Band 7 Full time Sonographer - Permanent position

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading NHS Trust as a Sonographer, where you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality ultrasound services. This position offers the opportunity to work in a vibrant environment, contributing to patient care while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for performing and reporting on a variety of ultrasound examinations, ensuring excellence in clinical care. With a focus on continuous improvement and flexibility in working hours, this role is perfect for an enthusiastic professional looking to make a difference in the community. Embrace the chance to develop your skills in a supportive setting and be part of a forward-thinking healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• High level of ultrasound scanning skills in obstetrics and gynaecology.
• Experience in clinical audit and quality assurance programs.
• Ability to work independently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Perform a wide range of obstetric and general ultrasound examinations.
• Provide diagnostic reports and communicate findings to patients.
• Participate in quality assurance and maintain equipment standards.

Skills

Ultrasound Scanning

Independent Report Writing

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Technical Skill in Radiology

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Ultrasound

HCPC Registration

Tools

RIS

PACS

Medway

Soliton RIS

Datix

Viewpoint

Job description

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Band 7 Full time Sonographer - Permanent position

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area ULTRASOUND Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - Expected to cover weekend as normal working shift pattern Job ref 391-NMUH-7016229-A

Site Ultrasound department Royal Free NHS Foundation at North Middlesex University Hospital London Town Edmonton London Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

North Middlesex University Hospital is one of the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts in Enfield North London serving the diverse communities of Enfield, Haringey and beyond .

Our General Ultrasound scan department at North Mid is part of Radiology and operates a comprehensive 7-day service with 5 on-site Ultrasound scanning rooms.

We have 7 Obstetrics and 2 Gynaecology Ultrasound scan rooms with obstetric scan department operational from Monday to Saturday.

The Ultrasound department also operates limited Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) sessions twice a week.

The service is run by a friendly team of 16 sonographers who rotate in General, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and lithotripsy working along side other multidisciplinary professionals to deliver outstanding care for our patients.

We are looking for an agile enthusiastic competent sonographer in general, Gynaecology and Obstetric Ultrasound scanning with independent report writing skills to join the team and contribute to continuous improvement and high-quality service delivery.

The successful candidate would be expected to participate in weekend and evening rota, however a degree of flexibility is possible with many of our Sonographers working compressed hours to allow a 3 or 4 day working week.

Reach out to the Ultrasound Manager, Rogers Kalende at email: [e-mail] if you have any further queries or wish to arrange a visit.

Main duties of the job

To demonstrate skills in a wide range of obstetric and general ultrasound examinations, including transvaginal scanning.

To maintain professional occupational standards of technical skill and legally take responsibility to ensure a high standard of clinical care.

To interpret and analyse findings in accordance with agreed protocols.

To explain the abnormal ultrasound findings to obstetric patients and make appropriate referrals to the Clinicians.

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients in working area, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

To independently provide a diagnostic report on all examinations.

To be able to appropriately communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information about scan findings to patients and their family.

Demonstrate excellence in one or more sub-specialities, when required.

To participate in the Quality Assurance Programme in accordance with the policies of the department including equipment care and maintenance.

To have a flexible approach towards working hours in order to address service needs and maximise efficient use of equipment.

Working for our organisation

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will have attained the Obstetric and Gynaecology, Abdominal modules in Medical Ultrasound, and certification of competency for Nuchal Translucency scanning.

The post holder must demonstrate a high level of ultrasound scanning skills and will work as a part of as multi-disciplinary team.

You will have autonomous responsibility for performing and reporting a wide range of ultrasound examinations.

You will be expected to be able to work independently under pressure, but your support network will be as part of the ultrasound team.

You will be required to work to a high standard in keeping with departmental guidelines and protocols with regard to patient care, and expected to participate in CPD and clinical audit.

A Postgraduate qualification in ultrasound is required and you must be registered with the Health Professions Council or equivalent.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Post graduate Diploma in Ultrasound or equivalent qualification
• HCPC registration
• Experience of working in NHS
• Nuchal Translucence FMF certification

Experience

• Experience of working clinically in Radiology, Obstetrics and/or Gynaecology
• Experience in teaching, assessing and presentations
• Participated in clinical audit or quality assurance program
• Participated in research and publication

Knowledge and Awareness

• Comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and pathology relevant to Ultrasound imaging
• Awareness of statutory regulations related to radiology and maternity
• Understanding 2ww, 6ww and 18 ww RTT pathways as part of 62day standard
• Knowledge of FASP screening standards

Skills and abilities

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and motivational skills.
• Ability to use IT systems and programmes to a high level including RIS, PACS, word, excel
• Previous use of Soliton RIS, Medway, and Sectra PACS, Datix, viewpoint.
• Able to show reflection and subsequent improvement in techniques when involved in incidents

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

NMUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of NMUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Name Rogers Kalende Job title ULTRASOUND MANAGER Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02088872539 Additional information

Available to contact from 0930-1630 Monday to Friday.