Trainee Sonographer, Obsterics and Gynaecology

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated radiographer, midwife or nurse to expand their career in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology ultrasound scanning by training to become a sonographer. The training will lead to a Postgraduate Certificate in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

This is a full time post and can potentially open up future opportunities for the candidate in other areas of ultrasound imaging.

Ashford & St Peter's NHS Trust is based across two sites with the main department situated at St. Peter's Hospital KT16 0PZ and a smaller one at Ashford Hospital, TW15 3AA.

We are a friendly multidisciplinary team comprising radiographer and midwife sonographers along with three obstetric consultants who specialise in fetal medicine, maternal medicine and multiple pregnancy and are fully committed to the continuing development of our dynamic department. We also have close ties with our tertiary referral centre at St. George's Hospital, London.

The department runs a Monday to Friday scanning service which includes all pregnancy scans from early pregnancy to term and gynaecology scans. It is a busy department and will provide a good opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology scanning and form a basis to become an experienced sonographer., The course will involve a combination of hands on training provided by skilled and experienced sonographers currently working in the department as well as attendance to King's College London for lectures and examinations.

The expectation is for the successful candidate to remain at Ashford and St. Peter's Maternity Ultrasound for a minimum of 2 years post qualification.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

The course will be funded by Ashford & St. Peter's Trust. The post holder will ideally commence working at Ashford and St Peter's Trust one month prior to the academic course start date and will continue for three months after the course end date to complete a Preceptorship. The Programme modules at King's College commence in September.

On completion of the PgCert there will be the opportunity for career progression to Band 7.