Job summary
- Main area
- Sonography
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-SP03110
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset
- Town
- Poole, Bournemouth
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2024
Employer heading
Sonographer
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Do you want to work in a caring and professional environment where patients come first? Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated and hardworking sonographer searching for a rewarding new role? #TeamUHD are looking for a sonographer to work in our ultrasound department.
Our ultrasound team is split over three sites, Poole, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals. We carry out many types of ultrasound examinations such as general medical, obstetrics, gynaecology, vascular, paediatrics, including neonatal hips and neonatal heads, and musculoskeletal. We also scan as part of the Early Pregnancy clinic, various one-stop clinics and provide a 7 day ultrasound service.
We’re a friendly, supportive team, responsible for independently performing and reporting ultrasound examinations while ensuring the highest standard of patient care. We strive to deliver the best ultrasound service to our patients as part of wider trust values, we are one team.
Across the trust there are 10 general ultrasound rooms, 7 obstetric rooms, 2 Early Pregnancy Clinic rooms and 1 Gynae room. There is a mix of Philips, GE, Canon and Samsung ultrasound systems throughout the department. This is an incredibly exciting time to join us as we transform our services across Dorset.
We also offer a generous relocation package worth up to £13,000 (please see the additional information for the relocation policy to see if this is applicable to you).
Main duties of the job
UHD Radiology department actively encourages CPD, supporting both internal and external educational events. Within ultrasound we promote regular audits, support the training of student sonographers and MSc level qualifications. We are considerate towards protecting staff against RSI with up-to- date ergonomic equipment and ultrasound lists designed to support safe practice. In striving for excellence, the radiology department has also been recommended for QSI accreditation.
The successful candidate would need to be able to work both independently and as part of our team whilst demonstrating high levels of competency. Excellent communication skills, outstanding interpersonal skills together with a caring and professional attitude are essential.
The post is full time across all sites, although a part time position and flexible working would also be considered.
Interview Date: 3rd June 2024
Working for our organisation
If you think this post might suit you please apply on line using the NHS Jobs website. Finally, you would be most welcome to come for a visit, see the departments and meet the team - please just contact us to arrange a visit.
Dorset is a fantastic place to live and work, please take a look at our videos on YouTube under Radiography recruitment at RBCH.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
For further information please fell free to contact either Jo Halfpenny on 0300 0198616 or email [email protected] or Cara List on 0300 0194891 or email [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma of college of Radiographers or BSc. Radiography
- HCPC Registration
- Postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound
Experience
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate experience in ultrasound
- Ability to work independently in all areas of ultrasound including – obstetrics, gynaecology and general abdominal
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Recent NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience supervising, teaching and mentoring all grades of staff
- MSK
- LATP Biopsy
- Vascular
- Paediatric (including neonatal hips and neonatal heads)
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Autonomous Practitioner
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information to provide accurate, concise, clinical reports
- Good communicator, compassionate attitude towards patient care
- Team worker
- Counselling skills
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Halfpenny
- Job title
- Ultrasound Superintendent
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 8616
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