Student Sonographer

We are looking for enthusiastic and suitably qualified health care professionals wanting career progression and an opportunity to train as a sonographer. You will be supported to undertake post graduate training in order to become competent. The training post is AFC band 6 and upon completion of the course will be AFC band 7., Ultrasound training will be undertaken across West Suffolk Hospital radiology sites (Newmarket CDC, Thetford Healthy Living Centre & Sudbury Healthy Living Centre). Upon completion of the course and after a period of preceptorship, the successful candidate will be based at the CDC in Newmarket and there will be opportunities to rotate to other West Suffolk Hospital Radiology sites. The Ultrasound Department may offer flexible working, full or part time hours and condensed weeks will be considered following qualification. We are working towards a 7 day working pattern at the CDC and the wider ultrasound department.

During the training period, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will work a minimum of 30 hours per week.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

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