Mammographer - Bank Shifts.

Job Description:

Mammographer (Bank Shifts)

Reading Bupa Health Centre, 64 London Road, Reading RG1 5AS

Salary range: £23 per hour

Part-time Hours

As a Mammographer at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.

Our clinic is located within close proximity to the Reading town centre and railway station, and we provide a range of services to include; primary care, health assessments, sexual health clinics, MSK, vaccinations, coronary checks, and more.

You’ll use state-of-the-art technology with Pristina, which is engineered for a better patient experience along the entire breast care pathway, from screening and diagnosis to treatment planning and monitoring. You’ll improve our customer journey by carrying out the screenings on-site on the day of health assessments, ensuring patients have a fast and efficient service from screening to treatment.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

Reporting to the centre manager, you will be working independently, but as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team within the clinic. You will show flexibility of shared tasks to ensure that we provide the best quality service and establish good working relationships.

Our clinic can be extremely busy, and you must be able to work with efficiency in a complex environment and have an adaptability and sensitivity to work in a diverse working environment.

Other duties include:

• Organise the daily work programme to ensure that the department runs efficiently.
• Work flexible hours if required to accommodate changing workload patterns of the Mammography service.
• Perform high quality examinations as required by referring physicians according to departmental policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all patients being imaged receive a very high standard of care.
• Accurately analyse the acquired data, record results and produce high quality images for reporting.
• Ensure all equipment within the department is cared for and maintained, cleanliness is upheld, and that all equipment faults are reported immediately. Maintain the efficient use of all resources, establish stock control systems and liaise with manufacturers and suppliers.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• A flexible and adaptive working attitude is crucial.
• Use your own initiative in responding to the needs of the service and have a strong focus on streamlining the patient pathway through the imaging department.
• Work closely with the Lead Mammographer to maintain and enhance the Breast imaging service we offer to our patients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BSc or DCR in Radiography as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Mammography.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing.

We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
• Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

To find more information or have any questions before applying, please contact Ariana Lacerda on ariana.lacerda@bupa.com

Time Type: Part time

Job Area: Clinical Services

Locations: Clinic & Dental - Reading