Sonographer

Job overview

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn are looking for an enthusiastic individual with proven experience, to take on an exciting job opportunity within the Ultrasound team as a Sonographer.

This is an ideal opportunity to consolidate any existing skills, as well as the potential to learn new skills with help and support of trained Sonographers and Radiologists.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn are looking for an enthusiastic individual with proven experience, to take on an exciting job opportunity within the Ultrasound team as a Sonographer.

This is an ideal opportunity to consolidate any existing skills, as well as the potential to learn new skills with help and support of trained Sonographers and Radiologists.

You be responsible for independently undertaking examinations in obstetrics & gynaecology, including transvaginal, general abdominal, vascular, soft tissue, musculo-skeletal, neck and paediatric hips scanning: scope will be within sonographers existing qualifications, however, support would be given to obtain additional qualifications if required for service delivery.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you!

***Previous applicants for this position need not apply***

Main duties of the job

You will work as an independent practitioner without direct clinician input and will provide written and verbal, clinical/diagnostic reports, including suggestions for further patient management and are, therefore, directly accountable for their actions.

Scanning clinics will be in a variety of venues, including antenatal ultrasound, radiology department, diagnostic assessment centre (CDC), North Cambs Hospital site, wards, operating theatres and other off-site clinics as required.

In addition, you will manage and deliver an effective ultrasound service to ensure a high standard of care for all patients under the post holder’s care. Organise an effective and efficient service. This requires knowledge and experience to plan and prioritise patient workload; one’s own section workload and training sessions.

There is an expectation to manage a range of patients with differing demands including in-patients, geriatrics and paediatrics.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.

We love working here and think you will too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on this exciting opportunity.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience as an Obs/Gynae and general sonographer

• Experience with Carotid scanning
• Experience in Musculo-skeletal scanning
• Experience in interventional scanning

Qualifications/training and professional development

• DCR/Degree, DMU or PGD/PGC/MSc in Medical Ultrasound
• BSc in Radiography/Midwifery/Physiotherapy
• CASE accredited Ultrasound course or at least 1 year experience in Ultrasound in the UK
• HCPC Registration

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Ability to independently perform, interpret and report ultrasound examinations in line with departmental guidelines
• Autonomously produce written reports of examinations
• Ability to assess and refer patients if further examinations/interventions are required
• Ability to take line management responsibility in the Ultrasound Department in the absence of the Lead Ultrasound Sonographer
• Ultrasound techniques

We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• NHS Pension scheme
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.

Certificates of Sponsorship/Visa and Immigration

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