Musculoskeletal (MSK) Specialist Practitioner Sonographer

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London seeks an experienced clinician for a specialized MSK ultrasound role. The successful candidate will deliver ultrasound examinations, oversee training, and contribute to service development across the organization. Applicants should possess significant experience in MSK ultrasound, including guiding injections and be able to demonstrate advanced clinical capabilities. The position offers opportunities for professional development and plays a key role in ensuring high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in general ultrasound imaging post Qualification.
• Specialty expert in MSK ultrasound with extended scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient referrals along the MSK pathway.
• Deliver MSK ultrasound training and support service development.

Skills

High level inter-personal and communications skills

Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines

Ability to manage own tasks and deadlines

Education

BSc Hons Degree in Diagnostic Radiography

Postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound

Job description

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to manage patient referrals along the MSK pathway, overseeing and performing high-quality diagnostic ultrasound examinations and interventional procedures within this sub speciality. The latter of which will include joint injections, aspirations and other soft tissue interventions. Youmust also be able to evidence the four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, education, leadership and research) and demonstrate core capabilities and specialty specific clinical competence in MSK ultrasound.

Main duties of the job

The role is job planned to support clinical effectiveness with 80% Direct Clinical Contact time and 20% Supporting Professional Activities.

The post-holder will have a strong focus on:

• Supporting the delivery of MSK ultrasound training.
• Designing training, upskilling and preceptorship programmes and mentoring core trainers/supervisors.
• Developing and regularly reviewing departmental and Trust wide protocols and procedures.
• Undertaking and leading on audits of their own and others' clinical practice in addition to service evaluation to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.
• Acting as an independent practitioner and expert advisor within the Imaging service for MSK ultrasound, contributing to service development, quality improvement and research initiatives.
• Supporting the strategic development and collaborative integration of MSK ultrasound across Barts Health and the North-East London (NEL) Imaging Network by representing the service at hospital, Trust and NEL wide meetings.

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

• Extensive experience in general ultrasound imaging post Qualification.
• oExperience scanning complex and acute cases from a broad range of referral pathways.
• oSpecialty expert in MSK ultrasound with extended scope of practice in this subspecialty (inc. ultrasound guided injections).
• 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

• oHigh level inter-personal and communications skills.
• 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 own tasks and deadlines.
• oAchievements in managing change.
• oAbility to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners and key stakeholders.
• oShow evidence of being able to adapt to change. and respond to major incidents (e.g. ICT/PACS downtime and pandemics.

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of current and emerging ultrasound techniques and relevant professional issues.
• Knowledge of current policies and legislation affecting service delivery.
• A good understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
• oParticipation in NHS leadership programs.

Qualifications

• oBSc Hons Degree (or DCR) in Diagnostic Radiography or other healthcare qualification.
• oCASE accredited (or mapped to equivalence) postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound (in. MSK Ultrasound and MSK Ultrasound Guided Injection Therapy modules).
• oLeadership/managerial qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• oMSc in Medical Ultrasound (or equivalent knowledge and experience).
• oPG Cert in Education/Academic Practice.
• oMSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or achievement of e-portfolio (supported) route for accreditation.

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.