Job overview
We are recruiting for a Reporting Sonographer - Radiology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Our multi-skilled sonographer team rotate across all three sites and provide a 7 day emergency service at the Lister Hospital, which is our acute site and is working towards 7 day working at the New QEII hospital to support the newly established Community Diagnostic Hub.
We support sonographer development and training and our sonographers are valued members of multi-disciplinary teams across obstetrics, gynaecology, vascular, musculo-skeletal and general medicine.
We support flexible working and have shifts working weekends and evenings.
This post attracts a 10% recruitment and retention premium.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as an independent practitioner by performing ultrasound scans to a high diagnostic standard, formulating a report, and communicating the results to the appropriate clinician and to be accountable for own professional actions.
You will perform and report a wide range of ultrasound examinations, working within agreed protocols (abdominal, gynaecology including transvaginal scanning, obstetric, vascular, and paediatric).
You will possess the ability to make clinical judgements and critical decisions of the highest order, using knowledge, skills and experience.
The post holder will support ongoing professional development and encourage involvement with in-house training schemes to expand clinical experience.
There is also monthly in-house teaching and audit sessions where your participation is encouraged. Leadership is a shared function within our team, and we look to develop talent.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
* Hold postgraduate accredited qualification in medical ultrasound
Desirable criteria
* Professional registration ( HPC or other)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Must have relevant skills/knowledge/experience in the range of ultrasound techniques required
Desirable criteria
* Experience post qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Possess knowledge and understanding of audit and clinical governance processes
* Must show evidence of and be prepared to continue with CPD to ensure a high standard of examinations and patient care
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.