37.5 Hours per week (7-day working)
Permanent
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Closing Date: 5th May 2025
Interview Date: 14th May 2025
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To support the department’s Sonographers in providing a professional extended 7-day ultrasound service.
The role of the post holder (sonographer) is to perform and report independently on a wide range of non-obstetric ultrasound examinations, including MSK, renal, abdominal, Doppler, gynaecological, and some small parts scans, plus early pregnancy scanning as required by our gynaecology run Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit.
As well as writing reports for the medical profession and keeping appropriate records, the sonographer is required to communicate potentially distressing diagnoses directly to patients and refer these patients appropriately.
The maintenance of a high standard of patient care and medical ethics is essential.
The sonographer is involved in the clinical training of ultrasound trainees and other medical personnel.
The sonographer provides a highly specialist clinical technical service using ultrasound scans to carry out diagnosis. They analyze complex data and aim to obtain maximum diagnostic information, considering any anatomical or pathological limitations.
The sonographer must possess a high level of specialist knowledge over a wide range of ultrasound procedures and/or have the highest level of in-depth expertise in a particular area of ultrasound comparable to senior clinicians.
The sonographer is required to have the appropriate technical skill to operate ultrasound machinery safely and effectively.
They must carry out and report on abdominal and gynaecological ultrasound scans, usually unsupervised, but may consult with peers, referring consultants, and radiologists in difficult cases. These scans may arise from in-patients, out-patients, A&E, or GP referrals.
The sonographer is expected to perform scans in various settings and locations, including main and satellite departments, as well as other specialist departments and one-stop clinics.
Here at George Eliot, our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes center stage. As an evolving, clinically-led acute service provider, we aim to continually provide high-quality, safe, and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly, and compassionate staff who share our core values:
* Effective - Open Communication
* Excellence - Safety in everything we do
* Challenge - Support
* Expect - Respect and dignity
* Local health - Inspires confidence
Benefits include: On-site nursery, a minimum of 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidized restaurant, tranquility garden, and generous subsidized on-site parking.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
* Name: Ann Britton
* Job Title: Lead Sonographer
* Email: ann.britton@geh.nhs.uk
* Telephone: +447825583197
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