Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer Early Pregnancy Care

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer for Early Pregnancy Care. This part-time position involves delivering high-quality nursing care within the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit, alongside strategic development tasks. Ideal candidates possess a Registered Nurse/Midwife qualification with a focus on ultrasound and patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years experience in gynaecology/midwifery post qualification.
• Advanced knowledge of early pregnancy and miscarriage care.
• Experience in audit and service review.

Responsibilities

• Deliver early pregnancy ultrasound services to all patients.
• Organise workload efficiently and liaise with referrers.
• Assist in training and supervision of students and newly qualified staff.

Skills

Communication Skills

Ultrasound Scanning

Triage Assessments

Education

Registered Nurse/Midwife

Certificate in Medical Ultrasound for Early Pregnancy

Degree Level Education or Equivalent

Job description

Main area RN/RM Sonographer in Early Pregnancy Care Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 33 hours per week (will require some Saturday cover - happy to consider job share) Job ref 200-7206600-GO-SMB

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St George's Hospital Town Tooting, London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/07/2025 23:59

Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer Early Pregnancy Care

Band 7

Job overview

• The post-holder will deliver and contribute to the development of nurse/midwifery led early pregnancy clinics, working as an autonomous practitioner, delivering high quality, expert nursing/ midwifery care.
• The post holder will also be required to complete telephone triage assessments. In addition, the post holder will be expected to participate in the strategic development of the Early Pregnancy Unit as outlined in the job description.
• The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit at St George's provides a walk in service 6 days a week for women with early pregnancy concerns.
• It is a nurse/ midwife led service working closely with the Acute Gynaecology Department, Midwifery service, Consultant Lead.
• This is a wonderful opportunity to join out team.

Main duties of the job

• The practitioner will be involved in the delivery of early pregnancy ultrasound services to all patients attending the department.
• They will be able to organise their workload efficiently and liase with referrers and other staff to optimise service delivery.
• The Post Holder will work unsupervised in delivering aspects of ultrasound scanning, act independently, interpreting scan findings and producing written reports on examinations performed.
• Excellent communication skills are essential due to the need to deliver highly sensitive and potentially upsetting information to both patients and relatives.
• The ultrasound practitioner will also assist in the training and supervision of students in Early Pregnancy, newly qualified staff, and other professional groups.
• Peer audit review will be undertaken by the individual and monthly learning meetings attended to discuss and challenge issues, to constantly improve the scan service we offer to our patients.
• We expect our ultrasound practitioner to actively help with governance and value their input on how we can achieve the best diagnostic outcomes.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and training

• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Certificate in Medical ultrasound for early pregnancy/ gynaecology
• Experience of working in early pregnancy/ maternity scanning
• Educated to a degree level or equivalent
• Evidence of training in Breaking Bad News
• Certification in second trimester scanning

Experience

• minimum 4 years gynaecology/midwifery post qualification experience
• Post registration experience in early pregnancy
• Advance knowledge of Early pregnancy and Miscarriage care
• Leadership course
• Experience in audit and service review
• Experience in developing policies, guidelines, protocols and standards

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

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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.