Bank Sonographer

Job Overview

DIMENSIONS OF JOB:

Cross-site working at Wexham Park Hospital, Heatherwood and Slough Hospitals, to cover bank shifts across 7-day working as and when required. To work as a bank clinical sonographer delivering a high-quality ultrasound service.

Purpose Of Job

Perform a range of non-obstetric ultrasound examinations (general, gynae, MSK) 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.

Main duties of the job

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
• Provide relevant information to ensure that verbal consent is gained from patients or carers before undertaking any ultrasound procedure

Personnel & Training

• Responsible for maintaining CPD and own level of competence

Quality

• Perform all ultrasound procedures to a high professional standard in accordance with the departmental protocols
• Undertake training and study, as necessary, to ensure that a high level of personal professional knowledge and expertise is achieved and maintained
• Actively encourage feedback as part of the departmental quality initiative

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Ability to plan and organise as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Be able to reflect on and learn from relevant research evidence, policies and legislation and apply across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Must be able to exercise professional self-regulation
• Must be able to independently co-ordinate, manage and monitor own work lists.
• Excellent communication skills – must be able to receive and negotiate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information.
• Share complex information with staff and patients in a sensitive manner.
• Team Player – understanding team dynamics.
• Be able to work under pressure.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.

Person specification

Sonography Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Experienced Sonographer in NHS

Desirable criteria

• Experience in ultrasound scanning more than 1 year

qualifcations

Essential criteria

• Msc Medical ultrasound
• PG cert or Dip Medical ultrasound

Desirable criteria

• Msc Medical ultrasound
• PG cert or Dip Medical ultrasound

personal characteristics

Essential criteria

• Team player
• Practical Ultrasound Training
• NHS Ultrasound scanning experience

Desirable criteria

• experience undertaking audit
• teaching students

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future , and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first. We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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