Trainee Sonographer

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated, hard-working health care professional to undertake training to become a sonographer. You will be required to demonstrate excellent communication skills, enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team and be resilient. You should be accurate in your work, with attention to detail and focus on complex tasks. Although we will provide training for the IT systems used you will have to learn new systems at pace and embrace innovation in healthcare technology. You will need to be committed to achieving this qualification as it requires participation in training and competency program. You must be able to balance work, study and home life as the course provider recommends up to 8 hours private study in addition to the clinical training. Additional study leave is provided on a pro-rata basis. Training avenues are a combination of Obstetrics, general medical and Musculoskeletal or General medical, Obstetrics and Vascular. The training post provides the opportunity to gain the required experience and qualification(s) needed to operate as a Sonographer.

The salary for this training post is Band 6 Annex 21 you will receive 27 days annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays. On completion of your training and preceptorship you will move onto Band 7.

The post holder will be working towards this job description whilst undertaking a training scheme over 18 -24months, under supervision, to achieve a PgDip in general medical ultrasound.

Main duties of the job

We have included an article entitled "Managing the unmanageable: A qualitative study exploringsonographer experiences of and training in unexpected and difficultnews delivery"

As your personal statement, please write no more than 500 words addressing the following:

What are your experiences of delivering bad news?

Looking at the results, what areas concerned you? What areas would you find most challenging?

What are you looking forward to whilst training and how will you handle being a student in an environment where you will be involved in delivering unexpected news.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Date posted

19 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£29,832 to £31,963 a year Annex 21 training salary plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-6152657-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the personal specification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).