Job overview
We are seeking a dedicated, highly motivated sonographer with UK experience and HCPC registration (or equivalent). Enthusiastic and committed to excellence, you will join a diverse team passionate about delivering an outstanding patient experience aligned with our Trust objectives.
What We Offer:
• Welcome bonus (~£3,000) after probation, paid in two increments within the first year.
• Recruitment & retention premium of £5K PA + HCAS.
• Flexible working patterns to support work/life balance.
• Ongoing CPD opportunities for professional development.
• Advanced clinical practice pathways, including Enhanced Practitioner roles or leadership progression.
• Opportunities to independently practice MSK injection/interventional clinics.
• Additional earning potential through evening and weekend clinics.
• Training via our co-founded US academy with opportunities for teaching and development.
As a Band 7 Sonographer, you will provide a supportive learning environment for trainees, participate in audits, and lead continuous improvement programs.
About Us:
The Trust’s ultrasound services operate across Queen’s Hospital, King George Hospital, and CDCs in Hornchurch and Barking.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder participates in the provision of a high-quality Diagnostic Ultrasound Service to the Trust, supporting the superintendent radiographer in the day-to-day organisation of the department and accepting responsibility for designated areas of work.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Post Graduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound.
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
2. Effective leadership and team working.
3. High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement plus flexibility in approach and attitude.
Experience / Knowledge
Essential criteria
4. An up to date knowledge of current and emerging ultrasound techniques and relevant topics / professional issues.
Desirable criteria
5. Demonstrable operational management experience in the health service.
Applicant requirements
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.