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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
About
Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Sonographer
Accepting applications until: 01-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Cross site, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: 1 WTE Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
Salary
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 p.a. inc HCA + £5,000 RRP (reviewed 31st March 2027)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Ultrasound
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Department of Radiology
With over thirty sonographers working in the radiology department; there is the opportunity for a varied clinical rotation, including one-stop urology and gynaecology clinics, the main ultrasound departments lie across both Guy’s and St Thomas Hospitals, Women’s Services and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Within these areas, we undertake a wide range of clinical work: obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatric scanning, small parts, MSK, thyroid scanning, ED, DVT and abdominal/general ultrasound.
Advert
We are looking for enthusiastic and experienced Sonographers with highly developed skills. You will be a good communicator who offers an excellent standard of patient care. We will give you the chance to develop your career and access to a wide range of benefits.
Working for our organisation
We value and are committed to developing our Sonographer workforce, with support from our Sonographer Practice Educator & Development team, access to a wide range of CPD and educational opportunities.
We support and fund post graduate certificates, diplomas and Masters degrees, as well as virtual courses and webinars.
Research and audit are encouraged and supported throughout the department. Sonographers have the opportunity to present audits and research outcomes at departmental and external meetings and study days.
This role is in receipt of long-term Recruitment & Retention Premia (RRP), which is a supplementary payment based upon market research of pay levels for this specific job. This supplementary payment is subject to annual review and may therefore change. The RRP is pensionable, and is included in calculating overtime, high cost area supplement, unsocial hours payments and any other payments linked to basic pay. The RRP is subject to deduction of income tax and employee’s national insurance contributions.
This premium will not be included in any payment you may receive while on sick leave.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To act as an autonomous practitioner for Obstetric and Gynaecology Ultrasound scanning and/or General Ultrasound examinations including abdominal, superficial structures, MSK & DVT scans within the Ultrasound Departments of the Trust, necessitating workload prioritisation, reporting your own workload and referring patients where clinically necessary to appropriate clinicians, in keeping with departmental guidance.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
ED&I
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ED&I awareness
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ED&I training
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of motivational ability / team leadership
- • Accuracy and attention to detail
- • Use of Microsoft office/equivalent & u/s reporting system
- • Patient experience / dignity
- • Flexibility
- • Ability to organise and report own workload
Desirable criteria
- • Participation in MDTs/CPPD
- • Leadership skills
- Knowledge of using Astraia / EPIC / SECTRA
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Experience in performing and reporting general/obstetric/gynae ultrasound scans
- • NHS or equivalent scanning experience
- • Independent reporting
- • Ability to organise own scan list
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of wider range of examinations performed
- • Teaching / mentoring
- Evidence of improvement / transformation initiative
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • DMU/Pg Cert/Clinical ultrasound
- • CASE accredited course
Desirable criteria
- • Pg Dip/MSc Clinical/medical ultrasound
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Dam
- Job title
- Superintendent Ultrasonographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 7188 5546
- Additional information
Sharon Watty
Ultrasound practice educator and professional development lead
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