Consultant Clinical Sonographer

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Park Village; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Consultant Sonographer (Band 8B) to lead and advance the Ultrasound service across Trust sites. You will provide expert clinical practice across multiple ultrasound modalities, and lead governance, audit, and workforce development.

This senior role includes shaping service development, mentorship, and teaching, with involvement in research delivery and protocol development to align with national guidance.

Qualifications

• Leadership and governance ability
• Expert clinical practice across ultrasound modalities
• Mentorship and teaching skills
• Audit and research delivery experience
• Clinical protocol development and care pathway design

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Ultrasound service across Trust sites
• Provide high-level clinical leadership and governance for ultrasound practice
• Oversee recruitment, performance management and competency assessment of sonographers
• Lead ultrasound research, audit activity and disseminate findings
• Develop and implement guidelines and care pathways in line with national recommendations
• Deliver specialist teaching and mentorship to learners

Job description

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Consultant Sonographer (Band 8B) to lead and advance our Ultrasound service. You will provide expert clinical practice across a wide range of ultrasound modalities, including general abdominal, gynaecology, obstetrics, vascular (e.g., carotid and DVT), and at least one specialist area such as paediatrics, neonatal, MSK, head & neck or interventional ultrasound .

This senior role combines advanced autonomous clinical practice with strategic leadership responsibilities. You will shape service development, lead clinical governance and audit activity, support research delivery, and provide high-level training and mentorship to sonographers, medical colleagues and external learners. Working across Trust sites, you will collaborate closely with Radiology Consultants and multidisciplinary teams to ensure harmonized, safe and effective ultrasound services.

We are looking for a dynamic leader committed to excellence in patient care ,innovation, and continuous improvement. Sonographers not yet trained in all modalities will be supported with further development where possible .

Deliver highly specialised diagnostic and interventional ultrasound examinations, independently performing and reporting a wide range of scans in line with national and local guidelines.

Provide expert clinical leadership, ensuring safe and effective practice, supporting quality assurance programs and contributing to equipment evaluation and procurement.

Lead and develop the Ultrasound service, supporting strategic planning, demand and capacity review and harmonization across Trust sites.

Manage and support the sonography workforce, including recruitment, performance management, appraisal and competency assessment.

Lead ultrasound research and audit activity, supporting clinical trials and presenting findings at professional forums.

Develop and implement clinical protocols, guidelines and care pathways aligned with national recommendations.

Deliver specialist teaching and mentorship to internal and external learners.

Communicate complex and sensitive information clearly and empathetically to patients, relatives and multidisciplinary teams.

Ensure accurate information governance and effective use of IT systems including PACS/RIS/PAS.

Work flexibly across Trust sites, supporting 7-day working, fast-track pathways and one-stop clinic models.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.