Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Midwifery Ante-Natal Services - RVI
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-34-03-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/09/2025
Employer heading
Midwife Sonographer/ Radiographer Sonographer
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An Opportunity has arisen for a Midwife Sonographer or Radiographer Sonographer within our Obstetric Ultrasound Department.
We have Substantive Band 7 hours available for Midwives/Radiographers who have completed their PG Cert in Obstetric Ultrasound and have completed a period of consolidation.
An awareness of National Drivers in Ultrasound (Saving Babies Lives V.3) and the Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme is essential in the delivery of clinical care.
- Interview date: 9th September 2025
- 26 hours 15 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
As a midwife/radiographer sonographer you will work autonomously scanning in both the antenatal ultrasound department and the Maternity Assessment Unit/ward 41. You will be expected to perform 1st 2nd and 3rd trimester screening scans and report/refer as per guidelines.
Multidisciplinary team working is an essential aspect of this role to ensure the delivery of safe harm free patient care.
The sonography team consists of both midwife and radiographer sonographers. We have an Obstetric Clinical Lead Sonographer available for support, guidance, teaching and development in obstetric ultrasound. This includes opportunities to extend your ultrasound skills in transvaginal ultrasound, external cephalic version, SGA/FGR surveillance and multiple pregnancy scanning.
As a midwife/radiographer sonographer you will be part of the sonography team but will scan independently and report on 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester ultrasound screening scans. You will adhere to the ultrasound guidelines and manage and refer in line with these guidelines.
Knowledge of safeguarding is essential to this role, escalating concerns appropriately. Exceptional communication skills are also required in this role and the ability to work with the multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Midwife Sonographer:
- Assess and reports own workload in obstetric field. Communicates results of the scan to the woman and arranges follow up care according to Guidelines when necessary.
- Assists with the training of multidisciplinary staff within the department.
- Assists with audit and research in the department
Radiographer Sonographer:
- Assess and reports own workload in obstetrics and may be requested to asses and report on intra-abdominal and gynaecological fields. Communicates results of the scan to the woman and arranges follow up care according to Guidelines when necessary.
- Assists with the training of multidisciplinary staff within the department.
- Assists with audit and research in the department.
Person specification
Midwife Sonographer
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Basic IT Skills
- Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
- First degree or equivalent and related study
- Registered Midwife
- Post Grad Certificate in obstetric ultrasound
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in all obstetric ultrasound scanning including transvaginal, Doppler and Nuchal translucency.
- Post Grad Diploma in medical ultrasound
- Accreditation for Nuchal translucency certification with continuous annual assessment where necessary.
Radiographer Sonographer
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Diploma in medical Ultrasound
- First Level degree or equivalent in related study.
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of CPD
- Post qualification of obstetric scanning
- Knowledge of risk management
- Knowledge of audit
- IT Literate
- Excellent communication skills (written /verbal)
- Counselling skills
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Holder of a full UK Driving licence.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in all obstetric ultrasound scanning including transvaginal, Doppler and Nuchal Translucency.
- Accreditation for Nuchal Translucency
- Involvement in research
- ECDL
- Experience of teaching skills to fellow practitioners
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
- Lynsey McKay
- Job title
- Matron Antenatal Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01912821611
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