Mammography
Band 7
Mammographer Band 7 jobs in the UK
Advanced practitioner / team lead · 4–8 years post-qualification
Mammographers deliver symptomatic and screening breast imaging within the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP).
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £47,810 – £54,710 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 4–8 years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Breast screening units · Symptomatic breast clinics · Mobile screening vans
What the person spec usually requires
- Advanced practice scope of practice signed off against the Multi-professional Framework
- Reporting, intervention or planning autonomy in your modality
- Service development — protocols, training, recruitment input
- MSc (in progress or completed) and active CPD portfolio
Core Mammography skills panels score
- Positioning to PGMI standard
- Communication with anxious clients
- Tomosynthesis
- Assistant practitioner supervision
How to get shortlisted
- Evidence against all four pillars: clinical, leadership, education, research
- Service improvement with measurable outcomes
- Workforce development — supervision, training, succession planning
- Strategic awareness of NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
The route into Mammography
Post-Band 5, complete the PgCert in Mammography (e.g. St George's, Kingston) — typically 1 year part-time.
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