Sonographer

Job overview

Sonographer

Band 7 (£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata, per annum)

Fixed-Term Contract (12 months Maternity Cover)

Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

We are recruiting for a 12 month  fixed term Sonographer who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey.

This is a truly exciting time to join our team as we work towards launching our newly developed £10m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) that will deliver first-class diagnostic care to our community.

The new centre will have the ability to deliver joined up diagnostic care, and with increased capacity this will ensure our patients will have faster access to treatment, earlier diagnosis, and improved outcomes.

By becoming part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work in innovative ways and play a central role in how we improve patient pathways, delivering the right test, at the right time, in the right place.

Main duties of the job

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake and report on high quality Ultrasound examinations and in accordance with professional standards and department protocols.

To undertake additional supervisory duties as may be determined by the Lead Sonographer and agreed by mutual consent.

To reliably produce work of the highest standard and be responsible for assessing and maintaining own standards while working under extreme pressure.

To manage your specific area within the Diagnostic Imaging Department on a day-to-day basis, making use of staff, equipment and other resources to provide a service of the highest quality to patients, their carers and their referring clinicians.

To monitor and maintain standards of ultrasound to meet both local and national requirements where appropriate.

Demonstrate professional commitment; be smart, punctual and enthusiastic in the promotion of the profession in general and in specialist area of imaging in particular.