Job summary
- Main area
- Ultrasound
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Banding Subject to AFC
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 225-Div3-6867474
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- New Cross Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Sonographer
Band 8a
Job overview
Applications are invited from enthusiastic, lively and motivated, qualified sonographers who would be interested in working within our highly skilled, multi-disciplinary teams in the Ultrasound Departments at Royal Wolverhampton Trust, based at New Cross and Cannock Hospitals.
All we ask from you is to:
Be HCPC registered and have an accredited post graduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound.
Experience is essential as the role requires independent reporting on scans, however some training may be available to develop your skills.
Bring your ambition, commitment, knowledge , experience and skills to the Trust.
Pledge to our values to be Safe and Effective, Kind and Caring and Exceeding Expectation.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high quality ultrasound service with comprehensive independently written reports. The department provides a range of ultrasound examinations on patients with multiple complex pathologies. Scans performed include:
Upper abdominal
Renal
Gynaecology
Obstetrics
Small parts
MSK
DVTs
Carotids
It is not expected that an individual will have all of the necessary expertise however further training may be available to successful candidates.
There is a requirement to work across our main site at New Cross Hospital and also our satellite unit at Cannock Hospital where a new CDC facility opened in September 2024
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organization and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification document attached for full details of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualification in Medical Ultrasound
- Significant relevant experience working as a sonographer in a large trust
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification e.g. MSC in Ultrasound
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Please give a short example (less than 200 words) describing your ability to communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team, including Consultants , Sonographers, Midwives, GP’s , Nurses and other Health care workers when discussing patient management
- Describe your understanding of ethical and moral issues surrounding the delivery of highly sensitive and at times distressing information to the patients.
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
- Karen Hill
- Job title
- Ultrasound Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 695921
- Additional information
Karen Hill
Superintendent Sonographer
ex 86355
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