Ultrasonographer in Blackpool, Lancashire

An exciting opportunity has arisen in FCMS!

We are seeking a qualified and experiencedSonographer to join our friendly and busy team across Blackpool, West Lancashire and Bolton.

FCMS is committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our service. We are looking for people who are committed to delivering excellent patient care, whatever their role, and who take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating all patients, and colleagues with respect and dignity, and seek people who strive for excellence and innovation in all that they do. We value all of our staff and aim to provide rewarding careers and benefits, fulfilling work environments and exciting opportunities.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

The post-holder will work in the Community setting supporting the team with carrying out agreed tasks:

To perform and have expertise in a range of highly specialised Non-Obstetric Ultrasound procedures/techniques in line with BMUS guidelines

To perform scans, provide accurate, reproducible reports. The reports must be completed within the timescales agreed by the Commissioners & Head of Diagnostics.

To recognise the significance of investigation findings/diagnoses and act on these accordingly

To liaise closely with the Lead Sonographer & Consultant Radiologist and seek guidance/advice when required.

Keep up to date with all relevant policies and guidance e.g. NICE

To contribute accordingly to the maintenance of standards and quality in service development of the Non-Obstetric Ultrasound service provided, including active involvement in the training of related staff, whist also maintaining and further developing ones own professionalism and expert skills and knowledge.

Participate in the implementation and on-going delivery of the relevant service.

Adhere to policies and procedures of the company and keep up to date with procedures and changes within the role.

To build and maintain professional relationships with host practices and secondary care clinicians.

Maintaining professional standards/ training

To be trained and accredited under the auspices of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and to partake in providing Basic Life Support (BLS) cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as and when necessary

To help ensure that all equipment in use within the service is in safe working order and fully functional

To be self-motivated and resourceful, developing ones own personal knowledge, skills, professionalism and expertise in the speciality, so showing evidence of continuous growth and personal, as well as professional development

To hold HCPC registration or equivalent, and maintain this by Continuing Professional Development

To complete the company Mandatory training programme as required

Administrative Duties

This includes general administrative duties which will comprise of:

Accessing clinical systems to view patient records.

General communication to the administrative team via email and verbally.

Maintaining consumable stock levels at clinic and requesting stock.

Our key expectations are:

Self-awareness Living authentically

Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation

Openness What you see is what you get

Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible

Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness

Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours.

Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:

Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!

Awesome: We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome!

Humble: Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become

Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done

Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious!

Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

Come and be a part of our amazing team!

We offer NHS Pension

Cycle to Work Scheme

Career Development Opportunities

Attendance Bonus

Staff Benefit Scheme

Free Tea & Coffee

Eye Care Contributions

Confidentiality

In the course of your duties, you may have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff or other health service business. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and /or

treatment of the patient. If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to the authority of a person or body asking for information of this nature, you must seek advice from your manager. Similarly, no

information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be

divulged to anyone without the proper authority having first been given. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded by FCMS as serious or gross misconduct which could result in disciplinary action being taken against you.

Health and Safety/Security

Staff must be aware of and adhere to the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act and to ensure their own safety and the safety of colleagues and patients. Staff must also be aware of the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must attend a fire lecture annually. It is the duty of every employee to work in such a way that accidents to themselves and to others are avoided, and to co-operate in maintaining their place of work in a tidy and safe condition, thereby minimising risk.

Employees will, therefore, refer any matters of concern through their respective managers. Similarly, it is each persons responsibility to ensure a secure environment and bring any breaches of security to the attention of their manager.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children

All members of staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults and children in all relevant areas of their work. This includes attendance at relevant training events and being aware of FCMS Safeguarding policy and procedures.

Non-Smoking Policy

GP Care operates a Non-Smoking Policy which limits smoking in the workplace. Employees are required to observe the rules laid down in the policy and failure to do so may result in disciplinary being taken.

Equal Opportunities

FCMS (NW) Ltd has given its full commitment to the adoption and promotion of the key principles of equal opportunities contained within current legislation and the companys Equality and Diversity Policy.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy

DBS – The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

Essential

PGDip or DMU (CASE accredited)

HCPC or RCT registration

Commitment to on-going personal development

Desirable

Evidence of post graduate development education, training, CPD or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Experience in General abdominal, Gynae ultrasound

Desirable

Experience in MSK ultrasound

Experience in working single handed in the community

Experience of managing projects

Experience of managing within a complex environment

Relevant IT experience in US technology e.g., PACs, RIS

Skills

Essential

Excellent oral, written communication skills – Be a good communicator with

people from all walks of life

Excellent telephone manner

Ability to remain calm and confident under pressure

Excellent interpersonal and team-working skills

Good organisational abilities to include the ability to prioritise workload

IT literacy in Microsoft Applications

Ability to analyse problems and develop practical solutions

Personal Qualities

Essential

Sensitive to the needs of others and has an awareness and responsiveness to other peoples feelings and needs

Values differences: regards people as individuals and appreciates the value of diversity in the workplace

Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate Able to establish, develop and maintain positive relationships with others both internally and externally

Other

Essential

Current driving licence, with access to a car with appropriate insurance cover

Prepared to travel and to occasionally work out of hours as work demands

Manage working to tight deadlines

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staffto share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.