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Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Clinical Sonographer

The closing date is 23 December 2025

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Job summary

The post holder will

be responsible for the management and development of the maternity and gynaecology ultrasound services, ensuring optimum use of staffing and equipment resources to ensure the achievement of local and national screening agenda.
be a key member of the senior maternity team, reporting directly to the Head of Midwifery. Responsible for the management and clinical leadership and the day-to-day delivery of the maternity and gynaecology ultrasound service across the Trust. The job plan will be split into 50% clinical and 50% management. The post holder will be responsible as line manager for clinical sonographers and student sonographers.

Main duties of the job

To act as an expert practitioner demonstrating and disseminating advanced practice and knowledge in ultrasound examinations.
Provide and lead on an expert ultrasound service in line with nationally and locally recommended guidance and protocols
Provide specialist and expert advice to other Sonographers & Health Professionals regarding ultrasound examinations.
Maintain and develop links with clinical leads and experts to ensure that standards and scope of training provide staff with appropriate levels of knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the service.
To lead on and develop a regular programme of audit open to a multi-disciplinary team ensuring inclusivity of all aspects of clinical practice within the department related to Ultrasound.
Contribute to the development of the Obstetric ultrasound Department providing leadership within its strategic work plan.
Provide expert clinical and professional leadership and supervision to the trust.
Act as the Screening Support Sonographer and follow NHSFASPrequirements as specified in the NHSFASPhandbook and byDQASS
Link with networks across the wider health community at both national and local levels to develop and plan strategies for service

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
On-site Nurseries
On-site staff cafes
On-site parking
Support in career development
Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Date posted

11 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66,653 to £77,094 a year pa inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

323-AHP9330-JN

Job locations

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Rd, Lyne

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure that the operational practices and requirements are adhered to.

To use high specification technical ultrasound equipment and ensure it is in good working order.

Assist in the evaluation and selection of ultrasound equipment as required.

Support the investigation of complaints/PALS enquiries, clinical/nonclinical incidents and near misses. Ensure that issues arising from the investigation are suitably addressed and also used as an opportunity to improve and learn within the service. Some of these issues can be of a complex nature.

Ensure that incidents are appropriately investigated in line the Patient Incident Response Framework and where necessary reports are provided / presented to the clinical governance review group.

Ensure the data for the key performance indicators for the FASP (Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme) is produced for quarterly submission to NHS England.

Accountable for ensuring Infection Control and Clinical Governance protocols are complied with, records maintained and corrective action taken where required.

Setting the standard for and coordinating Quality Assurance processes.

Be responsible for equipment testing, quality audit and reject analysis. Ensuring all results are documented and reported. Implementing any change on the results found.

Monitoring, reporting and acting on equipment faults, determining the severity of the problem and its probable impact on the service and Trust. Be accountable for a service continuity plan to be in place for the service and that this is communicated to all relevant staff groups.

Take a role in the technical and patient focused aspects of the departments Audit programme.

To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure that the operational practices and requirements are adhered to.

To use high specification technical ultrasound equipment and ensure it is in good working order.

Assist in the evaluation and selection of ultrasound equipment as required.

Ensure that incidents are appropriately investigated in line the Patient Incident Response Framework and where necessary reports are provided / presented to the clinical governance review group.

Ensure the data for the key performance indicators for the FASP (Fetal Anomaly Screening Programme) is produced for quarterly submission to NHS England.

Accountable for ensuring Infection Control and Clinical Governance protocols are complied with, records maintained and corrective action taken where required.

Setting the standard for and coordinating Quality Assurance processes.

Be responsible for equipment testing, quality audit and reject analysis. Ensuring all results are documented and reported. Implementing any change on the results found.

Take a role in the technical and patient focused aspects of the departments Audit programme.

To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

Person Specification

Educational Qualification & Training

Essential

MSc in Ultrasound or working towards (or equivalent)
BSc Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent) or BSc in Midwifery/Nursing ( or equivalent)
PG Diploma or Cert in medical ultrasound
Current Membership to Professional Bodies HCPC, BMUS, NMC, and SOR [or equivalent].

Desirable

Management qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience in obstetrics and gynaecology
Experience of day to day running of a discrete service
Management & Leadership experience

Desirable

oExperience of writing for publication

Person Specification

Educational Qualification & Training

Essential

MSc in Ultrasound or working towards (or equivalent)
BSc Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent) or BSc in Midwifery/Nursing ( or equivalent)
PG Diploma or Cert in medical ultrasound
Current Membership to Professional Bodies HCPC, BMUS, NMC, and SOR [or equivalent].

Desirable

Management qualification or experience

Experience

Essential

Experience in obstetrics and gynaecology
Experience of day to day running of a discrete service
Management & Leadership experience

Desirable

oExperience of writing for publication

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Rd, Lyne

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Rd, Lyne

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)