Bank Reporting Sonographer

Job summary

The post holder will be highly committed, enthusiastic and innovative with excellent clinical and communication skills and willing to join our expanding team of ultrasound professionals.

The post holder will work within the ultrasound department, to provide a high-quality ultrasound service, comprising of unsupervised scanning sessions across all ultrasound units within the trust - this will include cross site and cross speciality working.

To work as an independent practitioner, performing scans to a high diagnostic standard, prioritising workload, formulating a comprehensive, accurate report, and communicating the results via the agreed method to clinicians/patients.

To be accountable for your own professional actions, maintaining high standards of knowledge relevant to your speciality. To regularly undertake CPD and audit remaining up to date with current practices in line with professional registration standards.

To train, supervise and assess Undergraduates, Postgraduates, Apprentices and Clinicians, in the specialist field of Ultrasound

Main duties of the job

Clinically justify/authorise ultrasound requests in accordance with agreed protocols and ultrasound specific guidelines. To give specialist and expert advice to a wide range of healthcare professionals in line with these guidelines and to make decisions on patient preparation to optimise scanning.

Perform general and specialised ultrasound procedures according to trust, departmental and statutory regulations. To position patients accurately, carefully, and respectfully for examinations, adapting technique to complement the patient's ability or condition.

To use analytical and judgment skills to interpret highly complex images whose acquisition is operator dependent, accurately differentiating between normal and pathological findings.

Deal with a range of operational pressures and developments withinultrasound on a day to day basis providing specialist support to staff.

Accurately and sensitively communicate highly complex information regarding diagnosis / treatment directly with clinicians and patients and within a multidisciplinary team setting as required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.