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Isle of Wight NHS Trust
About
Isle of Wight NHS Trust is an integrated acute and ambulance health care provider in England. Established in April 2012, the Trust provides a full range of health services to an isolated offshore population of 140,000.
Sonographer
Accepting applications until: 01-Oct-2025 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Oct-2025 08:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Address
- Parkhurst Road
- Town
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Postcode
- PO30 5TG
- Major / Minor Region
- Isle of Wight
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 24 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Compressed hours
Salary
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Ultrasound
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Sonographer who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey.
This is a truly exciting time to join our team as we work towards launching our newly developed £10m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) that will deliver first-class diagnostic care to our community.
The new centre will have the ability to deliver joined up diagnostic care, and with increased capacity this will ensure our patients will have faster access to treatment, earlier diagnosis, and improved outcomes.
By becoming part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work in innovative ways and play a central role in how we improve patient pathways, delivering the right test, at the right time, in the right place.
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We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Working for our organisation
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake and report on high quality Ultrasound examinations and in accordance with professional standards and department protocols.
To undertake additional supervisory duties as may be determined by the Lead Sonographer and agreed by mutual consent.
To reliably produce work of the highest standard and be responsible for assessing and maintaining own standards while working under extreme pressure.
To manage your specific area within the Diagnostic Imaging Department on a day-to-day basis, making use of staff, equipment and other resources to provide a service of the highest quality to patients, their carers and their referring clinicians.
To monitor and maintain standards of ultrasound to meet both local and national requirements where appropriate.
Demonstrate professional commitment; be smart, punctual and enthusiastic in the promotion of the profession in general and in specialist area of imaging in particular.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- DMU / PGDip Medical Ultrasound from Consortium Accreditation Sonographic Education (CASE) accredited institution
- HCPC registration
- Post qualification experience
- Recent NHS experience
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience in Emergency Department imaging
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Working knowledge of NHS policies, relevant legislation and developments e.g. Health and Safety Policies
- Awareness of specialist modalities
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Beare
- Job title
- Lead Sonographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983 534133
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