As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
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Job overview
University Hospitals Dorset are looking for a Ultrasound Assistant within the Maternity Ultrasound Department.
With the merging of Maternity services across East Dorset an exciting opportunity has arisen for a friendly and welcoming assistant within the Maternity Ultrasound Department.
You will be the first person our patients encounter when they attend the department. You will need excellent customer service skills as well as IT skills
Further Contact Details -
Kirsty Jones - X-ray/Ultrasound RDA Manager
[email protected] or
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: W/C 1st December 2025
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* To greet patients arriving in the department, enter patients' details onto IT systems and direct patients where to go within the department.
* To perform height and weight measurements on some of our patients. To check the PACS system to ensure patients images are stored on completion of their examination.
* As well as dealing with patients face-to-face, you will also answer phones, sometimes directing calls to other staff through the phone system and answer queries from patients and other staff. You will assist the Sonographers in their duties and chaperone intimate examinations.
* You will be responsible for ensuring there are adequate levels of stock within the department
Working for our organisation
You will be joining us at an exciting time for Maternity services in East Dorset as we bring together the services for Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* To be responsible for providing a reception service for the appointed and ad hoc patients into the Department ensuring correct patient details, collating relevant documentation for examination whilst maintaining confidentiality and support for patients and their families.
* To provide an efficient, friendly, confidential and caring advice and information service to patients regarding their specific appointment and procedure requirements.
* To liaise with patients, clinical staff and medical staff both within and outside the Trust to ensure patients are examined within the nationally agreed waiting time targets.
* To assist the Radiology Team in the delivery of the Diagnostic Services in line with nationally agreed waiting time targets
* To care for the needs of patients before, during and after their examination within the ultrasound departments, looking after all aspects of patient's welfare, respecting their dignity and ensuring the patient leaves the ultrasound department safely.
* To undertake any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by mutual consent in accordance with Trust Policy and with development of the post.
Please note:
Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.