Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer Early Pregnancy Care

NHS; Tooting; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer for their Early Pregnancy Care Unit. The ideal candidate will deliver vital early pregnancy services, undertake autonomous ultrasound scanning, and contribute to the development of this critical area of care. This role requires excellent communication skills and leadership, supporting both patients and team members. The position is full-time with a focus on high-quality patient care in collaboration with other departments.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/Midwife with minimum 4 years of Gynaecology/Midwifery experience.
• Experience in early pregnancy scanning and breaking bad news.
• Leadership course completion and audit experience are desired.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality early pregnancy care and ultrasound services.
• Organise workload and liaise with healthcare staff effectively.
• Participate in governance and contribute to service improvement.

Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership

Ultrasound Scanning Skills

Triage Assessments

Education

Registered Nurse/Midwife

Certificate in Medical Ultrasound for Early Pregnancy/Gynaecology

Educated to Degree Level or Equivalent

Job description

Go back St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse/Midwife Sonographer Early Pregnancy Care

The closing date is 13 July 2025

• 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.

About us

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.

Job 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

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.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)