Clinical Specialist Sonographer | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled sonographer to undertake a 9 month fixed term contract, to support our radiologists in managing the ultrasound workload within the radiology department. As a Band 8a Specialist sonographer, you will play a key role in providing a high quality diagnostic ultrasound scans across a diverse patient group and presentations, often involving patients with complex condition. In addition to clinical practice, you will be required to help in reviewing and updating policies, procedures and other governance documents. You will have time to perform some administrative duties. You will also work alongside radiologists and fellows to provide an effective and efficient service across the Trust, whilst adhering to departmental protocols and ensuring optimum patient care. You will provide an efficient, high quality ultrasound service with unsupervised scans and written reports for the referrers, including:

• Liaising with referrers, radiologists, wards and other clinicians, acting as a point expert advice on ultrasound services
• Working with superintendents in Imaging department to enhance quality of care and service delivery
• Contributing to department's quality improvement programmes and other governance activities
• Updating Policies and procedures in line with new legislation for the imaging department
• Providing mentorship and supervision to students
• Reporting and acting on reported faults, clinical incidents, complaints and near misses pertaining to imaging equipment and patients within the department.
  
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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest specialist orthopaedic Trust in the UK with a world renowned reputation., RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world's most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility.