Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DIMENSIONS OF JOB: 

Based at Wexham Park Hospital with cross-site working at Heatherwood, St Mark’s and King Edward VII Hospitals.
To work as a clinical sonographer delivering a high quality ultrasound 
service.

JOB SUMMARY:

• Perform a range of obstetric and or non-obstetric ultrasound 
  examinations
• Produce high quality ultrasound reports under the delegation of the 
  lead radiologist for Ultrasound and in accordance with accepted 
  practice and protocols within the Obstetrics Department
• Overall responsible for contributing to providing a high quality and 
  efficient ultrasound service
• Maintains the high standards of the department by contributing to 
  individual and team objectives.
• To be an effective member of the Department of Radiology providing a high standard of imaging and patient care
• To supervise students working within the department

PURPOSE OF JOB:

 Undertake duties as a Specialist Sonographer.

• Perform a range of ultrasound examinations.
• Produce high quality ultrasound reports in accordance with accepted practice and protocols within the Radiology Department
• Overall responsible for contributing to providing a high quality and efficient ultrasound service
• Ensure the quality of work is audited at all stages
• Maintains the high standards of the department by contributing to individual and team objectives.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Service Delivery and Quality

 Maintain good communication and relationships with stakeholders including patients and other users of the service

• Able to communicate results and findings to patients and relatives
• Provide relevant information to ensure that verbal consent is gained from patients or carers before undertaking any ultrasound procedure
• Undertake audit to ensure that all aspects of the service – clinical and non-clinical is of a high standard and meets with the quality agenda

 Personnel & Training

• Responsible for maintaining CPD and own level of competence
• Supervises trainee Sonographers, Consultants and SPR’s in O&G, and support delivery of the training programme and assessment
• Responsible for the induction of new staff
• Supervise and train student radiographers
• Supervise and train trainee specialist radiographers - ultrasound

Investors in People

• To brief staff on a regular basis about the Trust’s objectives, plans and business developments
• To set objectives and identify training needs for staff and ensure that they are appraised at least once annually
• To induct new staff effectively ensuring all relevant training is undertaken corporately and locally
• To discuss expected outcomes of training and development activity with staff prior to training and afterwards review whether expected outcomes were achieved

Equality and Diversity

• To comply with and maintain awareness of the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy
• To undertake an equality update every three years
• To ensure equality analyses of strategies and policies are undertaken every three years

Health & Safety

• To take reasonable care of your health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work activities.
• To work in accordance with the Trust’s health and safety policy and other relevant policies and guidance.
• To attend all relevant mandatory health and safety training and annual update training, (including that for manual handling and fire).
• To follow high standards of infection control practice relevant to your work which includes hand cleansing and aseptic techniques for clinical staff and attend mandatory training and annual update training as necessary.
• To ensure that all reasonable measures are taken to provide a safe place of work, including arrangements for undertaking departmental risk assessments, and developing action plans to resolve any significant hazards found.
• To ensure that all staff (including bank and part time staff ) working in your area receive all necessary health and safety (including fire and manual handling) information and are appropriately inducted and trained to enable them to undertake their duties in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• If you are responsible for anyone undertaking a job of work on Trust premises who is not a member of staff (eg a contractor) you must ensure that they receive all necessary health and safety information to allow them to work safely, which will include details of the Trust’s fire alarm procedure.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups

• Employees who come into contact with vulnerable adults or children and their parents during the course of their normal duties need to be aware of their responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Data Protection Act 1998 & Confidentiality, Freedom of Information Act 2000

• You are required to comply with and maintain your awareness of the Trust’s Policies and procedures relating to the Data Protection Act and Confidentiality and Freedom of Information Act 2000.