About this role
Job summary
PLEASE NOTE: PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT REAPPLY
Band 7 Reporting Sonographer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
**Full Time and Part Time hours available**
Join us as a Reporting Sonographer and put your specialist skills at the centre of a service that truly values professional and patient-centred compassionate care.
We're looking for confident, highly trained professionals with a PG Certificate in Medical Ultrasound (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) from a CASE-accredited institution.
You'll use your expertise to independently perform and report a wide range of maternity and gynaecology scans, working within a team where clinical excellence is the standard.
Our sonographers are supported by fetal medicine specialists, obstetricians, early pregnancy experts, and gynaecologists, giving you direct access to multidisciplinary insight and ongoing professional development.
We're a small, committed team with a strong learning culture, high clinical standards, and a genuine appreciation for specialist skill.
With flexible working options and full-time or part-time contracts, you can shape a role that fits your life as well as your ambitions.
If you want your skills to be recognised, supported, and put to meaningful use, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Performing transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound scans for all types of obstetric and gynaecology scans.
Reporting findings and making appropriate referrals to multidisciplinary team as well as communicating findings to patients.
Performing and reporting ultrasound scans for obstetrics, including screening for nuchal translucency , anomaly , growth scans, early pregnancy and gynaecology scans.
About us
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Training Essential
Educated to a minimum of 1st degree level CASE accredited qualification in medical ultrasound DQASS or FMF accreditation in 1st trimester screening
Desirable
MSc or MA Qualified Radiographer Registered Midwife
Experience Essential
Post graduate ultrasound experience Participated in Audit Process
Desirable
Leadership experience Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, and coaching
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)