Main area: Ultrasound Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent, covering 8-8 service trustwide
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (covering 8-8 service on a range of shift patterns across all sites within the Trust)
Job ref: 319-7019217AZ
Site: Wansbeck General Hospital
Town: Ashington
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/03/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost-effective living, great nightlife, and some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. This is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare.
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes.
Job overview
To work as a sonographer within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, having completed the post graduate certificate in Medical Ultrasound, becoming an autonomous practitioner contributing to the sonographer led service.
To undertake all of the required clinical caseload of the Trust other than the most complex interventions which are carried out by medical staff members. To manage the patient pathway associated with their individual designated referrals, providing a comprehensive report of the findings and ensuring it is communicated to appropriate clinicians.
Desirable qualities include independent scanning experience of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, GenMed and Musculoskeletal areas.
Main duties of the job
* To work as a sonographer within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, having completed the post graduate certificate in Medical Ultrasound.
* To undertake all of the required clinical caseload of the Trust other than the most complex interventions.
* Independently manage the patient pathway associated with their individual designated referrals.
* Take responsibility for image archiving and electronic data management generated during the procedure.
* Effectively express distressing and unexpected news directly to patients using empathy, respect, and tact.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent.
* Masters level post graduate certificate or diploma in Diagnostic Ultrasound or equivalent.
* State registration with the Health professions Council or other Royal College.
* Completion of the two year post graduate diploma in Medical Ultrasound.
* Short specialist courses leading to other postgraduate qualifications.
Experience
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible.
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post.
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