Job summary
- Main area
- Imaging
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Total WTE 2
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 412-DCSS-01666
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MidCheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust- Leighton and Northwich Infirmary
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Pro- rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 sonographer- Leighton site
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a keen, motivated, skilled sonographer looking to join a friendly supportive and professional team within a busy DGH?
Do you require a full- time post, or part time hours?
Are you keen to work autonomously within a service that is primarily sonographer led, but with the back up of a great team of Radiologists? If so, our ultrasound department is a great place to work , so come and look at our department and meet the Team!
You will be based at Leighton Hospital, but will occasionally rotate to our satellite hospital/ Community Diagnostic Hub, and our sites at Nantwich and Alsager Health Centres.
We are located within the heart of Cheshire, near to a major railway station and motorways. Beautiful walks, country pubs and picturesque villages are nearby. Nantwich is within 2 miles, and Chester, Manchester and Liverpool are all easily accessible.
We need sonographers with a variety of ultrasound skills including obstetrics, gynaecology, general, small parts, musculoskeletal and paediatrics.
Bank holidays and weekends are covered on a rota system.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be technically skilled, reliable, professional and motivated, with a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills and a dynamic and flexible approach to their work. Sound decision making skills and the ability and confidence to work alone are essential, but we also need good team players.
Quality reporting skills are of paramount importance, as we operate a sonographer led service with radiologist back up when required.
All our sonographers are encouraged to be proactive in their use of equipment controls and settings, and we see this as a vital part of our student education process.
We have embedded a robust system of clinical audit with regular feedback.
Good teaching skills are a must, as we are involved in the training of radiology and obstetric registrars as well as having a rolling sonographer training program.
Candidates with experience/ qualifications in only specific areas, and part time applicants should apply.
Applicants are required to hold the PGCert/ PG Dip in Medical Ultrasound from a CASE recognised University and must have worked as a sonographer in the NHS (or an equivalent service in the UK) within the last 3 years. Newly qualified sonographers may apply, however a short period of mentorship at Band 6 may be required depending on experience.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.
The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provide a high quality, accurate and comprehensive ultrasound service to patients and referrers, undertaking all examinations for which adequate training has been given
- Perform to consistently high standards.
- Identify and actively promote best practice.
- Communicate verbally with patients during and after their examination, including giving them appropriate details of their results (where appropriate and in accordance with departmental policies).
- Use the ultrasound equipment to the best of your ability, ensuring the highest standards of image optimisaton.
- Justify and vet ultrasound requests.
- Schedule inpatients at weekends/ out of hours where appropriate.
- Provide verbal and written reports on ultrasound examinations to referrers and other clinical staff.
- Review existing policies and procedures, suggesting alterations and improvements where necessary to improve workflow and quality of service.
- Promote communication by attending and participating in departmental meetings
- Manage workloads efficiently and effectively.
- Ensure familiarity with all software systems utilised within the department, dealing and reporting with problems as they arise, and communicating solutions with colleagues.
- Perform miscellaneous duties as and when requested by the Superintendent Sonographer or the Service Manager.
- Undertake duties in a caring and professional manner.
- Delegate duties where and when appropriate to ensure a strong team approach.
Person specification
eligibility
Essential criteria
- Have you achieved a Post Graduate Qualification in ultrasound from a CASE registered university?
eligibility
Essential criteria
- Have you worked in an NHS hospital or equivalent as a sonographer in the last 3 years
eligibility
Essential criteria
- Do you have your own transport
experience
Desirable criteria
- Do you have a wide variety of ultrasound experience?
- Do you have teaching experience?
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Suzanne Lynn
- Job title
- Superintendent Sonographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 278022
- Additional information
Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this post. We welcome such contact and will be happy to arrange a visit for you if you would like to come and meet us and take a look around our department.
If you prefer a Teams chat to discuss your queries, we can arrange this at a time to suit you.
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