About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced Sonographer looking for flexible working opportunities within an inclusive, vibrant NHS organisation that celebrates success? Would you like to work for an organisation where our values of compassionate care, working together, achieving ambitions and delivering excellence drive everything we do?
We are looking for an experienced Sonographer to join our Bank team, supporting the Community Radiology service at Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust across East Sussex.
This is an exciting opportunity to work autonomously within a friendly and supportive team, providing a high-quality ultrasound service to general practitioners and visiting consultants.
As a Bank Sonographer, you will have the flexibility to undertake shifts on an ad-hoc basis, helping to support service demands and maintain continuity of care for our patients. Bank working offers the opportunity to fit shifts around your existing commitments, providing greater flexibility over when and how often you work.
If you are passionate about delivering excellent patient care and would like to use your skills and experience to support our Community Radiology service, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work at our Community Hospitals at either Lewes, Uckfield or Crowbrough.
As a skilled Sonographer you will provide a caring, compassionate approach within our high quality imaging team. You need to be able to work independently, demonstrating a high level of competence (aligned to NHS pathways, NICE and BMUS guidelines) and will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills. Candidates should be skilled in general abdominal and gynae scanning. Experience in small parts, lumps and bumps, and vascular scanning (DVT) would also be an advantage.
CPD is supported and the post holder will participate in regular peer review meetings and audit feedback. This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your professional and clinical skills
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry out ultrasound examinations in line with BMUS guidelines and professional competence.
To prioritise and organise own caseload.
To be able to work independently within a clearly defined set of department protocols and make informed clinical decisions in the absence of a Radiologist or seek a second opinion when required.
For each examination undertaken, a comprehensive diagnostic report will be formulated and returned to the referring clinician.
The post holder/s will be accountable for their own professional actions (including reporting) and have supervision responsibilities.
Please see job description and person spec attached for more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or professional registration
Essential
- Degree level qualification in radiography or equivalent professional radiography qualification.
- Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Medical Ultrasound
- State registration with the Health Professions Council.
Experience
Essential
- Experienced Sonographer, 2 years post graduate experience.
- Able to undertake, assess and report own caseload of patients requiring ultrasound examinations.
- Ability to work autonomously, to organise own workload and to make informed clinical decisions.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate highly complex, sensitive information where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating empathic or reassurance skills are required.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations where there is a barrier to understanding or a highly emotive atmosphere.
- Ability to interpret ultrasound scans and report on patients' conditions and make an appropriate diagnosis from a range of options.
- Organisation of daily departmental workload, planning appointment schedules for patients
- IT skills to personally record and generate clinical observations
Other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between the sites in East Sussex
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lews Victoria Hospital
Nevill Road
Bases across East (Lewes, Uckfield and Crowborough)
BN7 1PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)