General Specialist Practitioner Sonographer

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a highly autonomous and experienced Sonographer to join their team. The role includes managing ultrasound pathways, participating in quality improvement projects, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will work under a compressed hours schedule and must demonstrate extensive clinical experience and statutory registration. This position offers competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in ultrasound imaging post qualification.
• Experience in scanning complex referrals across elective and urgent care pathways.
• Statutory registration with a regulatory body in the UK required.

Responsibilities

• Manage pathways for patients referred for complex ultrasound scans.
• Lead and participate in quality improvement projects.
• Deliver training and supervision to junior staff.

Skills

Ultrasound imaging expertise

High level inter-personal and communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Effective leadership and team working

Education

BSc (Hons) in Diagnostic Radiography

MSc in Medical Ultrasound

Current HCPC registration

Tools

Ultrasound machines

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly autonomous and experienced Sonographer, who ispracticing at the top of their licence and can evidence of the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, to join our diverse team as General Specialist Practitioner Sonographer.The successful candidate will be based at the Royal London Hospital with Cross site rotation to St Bartholomew's, Mile End hospital Community Diagnostic centre and Early Diagnostic centre and will be expected to participate in the 7-day service with working compressed hours and weekend working.The role is 80% Direct Clinical Contact (DCC) 20% Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). This role is intended to support the upskilling and training of sonographers to improve the skill mix in General ultrasound. Experience in scanning more complex referrals from a range of referral sources across elective, urgent and emergency care pathways (e.g. Fast response, SDEC and AAU) is essential. The post holder will be responsible for improving patient outcomes by reducing waiting times to comply with National targets, DM01 and Faster Diagnostic service (FDS), leading quality improvement and audit/research projects.

£5K RRP per year subject to approval.

The Royal London Hospital with cross site rotation to St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Mile End Hospital's Community Diagnostic Centre and Early Diagnosis Centre

150 hours per month - compressed hours over 4 weekdays and some weekend working.

Main duties of the job

Specialist Practitioner Sonographers will work as part of multidisciplinary team to manage the pathway for patients referred for more complex ultrasound scans as part of the following specialties:o Paediatricso Gynaecologyo Head and Necko MSKo GeneralDue to the scope of practice required for these roles the post holder must demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and clinical experience, be statutory registered with a regulatory body in the UK and hold a Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) accredited post-graduate (level 7) award in ultrasound. The post holder must also be able to evidence the four pillars of advanced practice and demonstrate core capabilities and specialty specific clinical competencies.The post-holder's contract will be for 7-day working pattern with compressed hours over 4 weekdays and some weekend working. The roles will be job planned to support clinical effectiveness with 80% Direct Clinical Contact time (to include supervision and training responsibilities and attendance at MDT meetings) and 20%Supporting Professional Activities time (to include quality improvement, audit, research, clinical leadership and other teaching/educational activities).

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• oExtensive experience in ultrasound imaging post qualification.
• oExperience in scanning more complex referrals from a range of referral sources across elective and urgent and emergency care pathways (e.g. Fast response, SDEC and AAU).
• oEvidence of continuing professional development
• oExperience of post graduate teaching.
• oReviewing and updating clinical protocols and procedures in line with national standards.
• oAbility to lead audit and research.
• oAbility to perform quality improvement projects.
• oUndertaking appraisal practices.
• oAttendance of a clinical supervisor course.
• oDemonstrable operational management experience in the health service
• oExperience in undertaking recruitment drives.

Skills

• oSpecialty expert and extended scope of practice in relevant subspecialty e.g. paediatrics hips, transplant kidneys, elastography and ultrasound guided procedures such as CEUS, Head and Neck FNAs Hy Cosy's.
• oHigh level inter-personal and communications skills.
• oTo be working towards or having already gained and maintained the 4 pillars of advanced practice.
• oAble to work. collaboratively with other disciplines.
• oHigh level of work organisation, self motivation, drive for performance and improvement plus flexibility in approach and attitude.
• oAbility to deal with conflict and stressful situations.
• oAbility to work under pressure.
• oEffective leadership and team working.
• oAbility to analyse. complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
• oAbility to manage and deliver deadlines.
• oAchievements in managing change.
• oAbility to collaborate. constructively with internal and external partners/key stakeholders.
• oDemonstrates evidence of being able to adapt to change and respond to major incidents (e.g. ICT/PACS downtime and pandemics).

Knowledge

• oUp to date knowledge of current and emerging ultrasound techniques and relevant professional issues.
• oKnowledge of current policies and legislation affecting service delivery.
• oA good understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
• oParticipation experience of NHS leadership programs.

Qualifications

• oBSc (Hons) or DCR in Diagnostic Radiography or other healthcare qualification.
• oCurrent and up to date statutory registration with the HCPC or other regulatory body in the UK (e.g. NMC or GMC)
• oManagerial /Leadership qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• oMSc in Medical Ultrasound or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• oProject Management Qualification
• oPG Cert in Education/Academic Practice.
• oMSc in Advanced Practice or achievement of e-portfolio (supported) route for accreditation.

Other

• oSufficient ability to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations.
• oA commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.

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.

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