Reporting Sonographer - Radiology

Main area Radiology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Part time hours available) Job  

Site:
Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata

We are recruiting for a Reporting Sonographer - Radiology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our multi-skilled sonographer team rotates across all three sites and provides a 7‑day emergency service at the Lister Hospital, which is our acute site, and is working towards 7‑day working at the New QEII Hospital to support the newly established Community Diagnostic Hub.

We support sonographer development and training, and our sonographers are valued members of multi-disciplinary teams across obstetrics, gynaecology, vascular, musculo-skeletal and general medicine.

We support flexible working and have shifts working weekends and evenings.

This post attracts a 10% recruitment and retention premium.

The successful candidate will work as an independent practitioner by performing ultrasound scans to a high diagnostic standard, formulating a report, and communicating the results to the appropriate clinician. The candidate will be accountable for own professional actions.

You will perform and report a wide range of ultrasound examinations, working within agreed protocols (abdominal, gynaecology including transvaginal scanning, obstetric, vascular, and paediatric).

You will possess the ability to make clinical judgements and critical decisions of the highest order, using knowledge, skills and experience.

The post holder will support ongoing professional development and encourage involvement with in‑house training schemes to expand clinical experience.

There is also monthly in‑house teaching and audit sessions where your participation is encouraged. Leadership is a shared function within our team, and we look to develop talent.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Hold postgraduate accredited qualification in medical ultrasound.
• Professional registration (HPC or other).
• MSc in Medical Ultrasound.

• 1 year/agreed competence post qualification.
• Experience in a range of ultrasound techniques.
• NHS experience.

• Relevant post‑qualification experience in general abdominal, obstetrics and gynaecology scanning.
• Committed to providing a high‑quality service in a professional manner.
• Experience in small part, paediatrics, vascular or MSK scanning.

• IT skills for CRIS, PACS and basic computer literacy.
• Evidence of and willingness to use CPD to ensure high standard of care.
• Prepared to provide theoretical and practical training in medical ultrasound including students, trainees, SpRs.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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