Ultrasonographer

Job summary

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We are seeking enthusiastic, skilled and compassionate Sonographers to join our expanding Diagnostic Imaging Service at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust. As one of the UK's leading specialist cancer centres, you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality ultrasound services for patients undergoing cancer diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

You'll join a friendly, supportive and highly experienced multidisciplinary team where professional development, innovation and patient-centred care are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to supporting career progression, advanced practice and continuous learning within a specialist oncology environment.

Main duties of the job

As an autonomous practitioner in a CDC and cancer centre, you will develop and deliver a high quality specialist ultrasound service alongside our radiologists and physicists. You will be able to show evidence of participating in peer-review audit and have an excellent knowledge of current legislation and guidelines. You will ensure sound clinical governance of the service, including audit to align with our QSI accreditation.

About us

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

We are -

• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc in Radiography or equivalent
• Post Graduate qualification in Ultrasound or degree in Medical Ultrasound or equivalent
• Registration with HCPC or registration with the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT)

Desirable

• Teaching / mentorship qualification
• Member of the Public Voluntary Register of Sonographers (SoR)

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of ultrasound scanning and relationship with other Imaging modalities
• Record of Ultrasound-related Continuing Professional Development
• Computer-literate
• Excellent working knowledge of hospital PACS, RIS and EPR systems

Desirable

• Knowledge of specialist oncology and interventional ultrasound procedures

Experience

Essential

• Experience in general and Doppler ultrasound
• Experience in providing final reports
• Experience in using a wide range of ultrasound equipment
• Dealing with anxious/distressed patients
• Experience in problem solving
• Experience in staff training and supervision
• Experience in US governance including audit

Desirable

• Experience in oncology imaging
• Experience of multi professional team working
• Experience in research
• NHS experience