We are recruiting for a Reporting Sonographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Our multi-skilled sonographer team rotate across all three sites and provide a 7-day emergency service at the Lister, which is our acute site and is working towards 7 day working at the New QEII hospital to support the newly established Community Diagnostic Hub.
We support sonographer development and training, and our sonographers are valued members of multi-disciplinary teams across obstetrics, gynaecology, vascular, musculoskeletal and general medicine.
We support flexible working and have shifts working weekends and evenings.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
To work as an independent practitioner by performing ultrasound scans to a high diagnostic standard, formulating a report, and communicating the results to the appropriate clinician and to be accountable for own professional actions.
Perform and report a wide range of ultrasound examinations, working within agreed protocols (abdominal, gynaecology including transvaginal scanning, obstetric, vascular, and paediatric).
Have the ability to make clinical judgements and critical decisions of the highest order, using knowledge, skills and experience.
We support ongoing professional development and encourage involvement with in-house training schemes to expand clinical experience.
There is also monthly in-house teaching and audit sessions where active participation is encouraged. Leadership is a shared function within our team, and we look to develop talent.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
* Hold postgraduate accredited qualification in medical ultrasound
* Professional registration (HPC or other)
Previous Experience
* Must have relevant skills/knowledge/experience in the range of ultrasound techniques required
* 1 year/agreed competence post qualification
Knowledge
* Possess knowledge and understanding of audit and clinical governance processes
* Must show evidence of and be prepared to continue with CPD to ensure a high standard of examinations and patient care
* Be prepared to provide practical and theoretical training in medical ultrasound to specified staff and countersigning reports for trainees
* Contribute to development of the service and protocols
Skills
* Must be able to work independently
* Competent to write concise and accurate clinical reports
* Work effectively in a potentially high pressure and emotive environment
* Possess full understanding of ethical and moral issues to enable delivery of bad news to patients in an appropriate manner
* Committed to providing a high quality ultrasound service for patients
* IT skills to use CRIS and PACS and have computer literacy
Other Requirements
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
* To be flexible with work patterns
* Experience in research and development
* Experience in writing protocols and care pathways using research based evidence for best practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata, Plus 10% Recruitment & Retention Payment
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