Sonographer

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Sonographer looking for your next opportunity in a busy and friendly department? We are looking for experienced Sonographers who are committed to providing high quality, effective patient care to join our friendly Ultrasound team at Ipswich Hospital, also covering Felixstowe Hospital and our new Community Diagnostic Centres. This post covers obstetrics, in-patients, gynaecology and general medical ultrasound over 12 ultrasound rooms using the latest GE machines.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your clinical experience in an exciting busy department which is committed to its staff and supporting their development. You will have opportunities to participate in student sonographer and registrar ultrasound mentorship and training. We also have strong educational links with Kings College London, University of Hertfordshire and University of Suffolk.

You should be registered with the HCPC or other UK recognised bodies ( NMC) with a CASE Accredited Post Graduate Diploma (PgD) or Post Graduate Certificate (PgC) in Medical Ultrasound and have significant UK experience. It would be desirable to have recent NHS experience, NT experience and FMF/DQASS number

We have hours available up to full time and we are soon moving to a 7 day working pattern. Opening hours for service delivery will be Monday to Friday 8am - 8pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am to 1pm and there will be variable shifts within these hours

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

Undertaking and reporting on a variety of ultrasound examinations on a rotational basis. The range of examinations includes obstetrics (nuchal translucency scan, anatomy scans and growth scans), gynaecology and general medical ultrasound.

Providing a high quality, efficient and effective ultrasound service comprising unsupervised scanning sessions to the people of East Suffolk and North Essex.

Working as an independent practitioner within your scope of practice, performing scans to a high diagnostic standard, prioritising workload, formulating a comprehensive, accurate report and communicating the results via the agreed method to clinicians/patients and to be accountable for your own professional actions.

Providing specialist advice pertaining to the ultrasound service.Contribute to the training and supervision of all staff and students within the Ultrasound Unit.

Safely use all ultrasound equipment, being able to resolve first line problems, recording accurate details of equipment faults, reporting faults and liaising with and supervising engineers.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

DCR (R), Degree or BSc in Radiography, Midwifery, Nursing, Science, Health Science or equivalent

CASE Accredited post-graduate qualification in ultrasound a Pg Certificate or Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (DMU) or equivalent

Current HCPC/NMC registration

Evidence of completed and planned Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

Full range of ultrasound experience, to include obstetrics & gynaecology, general medical and small parts ultrasound

Experience of teaching and assessing student sonographers

Recent NHS experience

Working with the public / ill people

Administration

Willingness to undertake training and practice in new areas of ultrasound.

Abides by professional code of conduct / scheme of work.

Independently reporting all ultrasound examinations undertaken