Sonographer - Recruitment Open Day

Job summary

We are thrilled to welcome qualified Sonographers to an open day at King's Mill Hospital on Thursday 28th April 2022. We have exciting positions available for Band 7 Sonographers to join #TeamSFH, please complete the application form to register your interest and book your place!

The successful candidate must hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound or Equivalent and be HCPC registered.

Please note interviews will take place during the Open Day.

Here at SFH we are committed to creating the best place to work where staff can reach their full potential in delivering quality patient focussed care. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome applications from all areas of the community who meet the criteria for the role.

Our ultrasound department has a team of sonographers who cover the core elements of general medical, obstetrics and gynaecology ultrasound including early pregnancy and specialist roles including MSK, neonatal hips and heads, head and neck and contrast enhanced ultrasound. We are a progressive, expanding department who actively encourage and support role development and CPD. You will be responsible for reporting all of your own work and are expected to participate in training student sonographers.

The role may include travel to our sites at Mansfield Community and Newark Hospitals.

We are happy to consider both full time and part time applicants.

Main duties of the job

To perform and report on ultrasound examinations prescribed by medical practitioners, whilst observing departmental protocols and procedures. The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

To complete good quality ultrasound examinations on obstetric, gynaecological and general ultrasound examinations in line with departmental protocols

To be able to effectively communicate with patients to ensure they are adequately informed, are able to consent to the examination and are able to ask questions or raise concerns

Communicates highly sensitive complex information ensuring that empathy and reassurance are met for the patient

To communicate and liaise with other members of staff and disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high standards of patient care and an efficient service

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.