Advanced Practitioner - Slough, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Slough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated Sonographers to come and join us working across sites at Frimley North (Heatherwood Hospital Ascot, King Edward VII Hospital Windsor, St Marks Hospital Maidenhead and Wexham Park Hospital Slough).

At Wexham we value the importance of facing the future and so we make sure that all our staff have the opportunity to advance their practice and the sonography profession.

We offer a structured induction programme, during which you will be able to consolidate core skills under mentor guidance, become familiar with our protocols and visit our different sites.

Our Sonographers are committed to providing excellent care, while learning new skills. Opportunities exist for on-going development in areas that might interest you such as MSK, intervention or paediatrics. We will support you with study leave and learning opportunities. If management or teaching are your thing, we can help you develop your skills in those areas too.

We nurture ambition and so all our opportunities are open to anyone who applies for them - from a brand newly qualified sonographer to an experienced one who is considering a change.

Part time or flexible working considered.

To work as a clinical sonographer delivering of a high quality ultrasound service.

To be an effective member of the Department of Radiology providing a high standard of imaging and patient care. Managing your own lists, performing and reporting a range of ultrasound examinations, participating in audit and supporting trainee sonographers.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

DIMENSIONS OF JOB:

Cross-site working at Heatherwood, St Mark's, King Edward VII Hospitals and Wexham Park Hospital.
To work as a clinical sonographer delivering a high quality ultrasound
across a 7 day service.

JOB SUMMARY:

Perform a range of obstetric and or non-obstetric ultrasound
examinations

Produce high quality ultrasound reports under the delegation of the
lead radiologist for Ultrasound and in accordance with accepted
practice and protocols within the Obstetrics Department

Overall responsible for contributing to providing a high quality and
efficient ultrasound service

Maintains the high standards of the department by contributing to
individual and team objectives.

To be an effective member of the Department of Radiology providing a high standard of imaging and patient care

To supervise students working within the department

PURPOSE OF JOB:

Undertake duties as a Specialist Sonographer.

Perform a range of ultrasound examinations.

Produce high quality ultrasound reports in accordance with accepted practice and protocols within the Radiology Department

Overall responsible for contributing to providing a high quality and efficient ultrasound service

Ensure the quality of work is audited at all stages

Maintains the high standards of the department by contributing to individual and team objectives.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Service Delivery and Quality

Maintain good communication and relationships with stakeholders including patients and other users of the service

Able to communicate results and findings to patients and relatives

Provide relevant information to ensure that verbal consent is gained from patients or carers before undertaking any ultrasound procedure

Undertake audit to ensure that all aspects of the service - clinical and non-clinical is of a high standard and meets with the quality agenda

Personnel & Training

Responsible for maintaining CPD and own level of competence

Supervises trainee Sonographers, Consultants and SPR's in O&G, and support delivery of the training programme and assessment

Responsible for the induction of new staff

Supervise and train student radiographers

Supervise and train trainee specialist radiographers - ultrasound

Investors in People

To brief staff on a regular basis about the Trust's objectives, plans and business developments

To set objectives and identify training needs for staff and ensure that they are appraised at least once ann