Job summary
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is an acute hospital trust which promotes great care, honesty and accountability.
The ultrasound department innovative and forward thinking ultrasound department. The department figurehead is well respected and renowned within the profession, promoting excellent education, career development and career satisfaction.
The department advocates itself on the four pillars of advanced practice and would expect the post-holder to follow in these footsteps. The team has a far reaching diverse skill-set and we would hope the post-holder to integrate.
12-month post funded by Health Education England (HEE) employed directly within Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH) to support the provision of ultrasound clinical education across the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS). The post holder will be a peripatetic sonographer, who works closely with education and service leads across the HNY ICS.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will lead an innovative initiative to identify and co-ordinate all available training capacity for post-graduate sonographer training across the HNY patch, to help increase sonographer training numbers for 2023/2024.
This is an advanced practice role with an emphasis on the expert clinical practice and education pillars. There is an expectation that the post holder will engage with all pillars of the advanced practice role, focusing on the development of high quality clinical education.
It is essential that the post holder is competent in gynaecology and general medical ultrasound and it would be desirable that the post-holder is competent in obstetric ultrasound. The post holder will deliver efficient, effective, high quality ultrasound education for learners in the region in a cost-effective and sustainable manner, meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements.
Co-ordinate and innovate ultrasound training across HNY for individuals wishing to access ultrasound training.
Liaising across multiple trust management teams, working together to standardize training provisions.
Liaising across multiple trust management teams, working together to standardize protocols across HNY hospitals.
About us
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.
HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.
The Trust's secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Awareness of protocols and guidelines within trusts across the HNY patch, working towards uniting protocols and guidelines across the HNY patch.
- Find available capacity across HNY hospital trusts.
- Co-ordinate with mentors across HNY hospital trusts to provide training to trainees employed by other hospital trusts within the patch.
- Co-ordinating training sessions within trusts where capacity is available.
- Co-ordinating single or group teaching sessions for ultrasound learners to gain experience and competencies in different areas of ultrasound. The post-holder would be expected to travel to neighbouring trusts across the patch to provide clinical teaching sessions.
- Providing direct clinical supervision and constructive feedback to a multiprofessional cohort of ultrasound learners.
- Ensuring that trainees are supported to meet overall learning outcomes and individual learning needs.
- Leading and monitoring the development of clinical teaching, supervision, feedback and assessment skills for staff within the clinical department.
- Coordinating, organising and performing clinical competency assessments, as required by education providers. Ensuring the provision of robust assessment, clear feedback and remedial support mechanisms as required.
- Disseminating good practice to the wider professional community.
- Ensuring that best practice is developed and delivered across the region. Challenging traditional ways of working and persuading, motivating and influencing others to realign practice where necessary
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing a high quality service whilst maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Independently performing and providing a diagnostic report on ultrasound examinations.
- Maintaining effective relationships and have regular communication with imaging department staff, Radiologists and with all areas of Radiology.
- Undertaking and partaking in departmental audit and case review programme
- Undertaking and participating in the annual appraisal process to include reflected practice and multi-source feedback
- Providing feedback to staff members regarding specialized field of practice in a confidential and sensitive manner
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Awareness of protocols and guidelines within trusts across the HNY patch, working towards uniting protocols and guidelines across the HNY patch.
- Find available capacity across HNY hospital trusts.
- Co-ordinate with mentors across HNY hospital trusts to provide training to trainees employed by other hospital trusts within the patch.
- Co-ordinating training sessions within trusts where capacity is available.
- Co-ordinating single or group teaching sessions for ultrasound learners to gain experience and competencies in different areas of ultrasound. The post-holder would be expected to travel to neighbouring trusts across the patch to provide clinical teaching sessions.
- Providing direct clinical supervision and constructive feedback to a multiprofessional cohort of ultrasound learners.
- Ensuring that trainees are supported to meet overall learning outcomes and individual learning needs.
- Leading and monitoring the development of clinical teaching, supervision, feedback and assessment skills for staff within the clinical department.
- Coordinating, organising and performing clinical competency assessments, as required by education providers. Ensuring the provision of robust assessment, clear feedback and remedial support mechanisms as required.
- Disseminating good practice to the wider professional community.
- Ensuring that best practice is developed and delivered across the region. Challenging traditional ways of working and persuading, motivating and influencing others to realign practice where necessary
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing a high quality service whilst maintaining high standards of patient care.
- Independently performing and providing a diagnostic report on ultrasound examinations.
- Maintaining effective relationships and have regular communication with imaging department staff, Radiologists and with all areas of Radiology.
- Undertaking and partaking in departmental audit and case review programme
- Undertaking and participating in the annual appraisal process to include reflected practice and multi-source feedback
- Providing feedback to staff members regarding specialized field of practice in a confidential and sensitive manner
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a recognized ultrasound qualification awarded by an approved body /higher educational provider
- Hold or be working towards a MSc in a relevant subje
- Hold current HPC registration
- Have an up to date portfolio.
Desirable
- Specialist training in expert field of practice
- Hold or have an intention to gain a professionally recognised teaching qualification
- Have undertaken or be working towards managerial or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience of working in the field / area of medical ultrasound.
- Demonstrate leadership experience
- Experience of managing staff in terms of sickness, performance, discipline and conducting appraisals
- Experience of clinical mentorship for sonographers and a wider multidisciplinary student cohort
- Experience of teaching small cohorts who have their own range of learning requirements
Desirable
- Demonstrate specialist experience in a specific field of medical ultrasound.
- Experience of project management
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Demonstrate theoretical, practical and professional knowledge regarding the safe use of ultrasound.
- Ability to manage own time, workload and competing priorities without direct guidance but as part of a wider ultrasound team.
- Experience of service improvement
Desirable
- Experience of establishing a new service / project / training scheme
- Demonstrate an ability to perform ultrasound examinations at an advanced level of competency
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Hold a recognized ultrasound qualification awarded by an approved body /higher educational provider
- Hold or be working towards a MSc in a relevant subje
- Hold current HPC registration
- Have an up to date portfolio.
Desirable
- Specialist training in expert field of practice
- Hold or have an intention to gain a professionally recognised teaching qualification
- Have undertaken or be working towards managerial or leadership training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate experience of working in the field / area of medical ultrasound.
- Demonstrate leadership experience
- Experience of managing staff in terms of sickness, performance, discipline and conducting appraisals
- Experience of clinical mentorship for sonographers and a wider multidisciplinary student cohort
- Experience of teaching small cohorts who have their own range of learning requirements
Desirable
- Demonstrate specialist experience in a specific field of medical ultrasound.
- Experience of project management
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & ABILITIES
Essential
- Demonstrate theoretical, practical and professional knowledge regarding the safe use of ultrasound.
- Ability to manage own time, workload and competing priorities without direct guidance but as part of a wider ultrasound team.
- Experience of service improvement
Desirable
- Experience of establishing a new service / project / training scheme
- Demonstrate an ability to perform ultrasound examinations at an advanced level of competency
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).
