An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the role of Ultrasound Manager for Colchester Hospital. This is a full time, 37.5 hours per week role.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Colchester Hospital is part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and provides Ultrasound services to the North Essex region. This is an excellent opportunity to further your experience in an exciting busy department. You should hold either the DCR (R), Degree or BSc Radiography or equivalent relevant post-graduate qualification in ultrasound, a Pg Certificate or Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (DMU) or equivalent and current professional registration with a relevant professional body.

You will be the lead for providing clinical development of professional ultrasound staff & deputise for and provide support to the senior management team in the delivery of all Radiology services including X-Ray, MRI Fluoroscopy, CT and Ultrasound.

In addition, you must have excellent communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative and as a member of a team. The trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity.

Main duties of the job

• Work to a job plan that is mainly management based but be flexible in order to respond to specific clinical service needs.
• To be responsible for the day to day provision of a comprehensive, efficient, relevant and cost effective Ultrasound service at base site and community sites.
• Assist the senior management team in managing and organising the clinical radiology service.
• Assist the senior management team in ensuring that guidelines and protocols are in place to ensure recognised best practice is performed and maintained throughout.
• Provide a lead for clinical development of professional ultrasound staff.
• Be the professional lead for Sonographers in the Radiology Department.
• Deputise for and provide support to the senior management team in the delivery of all Radiology services including X-Ray, MRI Fluoroscopy, CT and Ultrasound.
• Ensure the senior management team are kept informed of any relevant service issues.
• Be based at Colchester Hospital but the post holder will be expected to maintain an effective service level at the other community sites.
• Be accountable with the team for planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within their clinical workload, maintaining agreed standards and ensuring patient satisfaction.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant advanced clinical experience post M-level qualification. i.e. significant proven experience at a senior level
• Experience in all obstetric, early pregnancy, general abdominal and gynaecology ultrasound.
• Experience of supervising and training sonographers and trainee sonographers at M-level.
• Teaching and presentation skills with experience of mentoring students
• Continuous professional development in ultrasound, substantiated by personal portfolio.
• Experience in audit and R& D.

Desirable

• Advanced ultrasound clinical practice e.g. small part and MSK.
• Experience in subfertility scanning and follicle tracking.
• Broad experience of general radiography practice including CT and fluoroscopy.

Qualifications

Essential

• DMU or PG Dip or Cert in Medical Ultrasound at M-level.
• Evidence of CPD
• Nuchal Translucency accreditation
• Knowledge of advance practice within a wide area of specialist ultrasound applications.
• Professional registration with relevant professional body

Desirable

• HCPC

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

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432-HR1353-24