Consultant Radiographer - Breast

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Location: Highland Breast Centre, Raigmore Hospital
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Band 8B

The Highlands of Scotland, a population of 300,000 people spread over 10,000 square miles, making delivering 21st century healthcare a daily challenge. The NHS Highland Breast Service is an integrated Screening and Symptomatic Breast Service, based at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, and embraces these challenges with enthusiasm, innovation and adaptation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Breast Team for the appointment of our first Consultant Radiographer in Breast. As the successful candidate, you will be a central part of a specialist breast team, providing and facilitating expert care for patients with, or at risk of, breast disease. Working independently and collaboratively, you will assess and diagnose patients, manage your own caseload, and be supported in continuous professional development.

You will bring a high level of autonomy to the role, whilst still benefit ting from the collaboration of a close-knit, multi-disciplinary team consisting of Consultant Surgeons, Consultant Radiologists and Advanced Practitioner Specialist Radiographers.

• Assess and diagnose patients with breast disease.
• Manage independent caseload within breast imaging specialty.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team of surgeons, radiologists and specialist radiographers.
• Participate in continuous professional development.

• HCPC Registered Radiographer.
• Postgraduate Masters level qualification including Mammography, Mammographic Film Interpretation, Breast Ultrasound, Interventional Breast Procedures.
• A minimum of 3 years of Advanced Practice in multiple areas of breast imaging.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Informal enquiries can be made to Kirstie Still, Superintendent Radiographer (Kirstie.stillt) or Dr Nicola Spence, Consultant Radiologist (Nicola.

Spence3t). Job Reference: 236269. Closing date:
Midnight Wednesday 4th February 2026.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.