# Fetal Medicine Sonographer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/fetal-medicine-sonographer/2988bd46-8e94-4c62-95b0-186b0f98df71 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/fetal-medicine-sonographer/2988bd46-8e94-4c62-95b0-186b0f98df71.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St Thomas' Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58133.00 to £65261.00 - **Contract type:** 0.63 permanent position (23.6 hours per week) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 23.6 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-14T14:44:53.912Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8361425 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8361425?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a skilled Sonographer looking for an enriching role in London? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fetal Medicine sonographer to join our team. We’re firmly rooted in the heart of Central London. It's an exciting time to join us as we grow and enhance our services and allow the opportunity for you to rotate around other areas of the division like Evelina for fetal cardiac scanning! As a vital member of our friendly and professional team, you'll have the opportunity to work with both high and low-risk pregnancies, an specialised pathway for twins and fetal cardiac screening. We value experience in obstetrics, particularly in 12-week (CSTs) and 20-week scans (cardiac, uterine artery Doppler). The Fetal Medicine Unit (FMU) at St Thomas' Hospital is a tertiary referral centre. The post holder will be expected to work as an independent sonographer by performing ultrasound scans to a high standard, formulate a report and communicate the results to women. We work in partnership with the fetal medicine consultants and specialist fetal medicine and screening midwives. We understand the importance of work-life balance. Therefore, this is a great opportunity if you are looking for a part-time role, we strive to accommodate your needs. If that not enough to tempt you, we will be giving an extra £5,000 pro rata on top of your salary as part of our recruitment and retention premium (subject to terms and conditions being met)! Informal visits and chats welcome! ### Main duties of the job Duties and Responsibilities - The post holder will be a qualified sonographer who will be expected to work autonomously within the specialist field of obstetrics ultrasound. - To provide an efficient and professional ultrasound service, maintaining a high standard of patient care. - To assess and report on own specialist workload. - Participate in service activity within specialised areas of working. - To provide supervision and training of junior ultrasound staff, students and doctors rotating through the ultrasound unit. - To develop and improve professional expertise via continuous professional development. - To work closely with the specialist midwives and the multidisciplinary team. - In depth understanding of the Fetal Medicine Unit. - To deliver the first trimester screening programme. - To be responsible for giving high and low risk results to women and partners. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - The post holder will be expected to work as an independent sonographer by performing ultrasound scans to a high standard, formulate a report and communicate the results to women. - To perform obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound examinations according to department policy and guidelines. - The post holder will rotate through Maternity Assessment Unit and other women’s specialist units as required. - The post holder will be expected to participate with multi-disciplinary team meetings and to develop and improve professional expertise via continuous professional development - To work as part of a team providing a high, quality ultrasound service within the maternity service. Please see attached Job Description for full details ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Computer literate - Good interpersonal skills - Ability to work under physical & emotional pressure - Ability to teach others new skills - Sound knowledge of clinical ultrasound and interpretation of complex information - Ability to use initiative - Evidence of organisational ability **Desirable** - Supervisory experience - Demonstrate experience of audit ### Experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience in obstetric, early pregnancy and gynaecological ultrasound - Recent NHS experience - Evidence of continuous professional development in relevant field **Desirable** - Evidence of postgraduate study ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Evidence of ability to demonstrate empathy - Effective English communication skills (verbal and written) - Flexible - Motivated ### Knowledge/Qualifications **Essential** - PG Cert/Dip Medical Ultrasound or equivalent - HCPC/NMC registration or equivalent - FMF/DQASS Nuchal accreditation **Desirable** - MSc in Medical ultrasound ## Documents - [frf b7 sonographer (pdf, 239.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688129) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 220.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688130) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.