Job summary
Superintendent Midwife Sonographer
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: Dependant on experience
Closing Date: 7th September 2025
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.**
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As the Lead Specialist for the Maternity Ultrasound Service. You will ensure there is adequate service provision in place at all times and plan the ultrasound service to meet the demands of the maternity department. The post holder will be an experienced Midwife who is high profile, accessible and responsive as a leader.
You will have experience in patient, staff, service and resource responsibility.
As the lead for this department you will ensure the maternity ultrasound team provide an efficient and high quality ultrasound imaging service, whilst caring for patients in a professional manner. Within this role you will undertake a lead role in education, training, governance, policy review and development.
You will be able to make informed decisions within your own area and scope of professional practice and will support the other midwifery sonographers in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.
Main duties of the job
We're seeking a confident and compassionate leader to take charge of our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As our Superintendent Midwife Sonographer, you'll be the driving force behind a high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.
Your Impact
- Strategically plan and manage ultrasound services to meet the maternity department needs.
- Lead with visibility, compassion, accessibility, and responsiveness.
- Champion excellence in patient care, staff development, and service delivery.
- Drive education, training, governance, and policy development.
- Make informed clinical decisions and mentor fellow sonographers.
- Perform and report independently on complex obstetric scans.
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience as a senior midwife and sonographer
- Leadership that inspires trust and collaboration.
- Passion for quality improvement and professional development.
- Ability to inspire confidence and provide emotional support.
- A commitment to delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate care.
Why You'll Love It Here
- A warm, welcoming team who values their collaborative and inclusive culture.
- Opportunities to influence service development and shape best practice.
- Professional growth and leadership development.
- A workplace that values your voice, your vision, your growth and your expertise.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person Specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience in service development
- Proven record of leading and effectively managing change
- A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded in practice
- Experience of successfully resolving complex problems
- Experience of successful resource and budget management
- A sound knowledge of professional priorities and issues
- Knowledge of the national and local NHS healthcare agenda and its implications
Qualification and professional training
Essential
- Qualifications in specialism
- Graduate and/or working towards Master's degree
- Current professional midwifery registration
- Completion of leadership development programme/ course/module
- Demonstrable CPD
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate ability to produce complex reports and formulate policies
- Ability to use initiative and make decisions
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
- Innovative and imaginative
- Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
- Be able to rpovide professional and emotional support
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
Person Specification
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Experience in service development
- Proven record of leading and effectively managing change
- A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded in practice
- Experience of successfully resolving complex problems
- Experience of successful resource and budget management
- A sound knowledge of professional priorities and issues
- Knowledge of the national and local NHS healthcare agenda and its implications
Qualification and professional training
Essential
- Qualifications in specialism
- Graduate and/or working towards Master's degree
- Current professional midwifery registration
- Completion of leadership development programme/ course/module
- Demonstrable CPD
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Highly developed communication, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate ability to produce complex reports and formulate policies
- Ability to use initiative and make decisions
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
- Innovative and imaginative
- Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
- Be able to rpovide professional and emotional support
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
