Job summary
** This position is only open to sonographers currently employed byWorcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. External applicants will not be considered. **
Education and career development play a crucial role in the current and future plan for county ultrasound departments at WAHT. This role is key in developing the skills of current and future staff by supporting and educating sonographers and student sonographers.
As Practice educator, you will be responsible for the planning, oversight and delivery of the departments education strategy, to include undergraduates, post graduates and all substantive colleagues with the team.
You will work with internal and external stakeholders across the region in order to develop a blended programme of training in line with local and national requirements and opportunities. This role will support an ongoing pipeline of recruitment ensuring future sustainability.
We anticipate that you will form strong working relationships with local education institutes to offer a variety of practice opportunities to staff; aiding workforce retention and identifying opportunities to support new or alternative routes into ultrasound, whilst in addition ensuring our current employees are supported with CPD mandatory training and achieving PDR compliance.
Main duties of the job
You will already be a practising WAHT sonographer with a Pg Dip or BSc (Medical Ultrasound) qualification.
You will have a broad spectrum of ultrasound skills, including scanning and independently reporting Obstetric, Gynae, abdominal, DVT and small part ultrasound examinations.
You will be able to demonstrate an extensive CPD portfolio and have a proven interest in teaching.
This post is initially for one day per week and you will be expected to travel county wide to support ultrasound staff with their training needs whilst maintaining your own scanning competencies.
You will be expected to liaise with and the established radiology PBE staff, ultrasound leads, radiology management and radiology governance team to ensure training is effective and up to date.
You will be expected to contribute to reviews of ultrasound governance material (including reviewing of documents/SOP's/protocols etc) ensuring that they are reviewed and updated in a timely manner.
In conjunction with the current Ultrasound leads you will be expected to develop this new role to ensure its effective evolution.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See document attached to NHS jobs for full Job description
To work autonomously as a sonographer undertaking a range of ultrasound examinations
To have specialist knowledge experience and
skills in ultrasound at post graduate level
To be responsible for planning, oversight and
delivery of the departments education strategy supporting student sonographers sonographers and other substantive colleagues within the team
To work with internal and external stakeholders
across the region to help develop a blended programme of training in line with
local and national requirements and opportunities
To support ongoing pipeline of recruitment
enduring future sustainability
To build strong working relationships with
local education institutes to offer a variety of practice opportunities for
staff aiding workforce retention and identifying opportunities to support new
or alternative routes into ultrasound
To ensure current employees are supported with
CPD mandatory training and achieving PDR compliance
To liaise with established radiology PBE
staff ultrasound leads radiology management and radiology divisional
governance team to ensure training is effective and up to date
To contribute to assessment of ultrasound
governance documents ensuring they are reviewed and updated in a timely manner
In conjunction with ultrasound leads you will
be expected to be proactive in developing this new role to ensure its effective
evolution
To act as a role model providing support to
qualified and unqualified staff
To supervise junior staff assistants and
students
To
participate in the training of others and to contribute to staff training
needs with regard to induction orientation and education of
staff
To be
responsible for own registration with the HCPC / RCT / RCM or other
professional body
To
ensure all mandatory training is up to date
To be
responsible for maintaining competencies and completing necessary online
training for maintaining accreditation eg DQASS
To maintain a professional attitude at all
times
To work as a
sonographer undertaking a range of ultrasound examinations performing these to
a high professional standard
Have a flexible attitude towards
the hours of work and participate in work and duties as required relevant
to the directorate
To be able to work across all
county sites as required
To maintain
knowledge of technical and clinical developments within the field of the
service
To attend
professional training/development courses as appropriate, providing feedback
that would benefit or enhance the service
To liaise with the
Lead Sonographer when appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
See document attached to NHS jobs for full Job description
To work autonomously as a sonographer undertaking a range of ultrasound examinations
To have specialist knowledge experience and
skills in ultrasound at post graduate level
To be responsible for planning, oversight and
delivery of the departments education strategy supporting student sonographers sonographers and other substantive colleagues within the team
To work with internal and external stakeholders
across the region to help develop a blended programme of training in line with
local and national requirements and opportunities
To support ongoing pipeline of recruitment
enduring future sustainability
To build strong working relationships with
local education institutes to offer a variety of practice opportunities for
staff aiding workforce retention and identifying opportunities to support new
or alternative routes into ultrasound
To ensure current employees are supported with
CPD mandatory training and achieving PDR compliance
To liaise with established radiology PBE
staff ultrasound leads radiology management and radiology divisional
governance team to ensure training is effective and up to date
To contribute to assessment of ultrasound
governance documents ensuring they are reviewed and updated in a timely manner
In conjunction with ultrasound leads you will
be expected to be proactive in developing this new role to ensure its effective
evolution
To act as a role model providing support to
qualified and unqualified staff
To supervise junior staff assistants and
students
To
participate in the training of others and to contribute to staff training
needs with regard to induction orientation and education of
staff
To be
responsible for own registration with the HCPC / RCT / RCM or other
professional body
To
ensure all mandatory training is up to date
To be
responsible for maintaining competencies and completing necessary online
training for maintaining accreditation eg DQASS
To maintain a professional attitude at all
times
To work as a
sonographer undertaking a range of ultrasound examinations performing these to
a high professional standard
Have a flexible attitude towards
the hours of work and participate in work and duties as required relevant
to the directorate
To be able to work across all
county sites as required
To maintain
knowledge of technical and clinical developments within the field of the
service
To attend
professional training/development courses as appropriate, providing feedback
that would benefit or enhance the service
To liaise with the
Lead Sonographer when appropriate
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Current sonographer in post at WAHNHST
- Extensive experience of teaching
- A track record in delivering presentations and developing and delivering training
- Significant experience working within radiology and ultrasound depts
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit
Qualifications
Essential
- CASE accredited qualification: Pg Dip or BSc Medical ultrasound.
- Active state registration with professional body such as NHPC/RCT/NMC
- Evidence of continued learning or professional development.
- BCU mentor/assessor compliance.
Desirable
Internal Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Could you please confirm below that you are a current member of staff.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Current sonographer in post at WAHNHST
- Extensive experience of teaching
- A track record in delivering presentations and developing and delivering training
- Significant experience working within radiology and ultrasound depts
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit
Qualifications
Essential
- CASE accredited qualification: Pg Dip or BSc Medical ultrasound.
- Active state registration with professional body such as NHPC/RCT/NMC
- Evidence of continued learning or professional development.
- BCU mentor/assessor compliance.
Desirable
Internal Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Could you please confirm below that you are a current member of staff.
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
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).
