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Job summary

Main area
Maternity Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
230-WC-34869199-S
Employer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
Dependant on experience
Closing
07/09/2025 23:59

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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust logo

Superintendent Midwife Sonographer

NHS AfC: Band 8a

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour aren’t as likely to apply unless they meet every qualification of non specialist roles.

We’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and meet our values, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything in the Job Description or Person Specification– apply anyway or email the Recruiting Manager to discuss the role further 

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Job overview

Superintendent Midwife Sonographer

37.5 hours per week

Permanent

Salary: Dependant on experience

Closing Date: 7th September 2025

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.**

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. 

#JoinTeamEliot

As the Lead Specialist for the Maternity Ultrasound Service. You will ensure there is adequate service provision in place at all times and plan the ultrasound service to meet the demands of the maternity department. The post holder will be an experienced Midwife who is high profile, accessible and responsive as a leader.

You will have experience in patient, staff, service and resource responsibility.

As the lead for this department you will ensure the maternity ultrasound team provide an efficient and high quality ultrasound imaging service, whilst caring for patients in a professional manner. Within this role you will undertake a lead role in education, training, governance, policy review and development.

You will be able to make informed decisions within your own area and scope of professional practice and will support the other midwifery sonographers in the provision of a professional ultrasound service.

Main duties of the job

We’re seeking a confident and compassionate leader to take charge of our Maternity Ultrasound Service. As our Superintendent Midwife Sonographer, you’ll be the driving force behind a high-performing team, ensuring exceptional imaging standards and heartfelt maternity care.

Your Impact

  • Strategically plan and manage ultrasound services to meet the maternity department needs.
  • Lead with visibility, compassion, accessibility, and responsiveness.
  • Champion excellence in patient care, staff development, and service delivery.
  • Drive education, training, governance, and policy development.
  • Make informed clinical decisions and mentor fellow sonographers.
  • Perform and report independently on complex obstetric scans.

What You’ll Bring

  • Proven experience as a senior midwife and sonographer
  • Leadership that inspires trust and collaboration.
  • Passion for quality improvement and professional development.
  • Ability to inspire confidence and provide emotional support.
  • A commitment to delivering safe, respectful, and compassionate care.

Why You’ll Love It Here

  • A warm, welcoming team who values their collaborative and inclusive culture.
  • Opportunities to influence service development and shape best practice.
  • Professional growth and leadership development.
  • A workplace that values your voice, your vision, your growth and your expertise.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care’  takes centre stage.  An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.  Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:  On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification attached is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person specification

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience in service development
  • Proven record of leading and effectively managing change
  • A knowledgeable clinician with ability to ensure clinical governance is embedded in practice
  • Experience of successfully resolving complex problems
  • Experience of successful resource and budget management
  • A sound knowledge of professional priorities and issues
  • Knowledge of the national and local NHS healthcare agenda and its implications

Qualification and professional training

Essential criteria
  • Qualifications in specialism
  • Graduate and/or working towards Master’s degree
  • Current professional midwifery registration
  • Completion of leadership development programme/ course/module
  • Demonstrable CPD

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed communication, influencing and negotiating skills
  • Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Demonstrate ability to produce complex reports and formulate policies
  • Ability to use initiative and make decisions

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to prioritise and work on own initiative
  • Innovative and imaginative
  • Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
  • Be able to rpovide professional and emotional support
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.CTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementDisability confident employerStep into healthPride In Veterans

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Natasha Stringer
Job title
Head of Midwifery and Neonates
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07570065836
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