Sonography Clinical Tutor
Job overview
Full time 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post.
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious Sonographer to join its highly motivated Radiology Team at The Royal Bolton Hospital and fulfil the role of an Ultrasound Clinical Tutor.
The Person
Reporting directly to the Lead Sonographer, you will be independently responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of the practical aspect of the University courses implemented within the department. You will also be a senior member of the ultrasound team with responsibility for coordinating and delivering specialist clinical training and education to the sonographers, midwife ultrasound practitioners (MUP’s) and ultrasound trainees.Alongside training and educational responsibilities, you will be responsible carrying out and reporting on specialised ultrasound examinations to a high standard and in a professional manner. Holding a post graduate ultrasound qualification you will have excellent clinical skills, and experience.
In addition to qualifications in either general medical, obstetric and gynaecological scanning, it would be advantageous to have experience across a wide range of examinations.
In order to apply for this post you must be an experienced sonographer and possess PGC/D in Medical Ultrasound. Registration on the voluntary SCoR sonographer or HCPC or NMC registration is also expected.
Main duties of the job
The Role
You will work closely with the sonography team, senior colleagues and radiologists across the Trust, to develop and maximise training and education within the ultrasound service with a focus on the ultrasound trainees within the department. You will ensure a patient focused, safe, effective and efficient service that is able to meet the current and future needs of the Trust and population it serves.
Alongside training and education, you will have a key role in Departmental, Governance and Multi-disciplinary Team meetings and contribute to patient databases.
More details can be seen in the attached job description. For further information or to arrange an informal visits contact the lead sonographers on tel: 01204 390915
or email: [email protected]
Working for our organisation
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the north west side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
In return for your commitment, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust can offer you a fantastic place to work, within a high-performing, very stable Trust, alongside amazing colleagues across multi-disciplinary teams with one goal ‘to provide the best care for our patients’.This isn’t an idle boast as we can demonstrate from our last two CQC inspections (rated ‘Good’ both times), annual reports and our excellent clinical and financial performance. Our most recent Staff Survey results show us that our staff agree that Bolton is an amazing place to work.
You will be joining a high performing integrated care Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Radiology Department is looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Sonographer to add to our dynamic, multi-professional team as an ultrasound clinical tutor. We offer a wide range of Ultrasound Services including Obstetrics, Gynaecology, MSK, General Abdominal and a daytime A&E service as well as provision at our satellite sites at Bolton One and Ingleside.
The Radiology Department has a managed equipment contract with Siemens resulting in a rolling five year equipment replacement plan.
As a department, we are committed to education and are proactive in encouraging and supporting Continuing Professional Development and audit. We participate in teaching and learning at postgraduate level for Sonographers and other medical professions.We are participating in several active research projects; we have a Sonographer led HyCoSy service and have an innovative Emergency Department ultrasound service.
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- BSc or DCR Diagnostic Radiography / BSc in Midwifery / relevant undergraduate equivalent
- PgC / PgD in Medical Ultrasound (CASE accredited)
- Registered with HCPC / NMC (or equivalent)
- FMF Certification in Nuchal Translucency scanning
- Post graduate qualifications e.g. MSc
- Additional modular qualifications i.e. MSK, Elastography, HyCoSy, neonatal hips
- Involvement with training sonographers and university processes
Experience
Essential criteria- Hold university Mentor status
- Experience training, teaching, education and mentoring
- NHS scanning and report writing
- Multi-modality knowledge
- Developments within ultrasound training
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Medical Conditions and their management/treatment
- Clinical and information governance.
- Good Subject knowledge in qualified modules.
- Knowledge of the university processes
- Knowledge of protocols and guidance from BMUS/NICE etc
- Knowledge of ultrasound governance (audit, service, delivering KPIs, etc.)
- Managerial processes (sickness absence, staff rota, maintain service provision, etc.)
Skills
Essential criteria- Communication skills written and verbal
- Counselling skills or qualifications
- Delegation and prioritising duties and responsibilities
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Computer literate
- Ability to deal with stressful situations (resilience)
- Able to prepare and deliver lectures.
- Lone work and Team working.
Personal
Essential criteria- Suitable to work with vulnerable people
- Valid driver's license (can commute)
- Able to take instruction and deliver results.
We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.