Bank B7 Sonographer - Radiology​/Ultrasound

Bank B7 Sonographer
- Radiology/UltrasoundNHS AfC:
Band 7

Main area AHP Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract 0 days (Bank) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (via Bank) Job  
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Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £29.74 Bank Hourly Rate
- Social Salary period Hourly Closing 01/12/2026 23:59

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID
19.

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

The Radiology/Ultrasound department at Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust are looking for a enthusiastic & experienced Band 7 Sonographer, to cover Monday
- Friday 9-5 at St Helier Hospital covering Obstetrics and Gynae as a Bank member of Staff for a minimum of 3 months.

Staff must hold a HCPC registration and have experience in this post - if you are interested and available please apply today.

The post holder will:

• Work as an independent advanced practitioner, working closely with the Superintendent on the management and planning of an efficient ultrasound service on a daily basis.
• Ensure consistency of medical imaging quality, accurate informative report writing and maintain standards of patient care to the agreed departmental protocol.

Internally the post holder will develop effective working relationships with:

• Referrers to the service
• Other members of the Ultrasound team
• Members of the wider Radiology team

The post holder will maintain a high level of personal expertise and continual professional development

The Trust’s mission is ‘to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day’. Our priorities are to create a “one team, one trust” culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:

• Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
• Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
• Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
• Being financially sustainable
• Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

• To work in a given area, being accountable for own professional actions, organisation of own workloads, ultrasound examinations and diagnosis reporting within unit protocols
• To demonstrate a substantial depth of knowledge of ultrasound, performing assessment and diagnosis to a consistently high standard.
• To accurately perform and independently report medical ultrasound imaging to the agreed departmental standards
• To ensure confidentiality of all matters involving patient care
• To use analytical and judgement skills to interpret highly complex ultrasound images, the acquisition of which is operator dependent, accurately differentiating between normal and abnormal findings
• Communicating results / diagnostic findings of ultrasound scans, which may be abnormal and potentially distressing, to patients with empathy.
• To provide patients and their relatives with empathy and emotional support with abnormal, and potentially distressing, results/diagnostic findings.
• To be able to…