
  

procedure.

• Work with the Breast screening team and Stakeholders to promote breast
  
  

screening work which will improve uptake.

• To be a core member of the breast screening Stakeholder group liaising with
  
  

Stakeholders to implement key service delivery targets and standards.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Thompson Job title: Breast Screening Programme Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 2953