Advanced Practitioner Sonographer

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You will be a highly motivated professional, with excellent communication skills, initiative and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team. We are looking for an enthusiastic Sonographer with a desire to learn and develop both professionally and personally to benefit our patients, our service and our team.

As a skilled Sonographer you will provide a caring, compassionate approach within our high quality imaging team. You will need to be able to work independently. Ideally candidates should be qualified in general, obstetric & gynaecological ultrasound. Experience in MSK ultrasound would also be an advantage. CPD is well supported and the post holder will participate in regular ultrasound meetings and audit.

Contracted hours of work to be agreed between 8.00am to 8.00pm, 7 days a week – full time and part time hours will be considered.

The post holder must have either The Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (DMU) or equivalent CASE accredited PgC/PgD, registered with The Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and/or other professional body and be willing to partake in Continual Professional Development (CPD).

The responsibilities of this post will include being involved and assisting in the day-to-day organisation of the clinical workload within the ultrasound service across all sites and to partake in a continual review of services provided to ensure that it is as efficient as possible. They must be aware of the overall operational functioning of the department

The post holder must have good communication skills and clinical knowledge and be able to interact well with both other members of staff & patients at all levels.

Working for your organisation

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust. Talk to the Recruiting Manager about what this means in practice for you.

Benefits

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays

Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year

In-house Physiotherapy Services

Career development and training opportunities

Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services

Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants

Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia

Following the introduction of our Agile and Flexible working policy we will be adding the following wording to all our adverts.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorna Adams Job title: Principal Sonographer Email address: lornaadams@nhs.net Telephone number: 01733678000

To discover more, please call Lorna Adams, Principal Sonographer on 01733 678000 bleep 1265 (e-mail lornaadams@nhs.net) for an informal chat.