Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Relevant Experience working in NHS
- Experience
Has up to date CPD portfolio.
- Experience
Experience supplemented by postgraduate course(s).
- Experience
Knowledge of clinical governance and its application in Radiology departments
- Qualification
HCPC Registration
- Qualification
Postgraduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound
- Qualification
BSc in Radiography
- Qualification
Supervisory and/or Management qualification.
- Aptitude and abilities
Ability to work as part of a team, possess Counselling Skills
- Aptitude and abilities
Work on own initiative and unsupervised.
- Aptitude and abilities
Undertake and report on a range of ultrasound scans including – obstetrics, general abdominal, vascular work.
- Aptitude and abilities
Manage a clinical workload and meet deadlines
- Aptitude and abilities
Deal with patients presenting with a range of conditions.
- Aptitude and abilities
Communicate learned skills to all grades of staff.
- Aptitude and abilities
Adapt to different work settings within the department.
- Aptitude and abilities
Recognise and respond sensitively and appropriately to individual patient’s needs.
- Other Essential Criteria
Physically capable of moving and positioning various types of patients and equipment.
- Other Essential Criteria
Enthusiastic/Motivated.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Aptitude and abilities
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
- Aptitude and abilities
Good IT Skills
- Aptitude and abilities
Good interpersonal skills
Job overview
Come and join us at Swansea Bay UHB Radiology A Great Place to Work.
Caring for each other, working together, always improving.
Are you an experienced Sonographer who is looking for a new challenge near the beautiful Gower coastline? If so we would like to hear from you!
This post will be based at Singleton Hospital which is a large, acute unit in the North of Swansea. However, you may be required to work on any of the three sites within Swansea Bay Health Board.
Our service offers Sonographers the experience of a wide variety of Ultrasound scanning, including early pregnancy, obstetric, general, gynaecological, small part and vascular US.
You would be working within a dynamic, enthusiastic and hardworking team of Sonographers and alongside a team of supportive radiologists.
A structured induction program will be provided for the successful applicant. The health board is committed to the development of radiographers employed within the service.
A good work life balance is important to us at Swansea Bay UHB however, the opportunity to work additional overtime hours is a possibility.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to expand our dynamic and motivated Ultrasound team and are inviting hard working and enthusiastic Sonographers to apply for a job with us at Swansea Bay University Health Board.
The multidisciplinary ultrasound team at Swansea have an outstanding reputation for the services provided, where the Sonographer team undertakes a comprehensive range of ultrasound examinations that includes Abdominal, Gynaecological, Obstetric, Vascular, MSK, small parts, head and neck, paediatric and sonographer led acute imaging.
The post available would suit experienced hard working sonographers who are interested in developing both clinical and leadership skills. We are looking for professional individuals who are forward thinking with great patient and team working skills. All candidates must have a suitable graduate qualification in Medical Ultrasound (PgC, PgD, MSc) and have current professional registration (HCPC/NMC).
If you have the skills we are looking for or would like to broaden those you already have, then we look forward to hearing from you.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
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
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This advert is for Sonographer with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Swansea, Wales. It is listed as a Band 7 Radiographer role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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