# Principal Sonographer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hywel Dda University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-sonographer/6a4f8fb5-87f9-4465-9a4a-edfa223dad97 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/principal-sonographer/6a4f8fb5-87f9-4465-9a4a-edfa223dad97.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hywel Dda University Health Board - **Location:** Ystwyth Building - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Radiographer - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £67,583 - £78,530 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T11:10:59.592Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Carmarthenshire/Health_Board_Wide_be_agreed_with_candidate/Hywel_Dda_University_Health_Board/Sonography/Sonography-v8252670 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8252670?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://hduhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking an experienced, forward-thinking Principal Sonographer to provide strategic, professional, governance and operational leadership for ultrasound services across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of ultrasound practice across a diverse Health Board, leading service transformation, strengthening clinical governance, and supporting sustainable, high-quality care for patients and communities. Working within Radiology, you will act as the Health Board’s senior professional authority for ultrasound, influencing strategic direction, workforce development, quality assurance and innovation while promoting compassionate, inclusive and values-based leadership. The post offers the chance to work across beautiful rural and coastal communities, combining senior leadership responsibility with the opportunity to make a visible difference to patient safety, access, service quality and staff development. Key benefits of the role include: - Influence the strategic direction of ultrasound services across the Health Board. - Lead innovation, service redesign and quality improvement at scale. - Support and develop a skilled ultrasound workforce, including advanced and extended roles. - Contribute to governance, safety and assurance at senior organisational level. - Work in a supportive Health Board serving vibrant communities across west Wales. ### Main duties of the job The Principal Sonographer will provide senior leadership for ultrasound practice, ensuring services are safe, effective, sustainable and aligned with national standards, regulatory requirements and Health Board priorities. The post holder will lead ultrasound governance, quality assurance, audit, risk management and service improvement, including oversight of policies, standards, equipment strategy, performance data and preparation for accreditation requirements such as Quality Standards in Imaging. A key part of the role will be leading and influencing workforce strategy, professional standards, education, credentialing, scope of practice and career development pathways, while working collaboratively with clinical, operational, managerial and external partners to improve access, patient flow and outcomes. The role also includes expert clinical contribution, including referral vetting, high-quality ultrasound examinations, interpretative reporting, medicines governance within the area of responsibility, incident and complaint investigation, and provision of specialist advice across services. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers. The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us. Interviews will be held on 25/11/2026. ### 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. Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Other **Desirable** - Welsh Speaker (Level 1) ### Experience **Essential** - Significant NHS experience working as a sonographer across a range of ultrasound disciplines. - Extensive senior-level NHS ultrasound experience across multiple clinical domains. - Demonstrable experience of providing organisation-wide professional leadership and governance oversight. - Proven experience of leading complex service transformation, change management and service redesign at scale. - Experience of providing assurance to senior leadership on quality, safety, performance and risk. - Significant experience of workforce leadership, including professional accountability, scope of practice, education and role development. - Experience of financial management, budgetary responsibility and development of business cases. - Evidence of effective partnership working across multidisciplinary, organisational and system boundaries. - Clear understanding of Welsh Government priorities including RTT and Single Cancer Pathway targets. **Desirable** - Experience of leading services through external inspection, accreditation or quality assurance processes (e.g. QSI). - Experience of working at regional or national level influencing service strategy or professional practice. ### Qualifications and Knowledge **Essential** - Relevant professional qualification - Current HCPC/RCT/RCN registration - CASE accredited Masters (level 7) qualification in medical ultrasound (e.g. DMU, MSC.) - Post graduate study in obstetric and general ultrasound, having a full working knowledge of the regulatory framework relating to your area of practise. - Formal management or leadership qualification, or demonstrable equivalent senior leadership experience. **Desirable** - Post graduate qualification in Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance, teaching, IOSHH or comparable. - Postgraduate qualification or formal training in clinical governance, quality improvement, patient safety, education, or health service management. - Evidence of continuous professional development at a strategic or executive leadership level. ## Documents - [oh form (docx, 102.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659723) - [privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2373) - [jd&ps - english (pdf, 341.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659724) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2383) ## 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.