Band 7 Sonographer

Job summary

Job Title: Band 7 Sonographer

Trust: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Royal Berkshire Hospital, RG1 5AN

Ward: Maternity Ultrasound

Pay Rates:£27.01 per hour

Shift Patterns: 18.5 hours p/w, Monday/Thursday 08.00-18.00, Friday 08.00-17.30

The Role:

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust at Royal Berkshire Hospital is seeking a passionate Band 7 Sonographer to bring their expertise to its well established and supportive multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will function as an effective member of the Ultrasound team, providing a high quality, comprehensive and efficient Ultrasound service to patients and referring clinicians.

Main duties of the job

Use advanced clinical judgement to enable independent decision making and to independently undertake and interpret diagnostic imaging and to formulate and issue clinical reports.

Participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies relevant to the service

Work effectively maintaining own specialist expertise and professional knowledge, sharing knowledge and expertise where required and support the department Lead in ensuring that junior staff are mentored and supported and that the day to day running of the department is in line with policies and procedures.

To assist in training of trainee sonographers and to act as a professional role model for junior staff.

Contribute to risk management process, incident reporting and management and management of complaints and place the patients experience at the core of service delivery.

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