Lead Midwife Sonographer

Job Summary

Lead Midwife Sonographer role at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – Part time with 30 hours per week. We are looking for a dedicated Lead Sonographer for Maternity Services to join our forward-thinking team. As the Lead Sonographer, you will be at the forefront of our maternity ultrasound service, providing expert clinical leadership, supporting the development of the team, and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care aligned with NHS values. The successful candidate will have significant experience in obstetric scanning, proven leadership experience, and excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. WAHT offers a supportive and inclusive working environment with opportunities for professional development and further training.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and manage the maternity ultrasound team on a day-to-day basis.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality obstetric scans in accordance with national guidelines (e.g., FASP, NICE).
• Collaborate with obstetricians, midwives, radiologists, and other multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Ensure robust clinical governance, participate in audit and service improvement initiatives.
• Support workforce planning, training, and the development of junior staff and student sonographers.
• Maintain accurate records and promote best practice in documentation and patient safety.

Improving Diversity And Inclusive Recruitment

As part of the Trust\’s aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role. Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel. If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager – Recruitment) in confidence via email.

About Us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do: Being open and honest; Ensuring people feel cared for; Showing respect to everyone. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation, demonstrating our commitment to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Details

• Date posted: 11 August 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 per year, pro rata as the post is not full time
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: C9365-25-0724
• Job locations: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Job Description and Responsibilities

• To provide a high quality, efficient, responsive, safe evidence-based maternity ultrasound service.
• The post holder will work within Trust regional and national standards and lead change to ensure the best practice initiatives, underpinned by the national maternity improvement programme. The national maternity agenda provides the basis for this service to achieve better outcomes for mothers and babies.
• The post holder will be responsible for the professional leadership and line management of all midwife sonographers working within the service.
• The post holder will work as a specialised sonographer demonstrating a high level of clinical competence and understanding across a wide range of examinations, including a variety of complex clinical presentations. They will provide clinical advice to less experienced sonographers and other staff groups demonstrating an expert knowledge with advanced decision-making skills.
• They will be able to demonstrate a high level of technical expertise whilst maintaining a high standard of patient care.
• They will be responsible for developing and implementing departmental clinical and procedural protocols and policies in consultation with the relevant consultants and senior managers. They will lead on the clinical governance and risk management programme for ultrasound department. The post holder will undertake regular quality assurance scan image reviews for all midwife sonographers and put plans in place to ensure that the service is safe and effective.
• They will be integral to the development and implementation of failsafe processes within the maternity USS department to improve and prevent future clinical incidents as well as ensuring that the equipment across all maternity departments is maintained and repairs are completed in a timely fashion.
• The successful candidate will take an active role in the regional and national working groups such as Fetal Growth Restriction, RCOG guidelines development group and FASP Quality assurance meetings to ensure that best practice is implemented timely within the maternity service. They will contribute to the development and implementation of the ultrasound service\’s strategic aims in line with local and national guidance and to work collaboratively with the clinical leads for radiology and directorate managers contributing to the efficient operational management of the service and ensuring that strategic aims are being met.
• To assist with the management of the clinical workload within the department, restructuring the service to respond to long- and short-term demands. Ensuring the daily workload is organised in line with clinical priorities. Rearranging work lists in case of equipment failure and being responsive to the inconvenience caused to patients.
• To undertake flexible working hours and practices as required for the efficient running of the service. To contribute to a professional, high quality, effective, flexible, and efficient ultrasound service implementing best practice, local and national guidelines, and policies in line with national and local service strategies, NICE guidance, and emerging relevant NHS policies.

Person Specification

• Experience – Essential: Evidence of management and leadership skills; Clinical mentoring and assessing for students undertaking scanning courses; Evidence of continued CPD; Evidence of risk management.
• Qualifications – Essential: Registered Midwife with NMC or Sonographer registered with HCPC or relevant professional body; One of the following: Certificate/Diploma in Medical Ultrasound of the College of Radiology (CoR) with CPD; Post graduate Certificate in Medical Ultrasound (PgCert) approved and validated by a Higher Institute of Education and accredited by the Consortium for Sonographic Education (CASE) or equivalent. Desirable: Teaching and assessing qualification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address: Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD

Employer\’s website: https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/

Senioriy level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

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