Reporting Sonographer R&R

Thisis an exciting opportunity to join the Ultrasound team of a large and busyteaching hospital. The post includes a 10% recruitment and retention premium.

The post holder will be working in a fast paced Ultrasound departmentalongside a team of Sonographers and Radiologists. You will be supporting the delivery of high quality patient care, to our patients at various sites across the trust.

Weare looking for someone who is a team player with excellent communication skills and a willingness to work hard. If this is you, then we would love tohear from you.

The successful candidate will be working within the Ultrasound team and will be required to work across the two main sites of the Leeds Teaching Hospitalswhich are the Leeds General Infirmary and St James'. There may also be arequirement to work at the peripheral sites based at Seacroft and Wharfedale.

Weare a busy Teaching Hospital providing secondary and tertiary care. The postholder would required to support the obstetric work alongside acute inpatient and out patient services. As a regional transplant centre we alsohave a commitment to support the pre and post renal and liver transplantservice. We also have a dedicated Paediatric Ultrasound department. The workis fast paced, interesting and there are opportunities to develop and expand your skills.

Theultrasound department consists of a multi-disciplinary team who work closelytogether. We are a friendly, welcoming and inclusive group of people whoenjoy working together. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to develop and expand their ultrasound skills in a fast paced andpro active environment.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Thepost holder will report directly to the Ultrasound Team Managers and will be expected to meet the following criteria

Toprovide a high quality diagnostic ultrasound service by performingunsupervised scanning sessions.

To independently formulate a comprehensive diagnostic report for ultrasound examinations, and to ensure that this is communicated to

Toact as a source of expertise to clinicians/other hospital staff.

Towork as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

To maintain on-going professional development through attendance atclinical/scientific/multi-disciplinary meetings.

Tobe involved in clinical training programmes, mentoring and supervising ofboth Student Sonographers Specialist Registrar

Radiologists.

In addition to the above we expect our staff to uphold the core values of the Trust which are that all staff are

Accountable

Empowered

• Must be able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post(with reasonable adjustments if necessary) including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with trust Policy.

• NHS Experience
• Have experience of a range of Ultrasound techniques and procedures to include Obstetrics and General Medical Ultrasound
• Detailed knowledge of anatomy, pathologies, abnormalities and diseases/conditions.
• Knowledge of local and national guidelines and protocols.
• Must be able to demonstrate evidence of current practice of Ultrasound
• Vascular skills to include fistulas, upper and lower limb DVT.

• Excellent communication Skills and experience of counselling skills e.g.breaking bad news.
• High level dexterity and hand eye coordination.
• Evidence of experience in research relating to Ultrasound.
• Evidence of participation in departmental audits.

• To hold a Degree or equivalent in Healthcare Studies
• To hold the Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound form a UK institution.
• State registration with the HCPC or equivalent professional regulatory body
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Master's degree in Medical Ultrasound.
• Certified to perform Nuchal Translucency Screening

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.