Job summary
- Main area
- Ultrasound
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 153-SP04928-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset
- Town
- Poole, Bournemouth
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/11/2025
Employer heading
General Ultrasound Manager
Band 8a
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.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
We’re looking for an experienced, passionate sonographer to lead our General Ultrasound service across UHD.
As General Ultrasound Manager, you’ll combine advanced clinical practice with team leadership, quality assurance, service improvement, and help create a supportive learning environment for trainees, developing the next generation of sonographers.
What We Offer:
•Flexible working patterns to support work/life balance.
•Ongoing CPD opportunities for professional development.
UHD ultrasound services operate from our Royal Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Wimborne and Swanage hospitals, with community diagnostic centres at Health Sciences University and St Mary’s Poole.
Interview date: W/C 3rd November 2025
Main duties of the job
You will act as a Lead Sonographer for General Ultrasound and will be responsible for managing and upholding a safe and effective general ultrasound imaging service. You will undertake both clinical (20%) and managerial (80%) duties and deputise for the Ultrasound Service Manager when required.
You will provide regular feedback to the Ultrasound Service Manager on compliance with key performance indicators for this service and will provide supervision and specialist advice and expertise to the ultrasound team of Sonographers, Students, and support workers, in addition to the wider MDT. You will ensure all aspects of clinical governance are delivered and monitored including leading regular peer review audits and action plans, this will involve liaising with the Obstetric Ultrasound Manager, Clinical Lead Sonographer and the Ultrasound Service Manager to ensure effective plans are in place for any learning needs identified, such as inductions and clinical competencies of new staff. You will also actively develop the service in conjunction with national and local NHS guidelines and directives and ensure that staff promote patient advocacy and communicate effectively with other health care professionals.
You will assist in maintaining integration of the ultrasound scanning service and be responsible for developing, and regularly reviewing, standardised departmental protocols and participate in research programmes.
Working for our organisation
If you think this post might suit you, please apply online 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 teammates, 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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma of college of Radiographers or BSc. Radiography
- HCPC Registration
- CASE Accredited postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management qualification
- NT Licenser
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience working at band 7 level
- Experience across majority of main areas of US including paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology, abdominal, pelvic and small parts
- Experience of undertaking audits and producing action plans
- Recent NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience supervising, teaching and mentoring all grades of staff
- MSK US
- Head and neck US
- Interventional US
- Paediatric US (including neonatal hips and neonatal heads)
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Autonomous Practitioner
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
- Knowledge and experience with clinical governance
- Ability to deliver against agreed performance targets
- An understanding of local and national guidance relevant to medical ultrasound
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with Quality Management Systems, i.e. Q-pulse
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
- Sarah Jenkins
- Job title
- Ultrasound Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4891
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