Midwifery Ultrasonographer

12 Months Fixed Term (cover maternity leave)

Salary:
Dependant on experience

Closing Date: 16th February 2026

Interview Date: TBC

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

We re seeking a confident and compassionate Midwifery Sonographer to work in our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As one of our Midwife Sonographer, you ll be working alongside our high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.

Your Impact

• Champion excellence in patient care, staff development, and service delivery.
• Drive education, training, governance, and policy development.
• Make informed clinical decisions and mentor fellow sonographers.
• Perform and report independently on complex obstetric scans.

What You ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Senior Midwife and Sonographer
• Leadership that inspires trust and collaboration.
• Passion for quality improvement and professional development.
• Ability to inspire confidence and provide emotional support.
• A commitment to delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate care.

Why You ll Love It Here

• A warm, welcoming team who values their collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Opportunities to influence service development and shape best practice.
• Professional growth and leadership development.
• A workplace that values your voice, your vision, your growth and your expertise.

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification attached is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

• Advanced technical knowledge related to the efficient use, safety and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.
• Ability to use the Imaging IT systems.
• Well-developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience
• Expected to work towards Master s level ultrasound qualification plus extensive experience gained working, which enables scanning and report writing to be carried out without clinical supervision.
• Ability to impart clinical skills to trainee sonographers and other students on secondment.

• DCR (R)/BSc or Midwifery qualification
• DMU/PGD or PG Cert in ultrasound
• Registration with Health Professions Council. (HPC) - midwifery

• Ability to communicate highly sensitive complex information relating to pregnancy loss or abnormality or the patient s medical condition with empathy and reassurance.
• Analyse ultrasound images to describe and offer diagnoses from a range of possibilities which may lead to further tests/procedures
• Ability to take initiative to make decisions or recommendations for the best interests of the patients.
• Ability to undertake audit within the dept.
• Ability to prioritise and organize unpredictable workload effectively.

• On a daily basis need to cope with highly distressing, emotional circumstances - giving bad news to patients/relatives and coping with their reactions. Also stress from  difficult  patients and relatives.
• Ability to be able to support other staff members
• Need to be able to work in adverse conditions, sometimes in a hot confined area in half-light, often under severe…