Band 7 - Enhanced Practice Sonographer, Radiology

Job overview

A full-time Enhanced practice sonographer vacancy has opened to join our ultrasound services across West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust.    This role will be cross-site, covering St Albans City Hospital & Hemel Hempstead Hospital & Watford General Hospital.

The successful candidate will be responsible for contributing towards the efficient service delivery of ultrasound services.

Main duties of the job

The duties and responsibilities of the post holder include:

• To contribute to the operational duties of the ultrasound departments services across West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust. Including maternity, general, inpatients and acute referrals.
• To be an effective member of the Ultrasound team, promoting the trust values through our workforce.
• Provide a high standard of Sonographer/ultrasound services to radiologists and patients.
• Complete ultrasound examinations to a high standard.
• Supervision of junior staff, international recruits and students through induction and training programmes.

This post is ideal for strong communicators who enjoy working part of a close-knit team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Independently undertake, interpret and analyse ultrasound scan findings.

Independently produce a report identifying normality, interpreting variants and common pathologies.

Has a role in supporting training and development of junior staff.

To be independently and autonomously performing a wide range of examinations including complex cases.

Provide expertise, supervision, peer review and guidance to less experienced colleagues.

5% of reports to be peer reviewed using BMUS peer review tool. Learning points from peer review to inform developmental needs.