Job summary
Employer heading
Trainee Sonographer
NHS AfC: Band 6/7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for experienced radiographers or health professionals wishing to enhance their skills to train in the specialist field of Ultrasound. Applicants will be a highly motivated, hardworking individual who can commit to an intense, but highly rewarding training course.
This post is a fixed term for 15 months and requires successful applicants to undertake a qualification in Medical Ultrasound at a Higher Educational Institute. Training module choice will be selected based on service need across these areas. The candidate will then move forward to a Permanent Band 7 post once training has been completed.
Applicants will hold a BSc (hons) Radiography or equivalent with significant post-qualified experience. Contingent upon completing PgCert before progression to PgDip.
We are an enthusiastic team with an excellent track record in sonographer training. We are looking for applicants who have a passion to provide quality care for patients and can commit to the postgraduate training required of the post.
Training will be provided across weekdays/weekends, at multiple sites both within STH and across the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw region as part of a collaborative US training academy.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake practical training in obstetric/gynaecological/vascular and/or general medical ultrasound procedures. This to be determined by the ultrasound leadership team.
- To complete the Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Medical Ultrasound provided by a higher educational institute (HEI) that provides accredited ultrasound training to postgraduate level and to continue as specified and required by the radiology service.
- To attend all taught modules provided by the relevant HEI.
- To work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing a high quality diagnostic ultrasound service whilst maintaining high standards of patient care.
- To ensure that practice is carried out in accordance with department policies and protocols.
- Develop the theoretical and practical knowledge/skills required to perform the range of ultrasound examinations in the clinical area of training.
- To undertake all ultrasound procedures delegated by the sonographers/clinical leads as part of training and development.
- To participate in a training programme working flexibly over a 7 day week.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Our Radiology department is accredited with QSI and maintains this success. Our sonographers are passionate providers of care with high quality training and teamwork. We have a collaborative culture consistently improving ourselves with peer support and education provided by sonographers/radiologists.
We have a good record with appraisals for staff engagement considering individual and service needs through our training and development clinical leads. We have developed clinical lead roles across our service such as head and neck, MSK, obstetrics and gynae, vascular and intervention.
Sonographers have been supported to present at conferences such as BMUS, published research or provided lectures at universities. We are a busy service with an interesting patient caseload which represent fantastic potential for experience gain and job satisfaction. Please get in touch for further information on how you might thrive by joining our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Please also note this vacancy is a training post so all applicants will start at Band 6 and upon completion of necessary skills and/ or training will progress to Band 7.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 15 months due to this being an apprenticeship/training programme. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts.
A learner/applicant must be a UK, EEA, or EU resident for at least the past three years to undertake an apprenticeship training programme.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent qualification.
- Evidence of post graduate level study or demonstrable experience of practice equivalent to an AfC 6 level.
- Must hold professional portfolio.
Desirable criteria
- HCPC registered.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in general radiography or equivalent health profession practice
- Extensive post BSc qualification experience.
- Experience of work within busy clinical areas and demonstrate an ability to prioritise and manage your own workload.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the sonographer role as part of the patient journey.
- Commitment to undertake ALL training requirements of the post and progress as service need requires.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing multiple priorities.
- Evidence of having spent time informally in an ultrasound department
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a willingness to develop own skills and a commitment to Continued Professional Development.
- Able to cope with stressful, distressing, and emotional circumstances.
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of RSI – and how to limit risks.
- Car driver
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexibility to work on required sites including bespoke regional training commitments across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICB.
- Ability to undertake both clinical and academic elements required to complete the postgraduate modules required by the service.
- Demonstrate drive and resilience
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew Lee
- Job title
- Professional Lead Sonographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2715222
- Additional information
Lindsey Hampson - [email protected]
Demelza Lee - [email protected]
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