Mammographer

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ,
Maidstone, Kent
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has a vacancy for a full-time mammographer to join their busy and friendly team. Working as part of the Breast Unit's Multi-disciplinary team the successful applicant will provide high quality patient care using fully digital mammography equipment, breast Tomosynthesis, prone and upright stereotactic and 3D breast biopsy systems and Contrast enhanced spectral mammography . The Maidstone Peggy Wood Breast Unit provides screening services to women between the ages of 47-73 as part of the National Breast Screening Programme, inviting in the region of 25,000 women per year. The majority of the screening is performed on the mobile breast screening vans covering the Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Cranbrook and Edenbridge areas. The symptomatic service is based at both the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital Sites. You must have HCPC registration as a radiographer, and the Postgraduate Award in Mammography, although mammography training will be considered for the right applicant. Job share applicants would also be considered. You must be willing to travel to all the sites used by the mobile screening vans and be flexible to the needs of the service requirements. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children) We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics Closing Date: Monday 22nd June 2020 Interviews: To be confirmed For further details / informal visits contact: To contact the department for an informal discussion about the post or for any further information you may require please contact: Julie Trevers, Superintendent Mammographer on 01622 225768 or email jtrevers@nhs.net Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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