Mammography
Band 2
Mammographer Band 2 jobs in the UK
Imaging support worker / departmental assistant · Entry level — no formal qualification required
Mammographers deliver symptomatic and screening breast imaging within the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP).
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £24,169 (2025/26 AfC, single spine point)
- Typical experience
- Entry level — no formal qualification required
- Where these roles sit
- Breast screening units · Symptomatic breast clinics · Mobile screening vans
What the person spec usually requires
- Patient escort, chaperoning, room turnover and stock control
- Basic patient handling and communication
- Supporting radiographers in plain-film, fluoroscopy and CT rooms
- Mandatory training: manual handling, IPC, safeguarding, IR(ME)R awareness
Core Mammography skills panels score
- Positioning to PGMI standard
- Communication with anxious clients
- Tomosynthesis
- Assistant practitioner supervision
How to get shortlisted
- Customer-service or care experience — show the human side
- Reliability, teamwork and shift-work examples
- Genuine interest in progressing to assistant practitioner
- NHS values mapped explicitly to the job description
The route into Mammography
Post-Band 5, complete the PgCert in Mammography (e.g. St George's, Kingston) — typically 1 year part-time.
Score your application against this person spec
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