This post is based at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, but with responsibility for services delivered in conjunction with the Breast Screening Service based at Hull.
We are a busy, friendly department with dedicated teams of radiographers and support workers, with a good working relationship with other modalities, clinicians and other service users.
We offer a broad range of Breast Imaging services, working closely with referrers to support patient pathways.
We are actively committed to CPD and PPD and encourage our staff to widen their scope of practice, working with local and regional education providers to deliver formal training in support of this.
In order to maintain a continuously high standard of patient care, maximum flexibility of our workforce is necessary and therefore staff may be required to work flexibly. We consider ourselves a forward thinking department that gives support and provides opportunities for career progression to all our staff.
Once appointed you will access the many benefits of working for the NHS including an excellent pensions scheme, increasing annual leave allowance of up to 41 days per annum (including bank holidays) once you have completed 10 years’ service, multiple discount schemes and the opportunity to develop and grow your skills within the NHS through our excellent training and development schemes.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Radiographic Practitioner in Breast Imaging to join the team within the Pink Rose Suite at the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby. The post holder will play an essential role in the Breast Imaging Service, and should be conversant with all aspects of breast imaging, including ultrasound, interventions, mammography & mammographic image interpretation. The post will also include stereotactic procedures and open access/family history assessments, and opportunity to undertake Breast MRI reporting for a suitably trained candidate.
The breast imaging team is a small, dedicated and friendly team undertaking symptomatic breast work for the North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and Goole regions. The Breast Imaging team undertakes approximately 5,500 mammograms and 7,600 ultrasound examinations per year. The team works with the breast surgical team to provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary service and works closely with the Humberside Breast Screening Service.
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Janet Hendy Job title: Consultant Radiographic Practitioner Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01472 874111
