Trainee Nurse Sonographer

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sheffield seeks enthusiastic Registered Nurses for their Gynaecology unit. This role requires a commitment to individualised patient care and evidence-based practice. The successful candidate will primarily work in early pregnancy assessment and abortion care, with opportunities for professional growth upon completing the necessary training. The position offers a fixed-term contract until September 2026.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Flexible working policies

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Evidence of continuing education and professional development.
• Experience in early pregnancy assessment or gynaecology nursing.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement individualized patient care.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain effective communication with patients and healthcare teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical skills

Empathy

Teaching skills

Counselling skills

Education

ADNS/BA (Hons) Nursing Studies

Registration with NMC

Completion of national PEAP programme

Post registration education relevant to the role

Job description

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01.08.2025

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Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurses / Level 1 to compliment our nurse sonographer service based within our busy and friendly gynaecology unit.

The Gynaecology unit comprises of inpatient and outpatient services relating to gynaecology, oncology, early pregnancy assessment including an abortion service, emergency admissions and fertility services.

The successful applicant will be based within the gynaecology unit and will work primarily within the early pregnancy assessment services and abortion service based within the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and where required may be asked to support the Jessop Wing Fertility service based in the Jessop Wing. A commitment to individualised patient care, evidence-based practice, teaching and health promotion is essential.

On successful completion of the PgCert Medical Ultrasound Course, the qualified trainee will be uplifted to a Band 6 Nurse Sonography post.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake and support in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised patient care.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues, members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide standard of patient care.
• Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging patient problems and promote options for optimum patient care.
• To maintain effective communication with all patients, carers, and members of the Healthcare team.
• To act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide- ranging physical and emotional needs.
• Work unsupervised, within Trust Guidelines, Policies and Procedures and the NMC codes of conduct, seeking advice on non-routine matters from line managers or Duty Matron.
• To ensure accurate, contemporaneous, and timely care records, both written and electronic.
• Support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in the maintenance of the framework of Healthcare governance and understand responsibilities to patients for assessing risk, health and safety legislation including the use and decontamination of clinical equipment, information governance and quality assurance measures.
• At all times to protect, improve and preserve patients’ health by adherence to infection control policies and practice.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The Maternity Unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. There is a tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis until the 1st September 2026 due to this being a training programme. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Please also note this vacancy is a training post so all applicants will start at Band 5 and upon completion of necessary skills and/ or training will progress to Band 6.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

In return the successful candidate will be well supported and have access to continuing opportunities for personal and professional development. For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit please contact Miss Elizabeth Webster, Senior CNS for Early Pregnancy and Abortion Care on 0114 2268664.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Completed and achieved ADNS/BA (Hons) Nursing Studies (Health care degree or evidence of working toward one)
• Registered Nurse (Valid with NMC)
• Evidence of continuing education and professional development
• To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice assessors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification (Mentor Prep, ENB 998).
• Post registration education relevant to the role, e.g : Family Planning course
• Fertility course

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience in early pregnancy assessment, abortion care, fertility or gynaecology nursing
• Evidence of inter-professional working
• Skilled and knowledgeable in the management of: Early pregnancy assessment/Fertility care/Abortion care

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of continuing education and professional development
• Teaching skills
• Clinical skills of: Venepuncture/ Speculum
• Clinical skills of: vaginal examination skills
• Ability to manage own workload
• Counselling skills
• Experience of research, audit and service evaluation.
• Ability to undertake research and audits. Evidence of presentations, publications

Other Factors

• Professional approach to working practices
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of patient care and the needs of the service
• Must be willing to work within the abortion service
• Working understanding of sonography services

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

For more information about our organisation and the opportunities available, please visit ourwebsiteand follow us onTwitterandFacebook

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description Band 6 (PDF, 248.4KB)
• Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)
• Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)
• Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 501.0KB)
• Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)
• Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)
• A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)
Apply online now

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurses / Level 1 to compliment our nurse sonographer service based within our busy and friendly gynaecology unit.

