Employer Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Victoria Hospital Town East Grinstead Salary £62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59
Consultant Sonographer - MSK
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as
* tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
* flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
* a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
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Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
This is a role that would suit a very experienced sonographer who has extensive experience in Ultrasound, autonomous therapeutic joint injections, MDT meetings, teaching and service leadership.
QVH offers direct access scan and therapeutic injections to GPs. In addition, we have patients referred to the US MSK team from our plastics consultants whereby we undertake complex scanning of hands/ wrist conditions as well as amputee clinics for planning of revision surgery.
The successful applicant will need to be excellent both technically and professionally within this field as well as being able to provide support and leadership to more junior sonographers, registrars at QVH.
Main duties of the job
See job description for more detail but the majority of the duties include:
* Undertaking diagnostic scans/ therapeutic injections/joint aspirations
* Teaching
* Leadership and line management
* Clinical governance - SOPs/ clinical protocols/ peer review
* supporting service provision through vetting and scanning (DVT as an example)
* Meeting attendance/ research
Working for our organisation
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.
We specialise in conditions of the eyes (corneoplastics), hands, head and neck cancer and skin cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, maxillofacial surgery and prosthetics, providing regional and national services in these areas of clinical expertise.Our world-leading clinical teams also treat more common conditions of the eyes, hands, skin, and teeth for the people of East Grinstead and the surrounding areas. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and a growing portfolio of community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.
Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see above section and job description. Please note that applicants are expected to have a 2 stage interview.
The first stage will involve a practical session with a consultant sonographer. If you are successful at the first round, you will be invited back to undertake a face to face interview including a presentation.
Please note that due to the nature of this post, newly qualified MSK sonographers should not apply and as its a part time role, this will not suit overseas recruitment.
Dept. visits are welcomed ahead of interview.
Person specification
Experience
* Extensive senior clinical and management experience
* Experience of training and mentoring of junior staff
* Experience of working across other NHS organisations (or beyond) for benchmarking purposes or to identify best practice/areas for improvement
* Experience of overseeing Trust-wide initiatives; leading successful change management; service redesign processes; leading cost improvement programmes.
* Have successfully led trusts through the QSI accreditation previously
Qualifications
* HCPC registration
* Qualified to Masters or equivalent level in post graduate US
* Postgraduate management qualification or substantial relevant experience at senior level
* Previous/current QSI assessor
Skills
* Highly developed skills in creating local policy and SOPs for clinical patient requirements
* Highly-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the trust
* Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills; capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi-faceted information; ability to summarise complex information; ability to make judgements and advise on the best course of action
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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