Job summary
- Main area
- Imaging
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 381-IM-6316537-C
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- West Midlands
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Obstetric Lead Sonographer
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;
We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Obstetric Ultrasound service within SWB. The post holder will provide a high level of clinical expertise within Obstetric ultrasound providing advice, education and support to staff to promote best practice.
Why not take this exciting opportunity to come and join our very skilled and dedicated team as we move forward to our state of the art new hospital? Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in October 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to perform and report on Obstetric Ultrasound is addition, they will be required to support the department to achieve the national standards To assist the service in achieving these key aims, this role is pivotal in ensuring a safe and effective service and in meeting the national targets set out in the service specification.
The post holder will liaise with DQASS, provide and monitor action plans, provide internal quality assurance through regular departmental audit and support. The role requires good communication between the ultrasound team, the Trust’s antenatal and new born screening board, the screening laboratory, screening and immunisation lead and teams (SILS’s) and the regional quality assurance team (RQAT). Maintain good record keeping.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate Qualification in Medical Ultrasound
- Current HCPC registration with evidence of on-going CPD
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Band 7 or above/equivalent in specialty area
- Extensive experience within Obstetric Ultrasound
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of DQASS and Fetal anomaly screening programme
- Experience of Line management of staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- CJ Browne
- Job title
- Group Director of Healthcare Professions
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 507 5686
- Additional information
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