Main area Ultrasound Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 372-FSS2784
Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Town Huddersfield Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 18/07/2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
• Work as an Advanced Practitioner performing and reporting on a range of ultrasound examinations
• Provide a high standard of care at all times to patients and relatives.
• Be responsible for professional leadership and the education, training and development of self and others.
• Work across professional and organizational boundaries to improve patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
To perform a range of scans and report on highly complex images whose acquisition is operator dependent, accurately differentiating between normal and pathological findings
• To perform biopsies and other interventional procedures (if suitably qualified) when appropriate
• To be a source of expertise for clinicians and more junior team members
• To work as a team member with a multidisciplinary approach to the service provided
• To provide a high standard of patient care at all times.
• To be responsible for education, training of self and others.
• Work in collaboration with other health care professionals and medical staff and across medical boundaries
• To facilitate a single team approach to develop a cross site ultrasound service
• To assist in developing cross site working patterns which will allow the delivery of an efficient and effective ultrasound service.
• Undertake out of hours duties as required by the service.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To plan and perform complex ultrasound examinations in accordance with Trust and departmental agreed working protocols, ensuring high standards are maintained.
• To analyse clinical histories to perform the most appropriate technique/examination to answer the clinical question.
• To be responsible for the quality of work of all staff and that of students, other health professionals and medical personnel being trained within the department, ie act as a clinical role model.
• To ensure the highest standards are maintained to accommodate the clinical, physical, mental and cultural needs of the patient.
• Use of clinical skills to recognise and act swiftly in emergency situations, ie, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, MAJAX cascade.
• Assist Consultant radiologists with complex procedures.
• Supervise and support/mentor students and junior staff & undertake staff assessments when required.
• Ensure safety of patients, staff, carers and visitors when operating all ultrasound and related equipment within the department
• Participation in quality assurance programmes recording faults and take action where appropriate.
• Promote best practice, advising and sharing knowledge to the profession and beyond.
• Provide clinical counselling to the patient and their relatives following good, bad, unexpected unwelcome news, ie discovery of malignancy
• Acknowledging when changing care is required and having the authority to recommend further imaging.
• To communicate effectively with patients of all ages and abilities to gain a positive identification and co-operation in order to obtain high quality images
• To communicate effectively with all grades of staff and clinicians in and outside the clinical area
• Freedom to act independently on own interpretation of findings
• Ability to work autonomously when justifying the relevance of requests, taking into account previous examination and reports using clinical details and obtaining a verbal history
• Prioritising and managing workload as an individual and as part of a team
• Communicating results immediately in certain situations to enable rapid response from clinicians, ie when working on ITU/SCBU
• Instigating a fast track pathway where necessary to ensure appropriate treatment is commenced in a timely way, ie, Haematuria Clinics, TIA Clinics etc. Patients are prioritised with reports being typed immediately for “One Stop” clinic situation
• Provide care and support to women and their families following diagnosis of foetal abnormality
• Provide a high level of tact, empathy, discretion and sensitivity in emotional situations
• Develop new protocols using evidence based practice and participate in delivering strategies outlined in guidelines which have been produced
• Maintain awareness of current trends in all professional matters in the field of ultrasound
• Effective cleaning and disinfecting of equipment and ancillary equipment in line with the Trust policy on infection control
• Participate in MDT meetings, justifying accuracy of biopsies/reports
• Maintain personal contact with patient/clients and relatives and other HCPs
• Close involvement with the universities and medical schools involving setting out courses and content for future development of the service
• Participation in the attendance of courses to update knowledge and cascading of information to the rest of the team
• Completion of equipment check lists to ensure the use of new equipment is understood by all
• Taking responsibility for own CPD with accurate and up to date records
• Attendance of courses to update knowledge and cascading of information to the rest of the team
• Arrange equipment checks as and when required
• Assess equipment for suitability of purpose
• Collaborate with all service areas
• Participate in research and development and clinical trials as required
• Maintain awareness of current trends in all professional matters in the field of ultrasound
• Promote best practice, advising and sharing knowledge of the profession and beyond
• Bring up-to-date relevant reports, guidelines and policies on health and clinical practice and implement where required
• Organise the induction of new staff, including medical staff within the department
• Assess students undertaking ultrasound courses from the university as required throughout the region.
• To be aware and comply with the Trust and departmental and clinical/non clinical incident reporting
• To undertake quality assurance initiatives and audit projects related to all aspects of current practice
• Escalate reports of incidents to Team Leader/Service Lead with responsibility for risk management
• Ensure all equipment is in good working order and maintain a safe working environment for patients, staff and visitors
• Ensure safety of patients, staff, carers and visitors when operating all ultrasound and related equipment within the department
• Participation in quality assurance programmes recording all faults and bringing to the attention of the Team Leader /Service Lead
• Ensure all trust resources are utilised in an appropriate manner & not wasted.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* BSc/DCR
* PG Diploma in Medical Ultrasound or DMU Ultrasound (at Masters level)
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of self-development and CPD
* Attendance at relevant updates
* Study days and courses
* Evidence of further studies i.e. MSc in Medical Ultrasound
* Post Graduate Certificate in Breast Ultrasound
* Post graduate certificate in vascular ultrasound Management qualification in-house or otherwise
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* To be aware of current trends in all professional matters in ultrasound.
* Counselling skills
* Musculoskeletal experience
* Neck scanning
* Paediatric scanning
* Interventional procedures
* Experience in ultrasound of carotid and sonovenogram examinations or other vascular procedures
* Knowledge of computers.
* Evidence of extended role, for example, interventional work
* Evidence of audit/research projects
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* Use own initiative
* Methodical and accurate
* Pay attention to detail
* Ability to prioritise work
* Ability to work under pressure
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on theCheck if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We encourage all applicants to review these criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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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.
Name Nicola Stephenson Job title Service Lead Ultrasound and Breast Imaging Telephone number 01422 222273
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