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JOB PURPOSE

The post holder

- is responsible for actively contributing to the delivery of an efficient and effective service, taking a lead in a clinical or supportive role in the ultrasound department.

- provides clinical reports for own patient workload.

- provides clinical training and appraisal for trainees and supervision for newly-qualified sonographers.

DIMENSIONS

 Impact upon pay and non- pay budgets:

The post holder will

- use specialist ultrasound equipment and be responsible for the safe and efficient use of expensive and complex equipment (to the value of up to  £100k ).

- involvement in QA  and equipment maintenance scheduling.

- make best use of resources by careful and efficient management of time and out of hours service demands.

Staff numbers and grades who report through post-holder:

 The post holder will

- provide continuous clinical leadership for a multidisciplinary team.

- provide day-to-day supervision of radiographic care assistants/clerical support workers and trainee and newly qualified sonographers.

- participate in the training of specialist registrars in radiology and obstetrics/gynaecology.

Workload commitment

- The post holder will be able to work at a pace comparable with that of peer group, undertaking similar numbers of examinations per hour as a specialist consultant undertaking the same examination type mix in the same working conditions.

- The post holder will work shift patterns and out of hours as requested.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

- Professional registration.

- Minimum of postgraduate diploma at Masters level in Medical Ultrasound (CASE accredited training course) plus  recent post-qualification experience

- Excellent multidisciplinary team working and leadership skills

- Ability to work under own initiative to a high level with responsibility and commitment

- Consistently excellent communication skills

- Presentation and report writing skills (clinical/non clinical)

- Detailed evidence of appropriate ongoing professional development (professional portfolio)

- A broad understanding of the role of different imaging modalities in relationship to effective and efficient delivery of patient clinical management

- Ability and enthusiasm to contribute to the departmental education programme and deliver presentations to multidisciplinary groups

- Mature judgement and decision making skills - highly reflective in thinking and outlook

- Basic IT skills as appropriate to post

- Evidence of awareness of application of research/audit techniques

- Attendance at appropriate communication/counselling training schemes (desirable)

- Annual attendance at the directorates’ mandatory training programme

- Physical skills - Highly developed hand-eye co-ordination and a high degree of dexterity and sensory skills are required for Ultrasound scanning.  Specialised keyboard skills are used for manipulation of images.