Lead Sonographer

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Harlow is seeking an experienced professional to lead their Ultrasound service. The successful candidate will manage a complex case load, ensure quality assurance, and provide teaching to junior doctors. Strong clinical expertise and leadership skills are required to drive service development and uphold safety standards in patient care.

Benefits

Investment in staff development

Inclusive and compassionate work environment

Qualifications

• Expertise in ultrasound examinations and reporting.
• Experience in teaching junior doctors and training staff.
• Capability to manage budgets and department resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ultrasound service from operational and clinical aspects.
• Manage complex case loads and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ensure high-quality service delivery and patient safety.

Skills

Clinical expertise in ultrasound

Leadership skills

Teaching abilities

Ability to manage a multi-disciplinary team

Job description

Overview

This role is to lead the Ultrasound service at PAHT from an operational and clinical aspect. The postholder will be an expert clinical practitioner, managing a complex case load. They will have a role in governance, leadership, quality assurance, teaching and supervision in addition to their cross-divisional clinical case load. The post holder will be dynamic, innovative, forward thinking, and will contribute to service development and the trust-wide improvement plans. The post holder will lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team including Advanced Practitioners, Senior Sonographers, Sonographers and Radiology Assistants working in the ultrasound department. The post holder will work closely with all internal and external stakeholders to deliver a high-quality ultrasound service within a safe environment for staff and patients.

• Performing a wide range of ultrasound examinations to agreed protocols and standards.
• Providing written reports after synthesising history and scan findings to make a diagnosis.
• Teaching Junior Doctors who have an interest in ultrasound.
• Acting as an expert resource for sonographers and other staff within the ultrasound department.
• Being responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating training across our department. This will include scoping existing knowledge and skills of the workforce.
• Providing professional leadership to the ultrasound staff, setting the standard for clinical delivery and promoting inclusive, compassionate behaviours across our teams.
• Participating in the clinical workload in both Obstetric and General ultrasound
• Support student sonographers and radiographers throughout their training and liaise with training establishments to ensure students receive the best educational experience
• Lead and manage all aspects of the Sonography budget and department

Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

• Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
• Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
• Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.