Band 3 Ultrasound Coordinator

Job Overview

We are seeking a motivated and organised individual to join our Ultrasound service at Russells Hall Hospital as a Band 3 Ultrasound Coordinator. This pivotal role involves overseeing the day‑to‑day running of the acute site ultrasound service, coordinating staff schedules, providing cover for short‑term absences, and ensuring continuous service delivery.

You will manage the ward room for patients, maintain real‑time updates, refill cancellations, and maximise utilisation to reduce wasted capacity. Accurate inpatient vetting lists will be maintained to ensure patients are correctly prepared and urgent or cancer pathway cases prioritised. You will act as the main point of contact for wards and support efficient patient flow throughout the department.

The role includes mentoring and guiding staff, facilitating training, and overseeing mandatory training compliance to sustain a skilled and motivated workforce. The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational and communication skills, a strong customer service background, and the ability to work under pressure. Confidence with IT systems, managing multiple priorities, and using initiative is essential.

This rotational, long‑day role requires flexibility to meet operational demands. Joining our team means contributing to patient safety, high‑quality care, and ongoing service improvement while making a tangible impact on diagnostic pathways. This is a key operational role within the acute ultrasound service, providing essential support to clinical staff and ensuring safe, efficient, and high‑quality patient care.

This role involves improving workflow, collaborating with sonographers, radiographers, and administrative staff, maintaining a safe and organised environment, and monitoring service performance to support planning and audits.

This post is essential for sustaining continuous and safe ultrasound service delivery, optimising capacity, and supporting both staff and patients at the acute site.

We are committed to equal opportunities and want to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and diverse groups. It is essential we understand our demographics, in order that we can monitor our performance as an equal opportunity employer, as well as continuing to embed a culture of inclusivity across the organisation, which supports the active participation and contribution of our diverse staff groups in the Trusts decision making processes .

On application the shortlisting manager will not see this criterion and therefore it cannot be part of their decision making. Please ensure you complete your equal opportunities questions for us and help us to make sure everyone is welcome.

The Trust is committed to employing and supporting people with disabilities. It is the Trust's policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum 'essential' criteria as identified on the person specification. To ensure we know you have a disability, please inform us under the appropriate section on the application form. We welcome applications from the LGBTQ+ community and openly encourage people with different sexual orientation, gender identity and expression to apply to join our team.

We promise to respect and encourage the use of all pronouns and will not purposefully mis‑gender anyone.

We are governed by the public sector equality duties and by our values of Care, Respect and Responsibility to ensure we eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other behaviour that is unlawful, undermines our core values and/or falls short of our Behaviour Framework. We want all of our staff to 'call out' any behaviour from colleagues, patients or visitors that constitutes the above and appropriate action be taken.

We will, at every opportunity, advance equality and inclusivity for all staff, at all levels within the organisation, by removing or minimising disadvantage, encouraging participation and taking all relevant steps to meet the needs of anyone who shares a protected characteristic. We will also foster good…