Job summary
- Main area
- Sonographer
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7536583WXH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whipps Cross University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Specialist Practitioner Sonographer
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) to manage patient referrals along the MSK pathway, overseeing and performing high-quality diagnostic ultrasound examinations and interventional procedures within this sub speciality. The latter of which will include joint injections, aspirations and other soft tissue interventions. You must also be able to evidence the four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, education, leadership and research) and demonstrate core capabilities and specialty specific clinical competence in MSK ultrasound.
Main duties of the job
The role is job planned to support clinical effectiveness with 80% Direct Clinical Contact time and 20% Supporting Professional Activities.
The post-holder will have a strong focus on:
- Supporting the delivery of MSK ultrasound training.
- Designing training, upskilling and preceptorship programmes and mentoring core trainers/supervisors.
- Developing and regularly reviewing departmental and Trust wide protocols and procedures.
- Undertaking and leading on audits of their own and others’ clinical practice in addition to service evaluation to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.
- Acting as an independent practitioner and expert advisor within the Imaging service for MSK ultrasound, contributing to service development, quality improvement and research initiatives.
- Supporting the strategic development and collaborative integration of MSK ultrasound across Barts Health and the North-East London (NEL) Imaging Network by representing the service at hospital, Trust and NEL wide meetings.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in general ultrasound imaging post Qualification.
- • Experience scanning complex and acute cases from a broad range of referral pathways.
- • Specialty expert in MSK ultrasound with extended scope of practice in this subspecialty (inc. ultrasound guided injections).
- • Evidence of continuing professional development.
- • Experience of post graduate teaching
- • Reviewing and updating clinical protocols and procedures in line with national standards.
- • Ability to lead audit and research
- • Ability to perform quality improvement projects.
Desirable criteria
- • Undertaking appraisal practices.
- • Attendance of a clinical supervisor course.
- • Demonstrable operational management experience in the health service.
- • Experience in undertaking recruitment drives.
Skills
Essential criteria
- • High level inter-personal and communications skills.
- • Able to work. collaboratively with other disciplines.
- • High level of work organisation, self motivation, drive for performance and improvement plus flexibility in approach and attitude.
- • Ability to deal with conflict and stressful situations.
- • Ability to work under pressure.
- • Effective leadership and team working.
- • Computer literate.
- • Presentation skills
- • Ability to analyse. complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- • Ability to manage own tasks and deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- • Achievements in managing change.
- • Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners and key stakeholders.
- • Show evidence of being able to adapt to change. and respond to major incidents (e.g. ICT/PACS downtime and pandemics.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current and emerging ultrasound techniques and relevant professional issues.
- Knowledge of current policies and legislation affecting service delivery.
- A good understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
Desirable criteria
- • Participation in NHS leadership programs.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc Hons Degree (or DCR) in Diagnostic Radiography or other healthcare qualification.
- • CASE accredited (or mapped to equivalence) postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound (in. MSK Ultrasound and MSK Ultrasound Guided Injection Therapy modules).
- • Leadership/managerial qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Desirable criteria
- • MSc in Medical Ultrasound (or equivalent knowledge and experience).
- • Project Management qualification.
- • PG Cert in Education/Academic Practice.
- • MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or achievement of e-portfolio (supported) route for accreditation.
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
- Jasmine Swallow
- Job title
- Imaging Site Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07968098765
- Additional information
My working days are Tuesday-Friday 08:00-18:00
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