Job summary
Midwifery Ultrasonographer
37.5 hours per week
12 Months Fixed Term (cover maternity leave)
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Closing Date: 3rd March 2026
Interview Date: 10th March 2026
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.**
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Main duties of the job
We're seeking a confident and compassionate Midwifery Sonographer to work in our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As one of our Midwife Sonographer, you'll be working alongside our high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.
Your Impact
- 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, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To support the Superintendent sonographer in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.
- The role of the post holder (sonographer) is to perform and report independently on a wide range of ultrasound examinations. This includes Doppler and obstetric scans, as necessary throughout pregnancy.
- As well as writing reports for the medical profession and keeping appropriate records, the sonographer is required to communicate potentially distressing diagnoses directly to patients, and refer these patients appropriately.
- The maintenance of a high standard of patient care and medical ethics is essential.
- The sonographer is involved in the clinical training of ultrasound trainees and other medical personnel. They also supervise anyone working with them such as recently qualified sonographers and radiographic assistants.
- The sonographer participates in CPD and other developmental activities and takes part in research/audit as required
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
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
- To support the Superintendent sonographer in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.
- The role of the post holder (sonographer) is to perform and report independently on a wide range of ultrasound examinations. This includes Doppler and obstetric scans, as necessary throughout pregnancy.
- As well as writing reports for the medical profession and keeping appropriate records, the sonographer is required to communicate potentially distressing diagnoses directly to patients, and refer these patients appropriately.
- The maintenance of a high standard of patient care and medical ethics is essential.
- The sonographer is involved in the clinical training of ultrasound trainees and other medical personnel. They also supervise anyone working with them such as recently qualified sonographers and radiographic assistants.
- The sonographer participates in CPD and other developmental activities and takes part in research/audit as required
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
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 & knowledge
Essential
- Advanced technical knowledge related to the efficient use, safety and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
- Ability to use the Imaging IT systems.
- Well-developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience
- Expected to work towards Master's level ultrasound qualification plus extensive experience gained working, which enables scanning and report writing to be carried out without clinical supervision.
- Ability to impart clinical skills to trainee sonographers and other students on secondment.
Qualifications and professional training
Essential
- DCR (R)/BSc or Midwifery qualification
- DMU/PGD or PG Cert in ultrasound
- Registration with Health Professions Council. (HPC) - midwifery
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive complex information relating to pregnancy loss or abnormality or the patient's medical condition with empathy and reassurance.
- Analyse ultrasound images to describe and offer diagnoses from a range of possibilities which may lead to further tests/procedures
- Ability to take initiative to make decisions or recommendations for the best interests of the patients.
- Ability to undertake audit within the dept.
- Ability to prioritise and organize unpredictable workload effectively.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- On a daily basis need to cope with highly distressing, emotional circumstances - giving bad news to patients/relatives and coping with their reactions. Also stress from 'difficult' patients and relatives.
- Ability to be able to support other staff members
- Need to be able to work in adverse conditions, sometimes in a hot confined area in half-light, often under severe pressure and to be able to manage their workload though various distractions i.e. doctors requiring urgent scans and urgent telephone calls.
- Consistent frequent high-level of concentration throughout the day whilst scanning and writing reports.
Person Specification
Experience & knowledge
Essential
- Advanced technical knowledge related to the efficient use, safety and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
- Ability to use the Imaging IT systems.
- Well-developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience
- Expected to work towards Master's level ultrasound qualification plus extensive experience gained working, which enables scanning and report writing to be carried out without clinical supervision.
- Ability to impart clinical skills to trainee sonographers and other students on secondment.
Qualifications and professional training
Essential
- DCR (R)/BSc or Midwifery qualification
- DMU/PGD or PG Cert in ultrasound
- Registration with Health Professions Council. (HPC) - midwifery
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive complex information relating to pregnancy loss or abnormality or the patient's medical condition with empathy and reassurance.
- Analyse ultrasound images to describe and offer diagnoses from a range of possibilities which may lead to further tests/procedures
- Ability to take initiative to make decisions or recommendations for the best interests of the patients.
- Ability to undertake audit within the dept.
- Ability to prioritise and organize unpredictable workload effectively.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- On a daily basis need to cope with highly distressing, emotional circumstances - giving bad news to patients/relatives and coping with their reactions. Also stress from 'difficult' patients and relatives.
- Ability to be able to support other staff members
- Need to be able to work in adverse conditions, sometimes in a hot confined area in half-light, often under severe pressure and to be able to manage their workload though various distractions i.e. doctors requiring urgent scans and urgent telephone calls.
- Consistent frequent high-level of concentration throughout the day whilst scanning and writing reports.
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).
