Sonographer

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 March 2025

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Sonographer looking for your next opportunity in a busy and friendly department? We are looking for an experienced Sonographer to cover maternity leave who is committed to providing high quality, effective patient care to join our friendly Ultrasound team at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Diagnostic Centre. This posts covers obstetrics, in-patients, gynaecology and general medical ultrasound.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your clinical experience in an exciting busy department which is committed to its staff and their development.

We are an expanding department and you will work with a team of Radiology Support Workers, trainee Sonographers, Sonographers and Radiologists. You will be expected to participate in the training of student sonographers and support the service as it develops.

You will need to be HCPC registration or other UK recognised bodies (e.g. NMC) with a Post Graduate Diploma (PgD) or Post Graduate Certificate (PgC) in Medical Ultrasound and have UK experience.

This is fixed term until 16th April 2026 to cover maternity leave. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your current manager.

Main duties of the job

Undertaking and reporting on a variety of ultrasound examinations on a rotational basis. The range of examinations includes obstetrics (nuchal translucency scan, anatomy scans and growth scans), gynaecology and general medical ultrasound.
Providing a high quality, efficient and effective ultrasound service comprising unsupervised scanning sessions to the people of North East Essex.
Working as an independent practitioner, performing scans to a high diagnostic standard, prioritising workload, formulating a comprehensive, accurate report, and communicating the results via the agreed method to clinicians/patients and to be accountable for your own professional actions.
Providing specialist advice pertaining to the ultrasound service.Being responsible for the training and supervision of all staff and students within the Ultrasound Unit.
Safely use all ultrasound equipment, being able to resolve first line problems, recording accurate details of equipment faults, reporting faults and liaising with and supervising engineers.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Date posted

27 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2271-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

DCR (R), Degree or BSc in Radiography, Midwifery, Nursing, Science, Health Science or equivalent
Relevant post-graduate qualification in ultrasound, a Pg Certificate or Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (DMU) or equivalent
Current HCPC/NMC registration
Evidence of completed and planned Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

Full range of ultrasound experience, to include obstetrics & gynaecology, general medical and small parts ultrasound
Experience of teaching and assessing student sonographers
Recent NHS experience
Working with the public / ill people
Administration
Willingness to undertake training and practice in new areas of ultrasound.
Abides by professional code of conduct / scheme of work.
Independently reporting all ultrasound examinations undertaken

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

DCR (R), Degree or BSc in Radiography, Midwifery, Nursing, Science, Health Science or equivalent
Relevant post-graduate qualification in ultrasound, a Pg Certificate or Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (DMU) or equivalent
Current HCPC/NMC registration
Evidence of completed and planned Continuing Professional Development

Experience

Essential

Full range of ultrasound experience, to include obstetrics & gynaecology, general medical and small parts ultrasound
Experience of teaching and assessing student sonographers
Recent NHS experience
Working with the public / ill people
Administration
Willingness to undertake training and practice in new areas of ultrasound.
Abides by professional code of conduct / scheme of work.
Independently reporting all ultrasound examinations undertaken

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.