The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 8A lead sonographer for its ultrasound department, covering both the Hillingdon and Mount Vernon sites. The post runs the department's day-to-day operations and its non-obstetric and general ultrasound service, alongside scanning, reporting and training students and staff. Half the working week is clinical scanning and half is management, service development and leadership, with cross-cover for obstetric ultrasound. Applicants need HCPC, NMC or RCT registration and a postgraduate ultrasonography qualification.
What the job involves
- Lead the day-to-day running of the specialised ultrasound services
- Scan patients, make clinical judgements on complex cases and produce independent reports for non-obstetric, general and specialist medical studies
- Manage and develop the specialist service, optimising staffing and equipment across the modalities
- Ensure the ultrasound service meets its diagnostic targets
- Provide professional leadership and training for the team, delivering a high-quality, patient-focused service
- Act as practice educator, teaching and training student sonographers, specialist registrars and others in training
- Lead and take part in clinical audit and clinical governance programmes
- Manage sonographer and support staff rotas, liaising with the radiology admin lead and maternity admin team to meet demand
- Maintain equipment and a safe working environment
- Provide a service across all sites
- Perform ultrasound lists at advanced practitioner level and maintain a clinical workload
- Provide cross-cover for obstetric ultrasound and work collaboratively across the Trust
What’s required
Qualifications
- Postgraduate qualification in ultrasonography
Registration & licences
- HCPC, NMC or RCT registration
Experience
- Significant post-qualification experience at Band 7 level
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Participation in clinical audit
Skills & knowledge
- Awareness of all legislation relevant to the post
- Competently undertake and prioritise a complex clinical and operational workload
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to work and inspire a team
Nice to have
- Participation in performance targets, data collection and action plans
- DCR or BSc in radiography
- Management qualification
What’s offered
- Recruitment and retention payment of £5,000
- High cost area allowance included in the salary
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
