Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Radiology Imaging Academy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (from date of appointment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-06-039
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/04/2025
Employer heading
Academy Principle Sonographer Educator
Band 8a
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity in the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation on behalf of the North East and North Cumbria Regional Imaging Academy to facilitate the development of a network-wide and paediatric focused ultrasound training programme to support education and training for the multi-professional workforce both medical and non-medical while expanding the capacity to train in ultrasound within the region particularly focused on paediatric ultrasound training, encompassing the use of training dedicated ultrasound lists, simulated training using simulators and simulated reporting environment which will provide sustainability for the future and will align with the region wide aims and target to develop and expand the paediatric ultrasound services within NENC.
The post holder will lead regionally in ultrasound education, CPD and practice development for the NENC Imaging Academy, via a range of educational delivery routes and working closely with the NENC Imaging Network and HEIs.
We are looking for enthusiastic sonographers with extensive experience of work in adult and paediatric sonography with previous experience of teaching and training in sonography in particular.
• Interview Date: 15 April 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Main duties of the job
Post holder will be performing different types of ultrasound with main focus on paediatric sonography within the Royal Victoria Infirmary radiology department within the newly developing ultrasound training and simulation suite with focus on the multi-professional workforce training and development in sonography, particularly paediatric ultrasound provision within a training dedicated ultrasound list.
Successful candidate will be developing training material for both clinical and simulated sonography training within the region as part of the regional imaging academy using a paediatric ultrasound simulator and the simulated/virtual learning environment in the Northern Radiology Academy Simulation Suites.
Also the post holder will be developing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) material for the NENC Imaging Academy for the use of the multi-professional workforce utilising different methods of educational material delivery.
Funding is available for 1 WTE for 2 years initially and this post can be shared between multiple successful candidates either on the basis of secondment or a fixed term appointment and the hours will be negotiated with the successful candidates accordingly to suit theirs and their local unit circumstances, hence the applicants are required to obtain their line manager written approval prior to application.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Lead on the development of training in ultrasound practice particularly paediatric and neonatal ultrasound skills within the region working collaboratively with NENC imaging academy team.
- To maintain an autonomous clinical U/S caseload across the Trust providing U/S specialist examination in general and paediatric/neonatal US.
- To act as a source of expert knowledge for the clinical aspects of ultrasound, underpinned by theory and experience.
- Work closely with the NENC Imaging Network and regional ultrasound operational management team to shape and implement service delivery, including promoting best practice and auditing current practice.
- Delivers and takes responsibility for training and education within ultrasound
- Member of a team delivering a high quality efficient and effective ultrasound service, performing and independently reporting ultrasound scans on a daily basis and maintaining an autonomous clinical U/S caseload across the Trust.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- HCPC registered or equivalent
- BSc Diagnostic Radiography or equivalent with relevant post-graduation experience and detailed knowledge of imaging techniques, radiation physics, anatomy and physiology medical terminology, pathological conditions, patient assessment and overall care
- MSc or PgDip Medical Ultrasound and appropriate post qualification ultrasound experience.
Desirable criteria
- PGCert in Medical education
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in teaching and education to a post-graduate level.
- Working knowledge of all relevant professional and NHS policies and procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in regional and national professional committees
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- IT skills for Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
- Proven leadership skills with evidence of leadership in practice development Evidence of on-going CPD.
Values I Behavioural I Attitudes
Essential criteria
- Good organisational interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to work independently and provide expert clinical opinion to other health professionals as required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Naail Al Zuhir
- Job title
- Consultant Radiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01912448782
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