Job summary
Employer heading
Obstetric Sonographer
Band 7
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
The post holder will be a qualified sonographer who will be expected to work autonomously within the specialist field of early pregnancy and obstetric imaging.
The advanced practitioner is responsible for their clinical work and professional development. The practitioner will provide leadership and training within the department and will support service development, audit and research.
The post holder will undertake reflective evaluation of practice, support clinical governance and work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the ultrasound department based in the Women’s Unit at Oxford University Hospital’s NHS Trust for a qualified sonographer or midwife sonographer. The successful candidate will have a broad experience of current obstetric ultrasound techniques including nuchal translucency, transvaginal scanning and Doppler assessment. The John Radcliffe Hospital is a tertiary referral maternity unit and post holders will experience a varied case load of high and low risk pregnancies. In addition, the department has a close working relationship with the Fetal Medicine Unit, the lead centre for the Regional Fetal Medicine Network. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary group of committed Sonographers, Support Workers, Obstetricians, Nurses and Midwives who provide an excellent service for pregnant women. The expectation is that the individual team members are actively involved in teaching, research, audit and multidisciplinary meetings. The individual must have a strong commitment to practice, safety and the provision of a responsive, dynamic ultrasound service. The postholder will be expected to partake in Saturday working within their hours. If you are interested in applying for the post we would welcome your application. If you wish to discuss the post or arrange an informal visit please contact Honor Stobart. |
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role requires the post holder to have advanced clinical judgement to enable independent effective decision-making.
To undertake, interpret and take responsibility for ultrasound examinations performed.
To formulate, issue and be accountable for accurate clinical reports ensuring the findings are reported and acted upon.
Proactively support and participate with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure an effective, efficient delivery of service in order to maintain departmental standards.
To plan, assess, deliver and evaluate personal workload in liaison with line manager and clinical lead. It is essential that the post holder is able to communicate information effectively; this may be to a patient, a patient’s relative, colleague or referring physician.
The post holder must be empathic at all times and be able to deliver bad news sensitively.
To maintain and promote a high standard of clinical practice and patient care at all times.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Certificate/Diploma (as appropriate) in Medical Ultrasound (CMU/DMU) or Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Ultrasound (PGCert.MU) with qualifications relevant to obstetric scanning or Bsc in medical ultrasound
- DQASS accredited
Desirable criteria
- Completion FASP/E-lfh training resource Screening Down’s, Edwards & Patau’s Syndrome, NT (Essential) Cardiac and Anomaly scanning (Desirable)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Competent in transvaginal scanning
- Competent in all aspects of obstetric scanning
- Competent in umbilical artery Doppler scanning.
Desirable criteria
- competency/evidence of training in middle cerebral artery dopplers
- competency/evidence of training in cervical length scanning
- competency/evidence of training in Uterine Artery Doppler
n/a
Essential criteria
- PgC Medical Ultrasound or Bsc medical ultrasound
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
- Honor Stobart
- Job title
- Maternity Ultrasound Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 740479
- Additional information
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