# Midwifery Ultrasonographer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
- **Town:** Nuneaton
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Radiographer
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 28 hours per week (-)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-08T13:52:23.565Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Nuneaton/George_Eliot_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Midwife_Sonographer/Midwife_Sonographer-v7890457
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7890457?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.geh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Midwifery Ultrasonographer

28 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata

Closing Date: Monday 22nd June 2026

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.**

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

### Main duties of the job

We’re seeking a confident and compassionate Midwifery Sonographer to work in our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As one of our Midwife Sonographer, you’ll be working alongside our high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.

Your Impact

- Champion excellence in patient care, staff development, and service delivery.
- Drive education, training, governance, and policy development.
- Make informed clinical decisions and mentor fellow sonographers.
- Perform and report independently on complex obstetric scans.

What You’ll Bring

- Proven experience as a Senior Midwife and Sonographer
- Leadership that inspires trust and collaboration.
- Passion for quality improvement and professional development.
- Ability to inspire confidence and provide emotional support.
- A commitment to delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate care.

Why You’ll Love It Here

- A warm, welcoming team who values their collaborative and inclusive culture.
- Opportunities to influence service development and shape best practice.
- Professional growth and leadership development.
- A workplace that values your voice, your vision, your growth and your expertise.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- To support the Superintendent sonographer in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.
- The role of the post holder (sonographer) is to perform and report independently on a wide range of ultrasound examinations. This includes Doppler and obstetric scans, as necessary throughout pregnancy.
- As well as writing reports for the medical profession and keeping appropriate records, the sonographer is required to communicate potentially distressing diagnoses directly to patients, and refer these patients appropriately.
- The maintenance of a high standard of patient care and medical ethics is essential.
- The sonographer is involved in the clinical training of ultrasound trainees and other medical personnel. They also supervise anyone working with them such as recently qualified sonographers and radiographic assistants.
- The sonographer participates in CPD and other developmental activities and takes part in research/audit as required.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

## Job Details

Midwifery Ultrasonographer

28 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata

Closing Date: Monday 22nd June 2026

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.**

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

## Job Description

We’re seeking a confident and compassionate Midwifery Sonographer to work in our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As one of our Midwife Sonographer, you’ll be working alongside our high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.

Your Impact

Champion excellence in patient care, staff development, and service delivery.

Drive education, training, governance, and policy development.

Make informed clinical decisions and mentor fellow sonographers.

Perform and report independently on complex obstetric scans.

What You’ll Bring

Proven experience as a Senior Midwife and Sonographer

Leadership that inspires trust and collaboration.

Passion for quality improvement and professional development.

Ability to inspire confidence and provide emotional support.

A commitment to delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate care.

Why You’ll Love It Here

A warm, welcoming team who values their collaborative and inclusive culture.

Opportunities to influence service development and shape best practice.

Professional growth and leadership development.

A workplace that values your voice, your vision, your growth and your expertise.

## Responsibilities

To support the Superintendent sonographer in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.

The role of the post holder (sonographer) is to perform and report independently on a wide range of ultrasound examinations. This includes Doppler and obstetric scans, as necessary throughout pregnancy.

As well as writing reports for the medical profession and keeping appropriate records, the sonographer is required to communicate potentially distressing diagnoses directly to patients, and refer these patients appropriately.

The maintenance of a high standard of patient care and medical ethics is essential.

The sonographer is involved in the clinical training of ultrasound trainees and other medical personnel. They also supervise anyone working with them such as recently qualified sonographers and radiographic assistants.

The sonographer participates in CPD and other developmental activities and takes part in research/audit as required.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

## Person Specification

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- On a daily basis need to cope with highly distressing, emotional circumstances – giving bad news to patients/relatives and coping with their reactions. Also stress from 'difficult' patients and relatives.
- Ability to be able to support other staff members
- Need to be able to work in adverse conditions, sometimes in a hot confined area in half-light, often under severe pressure and to be able to manage their workload though various distractions i.e. doctors requiring urgent scans and urgent telephone calls.
- Consistent frequent high-level of concentration throughout the day whilst scanning and writing reports.

### Skills and abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to communicate highly sensitive complex information relating to pregnancy loss or abnormality or the patient's medical condition with empathy and reassurance.
- Analyse ultrasound images to describe and offer diagnoses from a range of possibilities which may lead to further tests/procedures
- Ability to take initiative to make decisions or recommendations for the best interests of the patients.
- Ability to undertake audit within the dept.
- Ability to prioritise and organize unpredictable workload effectively.

### Experience & knowledge

**Essential**

- Advanced technical knowledge related to the efficient use, safety and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
- Ability to use the Imaging IT systems.
- Well-developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience
- Expected to work towards Master's level ultrasound qualification plus extensive experience gained working, which enables scanning and report writing to be carried out without clinical supervision.
- Ability to impart clinical skills to trainee sonographers and other students on secondment.

### Qualifications and professional training

**Essential**

- DCR (R)/BSc or Midwifery qualification
- DMU/PGD or PG Cert in ultrasound
- Registration with Health Professions Council. (HPC) – midwifery

## Documents

- [person spec (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10165404)
- [job description (pdf, 432.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10165403)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10165405)

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