The Gynaecology unit comprises of inpatient and outpatient services relating to gynaecology, oncology, early pregnancy assessment including an abortion service, emergency admissions and fertility services.

The successful applicant will be based within the gynaecology unit and will work primarily within the early pregnancy assessment services and abortion service based within the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and where required may be asked to support the Jessop Wing Fertility service based in the Jessop Wing. A commitment to individualised patient care, evidence-based practice, teaching and health promotion is essential.

On successful completion of the PgCert Medical Ultrasound Course, the qualified trainee will be uplifted to a Band 6 Nurse Sonography post.

Main duties of the job

To undertake and support in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised patient care.

Work in collaboration with colleagues, members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide standard of patient care.

Exercise judgement in assessing wide ranging patient problems and promote options for optimum patient care.

To maintain effective communication with all patients, carers, and members of the Healthcare team.

To act sensitively, confidentially and with empathy in demonstrating understanding of wide- ranging physical and emotional needs.

Work unsupervised, within Trust Guidelines, Policies and Procedures and the NMC codes of conduct, seeking advice on non-routine matters from line managers or Duty Matron.

To ensure accurate, contemporaneous, and timely care records, both written and electronic.

Support the Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse in the maintenance of the framework of Healthcare governance and understand responsibilities to patients for assessing risk, health and safety legislation including the use and decontamination of clinical equipment, information governance and quality assurance measures.

At all times to protect, improve and preserve patients’ health by adherence to infection control policies and practice.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The Maternity Unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. There is a tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis until the 1st September 2026 due to this being a training programme. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts.

Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.

Please also note this vacancy is a training post so all applicants will start at Band 5 and upon completion of necessary skills and/ or training will progress to Band 6.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

In return the successful candidate will be well supported and have access to continuing opportunities for personal and professional development. For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit please contact Miss Elizabeth Webster, Senior CNS for Early Pregnancy and Abortion Care on 0114 2268664.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Completed and achieved ADNS/BA (Hons) Nursing Studies (Health care degree or evidence of working toward one)

Registered Nurse (Valid with NMC)

Evidence of continuing education and professional development

To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice assessors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification (Mentor Prep, ENB 998).

Desirable criteria

Post registration education relevant to the role, e.g : Family Planning course

Gynaecology Nursing Course

Fertility course

Experience

Essential criteria

Substantial post registration experience in early pregnancy assessment, abortion care, fertility or gynaecology nursing

Evidence of inter-professional working

Desirable criteria

Skilled and knowledgeable in the management of: Early pregnancy assessment/Fertility care/Abortion care

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Evidence of continuing education and professional development

Teaching skills

Clinical skills of: Venepuncture/ Speculum

Clinical skills of: vaginal examination skills

Good communication skills

Ability to manage own workload

Computer skills

Desirable criteria

Counselling skills

Experience of research, audit and service evaluation.

Ability to undertake research and audits. Evidence of presentations, publications

Other Factors

Essential criteria

Professional approach to working practices

Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of patient care and the needs of the service

Must be willing to work within the abortion service

Desirable criteria

Working understanding of sonography services

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

For more information about our organisation and the opportunities available, please visit ourwebsiteand follow us onTwitterandFacebook

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Job Description Band 6 (PDF, 248.4KB)

Person Specification (PDF, 408.6KB)

Candidate Application Best Practice Guide - please read before completing your application (PDF, 236.3KB)

Information for Candidates (PDF, 496.3KB)

Getting to Work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (PDF, 501.0KB)

Applicants - How We Use Your Information (PDF, 87.4KB)

Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 124.0KB)

Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.7MB)

A Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence and With Your Personal Statement (PDF, 163.6KB)

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

NameElizabeth WebsterJob titleSenior CNS for Early Pregnancy and Abortion CareEmail [emailprotected] number0114 2268664