Sonographer

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 13 April 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 experienced Sonographers who are committed to providing high quality, effective patient care to join our friendly Ultrasound team at Ipswich Hospital, also covering ultrasound outreach at Felixstowe Hospital. This is a general medical and gynaecology ultrasound post which covers both inpatients and outpatients over 7 ultrasound rooms using the latest GE machines.

This is an excellent opportunity to further your clinical experience in an exciting busy department which is committed to its staff and supporting their development. You will have opportunities to participate in student sonographer and registrar ultrasound mentorship and training. We also have strong educational links with Kings College London, University of Hertfordshire and University of Suffolk.

You should be registered with the HCPC or other UK recognised bodies (e.g. NMC) with a CASE Accredited Post Graduate Diploma (PgD) or Post Graduate Certificate (PgC) in Medical Ultrasound and have significant UK experience. Recent NHS experience in ultrasound scanning is essential.

We have hours available up to full time and we are soon moving to a 7 day working pattern. Opening hours for service delivery will be Monday to Friday 8am - 8pm and Saturday - Sunday 9am to 1pm and there will be variable shifts within these hours

Main duties of the job

Undertaking and reporting on a variety of ultrasound examinations on a rotational basis. The range of examinations include gynaecology, abdominal, thyroid, lumps and bumps and DVT ultrasound.
Providing a high quality, efficient and effective ultrasound service comprising unsupervised scanning sessions to the people of East Suffolk and North Essex.
Working as an independent practitioner within your scope of practice, 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.
Working closely with radiologists to determine the next steps for patient pathways
Providing specialist advice pertaining to the ultrasound service.
Contribute to 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 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

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

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2455-24

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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
CASE Accredited post-graduate qualification in ultrasound e.g. 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 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
CASE Accredited post-graduate qualification in ultrasound e.g. 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 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.