Bank Cardiac Sonographer


Location
Reading, GB
Profession
Radiographer
Deadline
08 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Bank
Posted Date
03 Jul 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

6 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Qualifications

    You will be able to demonstrate your detail-oriented thinking, interpersonal skills and technological aptitude.

  • Qualifications

    BSC Clinical Physiology or equivalent

  • Qualifications

    Completion of BSE

  • Qualifications

    BSE registered

  • Qualifications

    Post qualification experience in echocardiography

  • Qualifications

    You will have the ability to scan adults, and ideally adolescent patients

Desirable

Not listed in the available specification.

Bank Cardiac Sonographer| Outpatient Department | Private Hospital | Flexible working| Dunedin, Reading

Spire Dunedin Hospital is currently recruiting for a Cardiac Sonographer to join the team on a bank basis, supporting the Cardiology Outpatient Service.

This is an excellent opportunity to become part of one of the UK’s leading private healthcare providers, delivering a wide range of cardiac procedures for both inpatient and outpatient services. In this role, you will work closely with cardiac physiologists, consultants, and nursing staff, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, patient-focused care.

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Performing echocardiography investigations for adults and adolescent patients, as part of the BSE guidance
  • Assess patient’s health and wellbeing across a complex and changing caseload.
  • Provide reports for scans
  • Contribute to the implementation of new cardiac services.
  • Contribute to quality improvement.
  • Apply technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
  • Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility

Who we're looking for:

You will be able to demonstrate your detail-oriented thinking, interpersonal skills and technological aptitude.

  • BSC Clinical Physiology or equivalent
  • Completion of BSE
  • BSE registered
  • Post qualification experience in echocardiography
  • You will have the ability to scan adults, and ideally adolescent patients

Benefits

  • Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  • We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  • Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
  • Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  • Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  • Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
  • Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
  • Free uniform
  • Free DBS
  • Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  • Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  • Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
  • We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

  • Driving clinical excellence
  • Doing the right thing
  • Caring is our passion
  • Keeping it simple
  • Delivering on our promises
  • Succeeding and celebrating together
  • Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date:

In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received enough applications

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people

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