Ultrasound Team Lead Sonographer

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Ultrasound Team Lead Sonographer to join our Radiology Department and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary service.

This key leadership role offers a unique opportunity to influence ultrasound delivery across Maternity, associated Community hospitals, and wider hospital wards, ensuring a consistent, safe and patient-centred ultrasound service.

Reporting into our Clinical Lead Radiographer, you will lead day-today operational management of Ultrasound services, ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of high-quality imaging across the RUH. This includes optimising the use of staff, equipment, and resources while maintaining exceptional standards of patient care.

You will provide operational leadership and undertake strategic planning for Ultrasound services primarily for Maternity at the RUH and community hospitals, but also supporting General Medical imaging

You will drive service quality, support your team's development, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of ultrasound provision within a growing and dynamic service.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a service that spans multiple specialties and care settings. You will shape ultrasound provision across hospital, maternity and community pathways and contribute to a culture of excellence, innovation and compassionate care.

Interviews for the role will take place the week commencing 4th April 2026.

Main duties of the job

• Providing day-to-day clinical leadership and supervision for Sonographers across Maternity, Radiology, and community settings.
• Leading and coordinating ultrasound services across multiple areas
• Performing a broad range of high-quality ultrasound examinations including obstetric, gynaecology, abdominal, MSK and vascular (depending on specialism).
• Supporting multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) to ensure timely pathways and excellent patient experience.
• Maximise utilisation of imaging equipment and workforce to support timely and high-quality service provision
• Ensure resources are deployed effectively to meet service demands and performance targets

Quality and Service Improvement

• Lead the Ultrasound quality programme across the RUH and community sites
• Drive continuous quality improvement, supporting change management initiatives to enhance patient pathways, clinical standards, and service efficiency
• Maintain a thorough understanding of imaging requirements and ensure compliance with national guidelines i.e., FASP and Saving Babies Lives

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.