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EveryWoman Expo 2023 another success 19 June 2023 BreastScreen WA had another successful year attending the EveryWoman Expo held from the 16-18 June at Perth Convention Centre. BreastScreen WA's screening truck, Boronia, was on-site to screen eligible women across the weekend, with the support of Administration and Health Promotion staff who booked eligible women in for their appointments. At the end of the weekend, 180 women were screened on the truck at the event, and overall 380 were booked for appointments at the Expo or at one of the 12 permanent BreastScreen WA clinics. The organisation's presence was definitely eye-catching with the large pink truck, pink information booth and merchandise garnering the attention of hundreds of people who walked by, many who expressed they were grateful for BreastScreen WA making the service so convenient and accessible. Well done to all who worked over the weekend, and to the women who decided to... -
Annual Report released 26 April 2023 BreastScreen WA just released the 2022 Annual Report to align with the Accreditation the organisation recently underwent. The purpose of the Accreditation Week was to provide evidence of how the service performs against national standards. The Annual Report was a collaborative project involving all teams of BreastScreen WA. You can read to the Annual Report 2022 here. -
Bidyadanga visit success 03 April 2023 BreastScreen WA's Senior Aboriginal Health Program Officer, Kaylene, travelled up North mid-March to support the screening of women in the rural Aboriginal Community of Bidyadanga. Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community (La Grange) is located on the Kimberley coast of WA, 1590km from Perth and 180km from Broome. The Aboriginal traditional owners of the land are the Karajarri people. Bidyadanga is the largest remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia and is home to the Karajarri, Juwalinny, Mangala, Nyungamarta and Yulpartja language groups. The word Bidyadanga comes from a word for “emu watering hole” (pijarta or bidyada). Kaylene had the honour of being invited into Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community to maintain and strengthen Aboriginal engagement between community and BSWA whilst promoting the importance of breast screening with the ladies in community before the BSWA mobil... -
Screening Saves Lives in The West 06 February 2023 Did you see BreastScreen WA in last week's World Cancer Day feature in the West Australian newspaper? In order to "Close the Care Gap", the theme for this year's World Cancer Day, BreastScreen WA, in collaboration with the National Bowel and Cervical Screening Programs, has developed the Screening Saves Live Campaignwith the aim of promotingcancer screening to the LGBTQIA+ population. Read the full article here: The West Australian World Cancer Day Feature (external link) -
Calling all radiographers and mammographers! 23 January 2023 BreastScreen WA are seeking to appoint experienced people to the position of Medical Imaging Technologist and Imaging Technologist - Mammography. In this role you will be responsible for the provision and maintenance of mammography screening services at metropolitan sites and/or country mobile clinics and/or Albany and Bunbury clinics. Salary:HSO Level P1 $74,703 - $103,257p.a. pro rata Location:Various Perth Metropolitan sites and rural across WA Unit/Division:Women and Newborn Health Service -> BreastScreen WA Work Type:Casual, Permanent - Part Time, Permanent - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time, Fixed Term - Full Time Position No:Pool Ref 00005484 Closing Date:2023-08-09 4:00 PM(YYYY-MM-DD) For more information including the JDF, please refer to the WA Healthadvertisementhere.
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17/01/2023