Enhanced Practitioner - Mammography

Main area Mammography Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week, variety of shifts which are outlined in JD) Job
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Site Churchill Hospital Town Headington Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/02/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital
, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. For more information about our Values and Value-Based Interviewing please visit

To carry out specialist Mammography interventional procedures, including VABs, VAEs, wire localisations, marker insertions; mammography imaging at multiple locations; assessment, screening and symptomatic clinics; staff training, and other related duties, provided by the OUH NHSFT at sites across Oxfordshire.

The post holder must be qualified to work as an operator/practitioner within Diagnostic Radiography as defined by IR(ME)
R (2017) and hold a UK postgraduate qualification in mammography and interventional procedures.

Working in conjunction with the Manager and Deputy, duties include daily organisation of the breast imaging services, ensuring the delivery of a professional, high quality, effective and flexible service responsive to the needs of the screening clients, symptomatic patients, their clinicians, relatives and carers.

The post holder will supervise and train Radiographers, Assistant/Associate Practitioners and other health professionals as part of a National Breast Education Centre, support ultrasound clinics, manage own clinical work and professional development, support service development, and contribute to quality assurance programmes and departmental audit.

All duties are carried out in partnership with other disciplines towards shared objectives and clinical governance.

A full list of duties can be found on the job description.

Oxford Breast Imaging Centre is looking for UK postgraduate qualified radiographers in mammography to join our team. We provide both a screening and symptomatic service across Oxfordshire, with sites at Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Horton General Hospital and two mobile screening vans.

The successful candidate will produce high quality mammograms consistently, take ownership of continuing professional development and learning, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide excellent care.

We have both Hologic 3

Dimensions and GE Pristina Equipment and will provide training on the equipment. The successful applicant will be expected to perform interventional procedures – core biopsies, vacuum assisted core biopsies, localisations, and marker insertions.

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of general and specialist services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH You Tube channel
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