Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Undertake a specialised clinical caseload of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including complex patients, using clinical reasoning skills, to provide daily patient assessment and treatment, supporting appropriate and early discharge.

2. Obtain verbal informed consent from patients, or their carers.

3. Follow and proposes changes to standards and policies for clinical practice to ensure a co-ordinated and effective service. This includes infection prevention.

4. Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective communication and facilitate appropriate patient care.

5. Communicate sensitive information to patients/carers/staff, where there may be barriers to communication ensuring confidentiality and sensitivity to the audiences level of understanding and prior knowledge.

6. Be responsible for keeping accurate and timely written and electronic patient records and statistical information. This may include written reports of functional ability and specialist assessments.

7. Manage own time by prioritising competing service requirements, seeking guidance from senior staff where necessary.

8. Day to day supervision, including training, of relevant team members when required including practical, theoretical and clinical teaching of new staff entering speciality, medical and nursing students.

9. Ensure that all equipment is in good working order and ready for immediate use and report any defective equipment or provision of supplies to managers.

10. Keep up to date with clinical developments, through audit and research, and participate in innovation and change concerned with improving the standards of care for patients.

11. Report and act on adverse incidents.

12. Managing own workload and organisation of colleagues as a daily duty co-ordinator and contribute to staff rotas and daily planning.

13. Carry out front line patient care and mammographic examinations essential to diagnosis and treatment. Be able to communicate with and reassure patients and deal with complex distressing situations such as patients who have had a recent cancer diagnosis.

14. Use dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills for accurate positioning and adapting technique for patients with additional needs.

15. Responsible for quality assurance of imaging and determining if additional views or repeats are necessary.

16. Assess the ability of patients who undergo mammographic examinations and modify techniques accordingly such as for patients in additional needs clinics.

17.Using own initiative, respond to patients and /or carers who are anxious about their condition and its consequences and be able to communicate with patients regarding complaints.

18. Ensure correct justification of mammographic procedures keeping radiation doses as low as reasonably achievable.

19. Responsible for adjusting exposure factors based on breast thickness for implant in situ.

20. Ensure comfort for patients fitted with cardiac devices adjusting technique as required.

21. Undertake tomosynthesis mammograms as well as paddle and magnification views as necessary.

22. Responsible for checking the position of the wire placement prior to surgery, including different views such as a lateral view.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Sound knowledge of IR(me)R 2000, IRR regulations and clinical governance
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP and Quality Assurance Programmes (QA)
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working in a breast screening unit
• Microsoft Office skills
• Communication
• Working under pressure
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Emotional intelligence
• Time management
• Working autonomously
• Taking the initiative
• Interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Experience of working in a breast screening unit

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Radiotherapy diagnostic or therapeutic or equivalent
• Post Graduate Qualification in Mammography
• HCPC registered

Desirable

• Experience of working in a breast screening unit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Tremona Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 6YD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main accountabilities:

To provide the best possible care and stimulation for the children of the nursery in a safe and happy environment

To liaise with parents and encourage their involvement in the aims of the nursery and in all aspects of their childrens care

To assist in the supervising and training of students and NVQ trainees sent to the nursery from time to time, as delegated

To attend seminars, training courses and exhibitions to keep abreast of developments in all aspects of child care practice and policy, to ensure that modern, innovated and forward looking practices are maintained: and personal career development

To assist in the planning of appropriate programmes of activities for the under 5s, relevant to their age and stage of development, to discuss other matters relevant to the staff and children and ensure appropriate records are kept.

To act as key person to allocated children and ensure that their profiles and any other paperwork needed is kept up to date

To work effectively as part of a team on a daily basis. Providing a happy, effective working environment.

To assist in the daily domestic management of the nursery: including ensuring that the nursery is kept safe, secure and clean at all times

Any other tasks within the framework and childcare of the post, which you are trained and capable of

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• PFA
• Food Hygiene
• Level 3 in Childcare
• Level 2 in Childcare

Desirable

• At least 6 months of experience working as a Nursery Assistant in the last 3 years.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

London Rd

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Reading

Berkshire

RG1 5AN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)