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Lead Practitioner Breast Imaging
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8C
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-LIS9756
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Town
London
Salary
£85,431 - £97,148 p.a. inclusive of HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/08/2025 23:59

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Lead Practitioner Breast Imaging

NHS AfC: Band 8C

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

The Clinical Imaging and Medical Physics (CLIMP) directorate is seeking a radiographer with extensive breast imaging and management experience to lead the Breast Imaging Services. This newly-created role will provide expert professional, clinical and strategic leadership for the radiographers, assistant practitioners and clinical support workforce within the Breast Imaging service

Acting as a role model of Trust values and creating a culture of collaborative, partnership working, the post holder will develop strong internal and external professional working relationships to effectively lead the transformation and optimisation of the Breast Imaging service. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that radiographers, Assistant Practitioners and support staff have a single point of visibility and accountable, professional leadership across the Breast Imaging service. 

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the job description and person specification documents which provide more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Reporting operationally to the CLIMP General Manager and Head of Radiology Services, the post holder will work collaboratively with the wider Breast Imaging team, internal and external stakeholder groups to deliver outstanding levels of diagnostic imaging, with a high emphasis on patient safety, high quality care and excellent staff experience. The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of Breast imaging services which conform to professional standards, meet clinical governance compliance requirements, and national performance KPI targets.

As Lead Practitioner, the post holder is responsible for overseeing the operational, financial, workforce and strategic direction of their service and team, contributing to and ensuring that these are in line with the overarching CLIMP, AHP, Directorate and Trust strategy. In addition, the post holder will lead on providing technical clinical imaging advice and expertise to Trust stakeholders, they will support strategic, capital land business planning, the design of new installations and equipment procurement, installation, testing and acceptance.

More information on the role and its duties are available in the attached person specification.

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentational skills.
  • Exemplary professional appearance and approach.
  • Developed and appropriate leadership style.
  • Evidence of a high level of analytical problem solving skills.
  • Effective advocate for patients and staff in a wide range of arenas.
  • Current and wide range of highly specialist breast imaging competencies
  • Ability to work in an environment with constantly changing priorities and demanding deadlines.
  • Flexible approach to work and delivery of requirements.
  • Must have the interpersonal skills to negotiate, influence and inspire.
  • Be able to overcome organisational cultural and operational hurdles.
  • Be able to organise and motivate others to deliver plans
Desirable criteria
  • Senior management experience
  • Lean Methodologies
  • Leadership training

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Operational management in imaging services
  • Operational experience in a large diverse Acute NHS Trust
  • Experience in developing a team and objective setting.
  • Experience in change management strategies.
  • Experience in equipment procurement process.
  • Experience of quality management initiatives and systems.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
  • Experience in resource management and allocation.
  • Experience in external and commercial liaison.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of formal mentorship program's
  • Prince 2
  • Evidence of multidisciplinary team leading

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
  • State Registration with the Health Professions Council.
  • Evidence of post graduate qualification in Breast imaging
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership training or certification
  • Radiation Protection Supervisor training course
  • Health Service management training

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Roger Savill
Job title
Joint Clinical Director CLIMP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07707148126
Additional information

Sophia Hill

Head of Radiology

[email protected]

 

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