Mammography
Band 8a
Mammographer Band 8a jobs in the UK
Consultant / clinical lead · 8+ years post-qualification
Mammographers deliver symptomatic and screening breast imaging within the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP).
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £55,690 – £62,682 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 8+ years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Breast screening units · Symptomatic breast clinics · Mobile screening vans
What the person spec usually requires
- Consultant-level practice or departmental clinical lead
- Published / presented research or service-level QI
- Strategic responsibility for a service line or modality
- Active in regional / national professional networks (SoR, BSIR, BMUS, IPEM)
Core Mammography skills panels score
- Positioning to PGMI standard
- Communication with anxious clients
- Tomosynthesis
- Assistant practitioner supervision
How to get shortlisted
- Articulated vision for the service, mapped to trust strategy
- Demonstrated influence beyond the department (region, national body)
- Financial and workforce literacy
- Track record of developing others into Band 7
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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