Consultant Radiographer Breast Imaging inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
In this role, the Consultant Radiographer will engage in clinical practice, education, and professional development, adhering to the four pillars of expert practice. Flexibility in working hours, including evenings and weekends, may be required to accommodate the expanding service needs. The post-holder will operate autonomously, prioritize complex cases, and collaborate closely with the MDT to ensure effective patient care. In addition to diagnostic duties, the role emphasises leadership, research, and the delivery of high-quality breast imaging services to support both local and regional patient populations.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) to recruit a Consultant Radiographer within Breast Imaging. UHCW is one of the largest and busiest NHS teaching trusts in the country with two hospitals caring for over 1,000,000 people from across Warwickshire and beyond.
The Trust has 2 main hospital sites: University Hospital in Coventry (UHC) and the Hospital of St Cross in Rugby (STX).
The post-holder will possess a Masters level qualification in Advanced Mammography Practice with significant post registration experience, be HPC state-registered and hold the Certificate of Competence or Postgraduate Award in Mammography, a recognised Postgraduate film-reading and breast interventional qualification. The post will be primarily based at the University Hospital site, but all consultant radiographers are expected to rotate through George Eliot Hospital (GEH) offering support to the symptomatic service.
The post holder will be expected to be competent in all aspects of breast imaging and image guided intervention. The main responsibility is to support and extend existing breast imaging services, which includes screening, symptomatic work and regional breast MDTs. The appointed candidate will join the existing breast team which comprises of 4.3 WTE consultant radiologists, 4 consultant radiographers and 4 advanced practitioners.
The Trust combines a number of key roles
- District general hospital services for Coventry and Rugby, our local population
- The Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry Breast screening service
- Tertiary centre for Coventry and Warwickshire, providing complex specialist services for the region and beyond
- Major Trauma Centre (Level 1)
- All medical specialities including renal transplantation, and a major Oncology Centre (Arden Cancer Centre) are also located on the University Hospital site.
- Clinical base for the University of Warwick Medical School
Every year the Trust provides more than 800,000 episodes of care to patients from across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
The Breast Imaging Unit at UHCW provides a fully integrated screening and symptomatic clinical service.
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The post holder will complete work in line with the four pillars of expert practice, comprising of expert clinical practice, professional leadership and consultancy, education and training and practice development, research and audit evaluation.
The post holder will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the expanding service, which may include evenings and weekend working. A minimum of 50% of time is to be worked in clinical practice alongside patients and staff.
- Prioritise and assess complex cases for both the screening and assessment arms of the service, communicating recommendations and results to the wider team.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking Xray and ultrasound interventional procedures.
- Report both symptomatic and surveillance mammograms, advising further assessment where necessary, and to participate in arbitration and other screen reading related audit activities.
- Interpret breast tomosynthesis.
- Provide accurate and informative documentation of radiology reports, complying with information governance.
- Respond to any questions or concerns from patients, clients and visitors professionally and with confidence.
- The post-holder will be a core member of the Multi- Disciplinary Team and work in collaboration with members to influence the patient care pathway. The post holder will support the MDT in delivering patient care, particularly with regards to imaging findings, ensuring sound clinical and ethical decision making in relation to breast diagnosis. Participate in weekly multi-disciplinary meetings presenting both their own and colleague's caseload will be expected.
- Provide expert professional advice to medical consultants, multi-disciplinary groups, patients and their carers.
- Lead on projects and other work to ensure competency is maintained in all four areas of the pillars of practice.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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