Job overview

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We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Sonographer to join our team to work in the Acute Hospital, Community settings  and new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), as part of the wider initiative to improve access to diagnostic services closer to home. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a high-quality, patient-centred ultrasound service within a range of settings.

The Community Diagnostic Centre will incorporate imaging ( Plain, X-ray, Ultrasound, CT and MRI), a range of cardiorespiratory investigations including echocardiography, ECG and rhythm monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, FeNO, lung function tests, simple field tests, sleep investigations, oximetry, blood gas analysis and pathology services in a "one-stop" location to obtain diagnostic information in cancer,  cardiac, respiratory, musculo-skeletal ad other conditions and other conditions. For more information about the CDC visit:  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/work-with-us/community-diagnostic-centre.aspx

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering timely and accurate ultrasound imaging for a range of clinical indications, including abdominal, pelvic, small parts, obstetric, and musculoskeletal (depending on experience).

Main duties of the job

Come and join our friendly team as an Advanced Practitioner in Ultrasound at Hereford Hospital, part of Wye Valley NHS Trust. 

The Imaging department is in the Eighth year of a 10 year Managed equipment service partnership with Philips Healthcare which has seen new equipment and redevelopment works to create an improved working environment benefitting both patients and staff.

Our ultrasound service is provided within the acute hospital, community hospital and newly built CDC thus providing variety, the successful candidate will rotate around all areas. Sonographers undertake a comprehensive range of ultrasound examinations that includes Abdominal, Gynaecological, Obstetric, Vascular and small parts. We are keen to extend the scope of practice for sonographers and would welcome candidates with experience in other modalities. We are also delivering a 7 day service. Flexibility of hours will be considered.

Good organisational and communication skills are essential to ensure efficient, safe workflow. You will also be expected to take part in audits and our established quality assurance programme to develop the team and department. The department has a rich history of staff development and our five year strategy will continue to build on this.

Previous applicants need not apply.

For an informal visit please contact Rose-Marie Jones, Lead Sonographer via email [email protected] or Leah Hughes, Operational Lead Radiographer

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.