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Role Summary
Breast clinicians are doctors working in breast symptomatic and screening units as part of the multidisciplinary breast team. They are trained in all aspects of breast care including mammographic interpretation, ultrasound, biopsy, family history and surgical management. Trained breast clinicians will work in one or more of these areas and may also take on a senior leadership roles.
Life as a Breast Clinician
What would a typical day involve?
Breast clinicians work autonomously, usually in symptomatic and screening assessment clinics, performing ultrasound and biopsies; in surgical clinics providing pre and post-surgical care; and in family history clinics carrying out risk assessments and providing advice on risk reduction.
Breast clinicians may take on senior leadership, research and education roles in addition to their clinical duties.
Benefits of the role
The breast clinician is varied and rewarding. Breast clinicians promote the development and application of expert knowledge, skills and attributes to strategically lead and enable innovative and effective person-centred care, both in an area of service delivery and across the wider organisation.
How to become
In 2019 the Association of Breast Clinicians (ABC), the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), Health Education England (HEE, now NHS England) and the NBIA developed a credential in disease management. This provides standardised, recognised on-the-job training .
Minimum requirement
Medical degree and at least 2 years’ working as a doctor post qualification
Expected requirement
Completion of credential in breast disease management
Courses and Training
- Information about the credential: NBIA website and RCR website
- Association of Breast Clinicians