Job Description

We're looking for an experienced, passionate sonographer to lead our Obstetric Ultrasound service across our cross-site department.



As Clinical Lead, you'll combine advanced clinical practice with team leadership, quality assurance, service improvement, and support of national screening programmes.



This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of maternity imaging in a diverse and dynamic NHS trust.



As a Band 8a Lead, you will provide a supportive learning environment for trainees and help develop the next generation of sonographers.

What We Offer:

Welcome bonus (~3,000) after probation, paid in two increments within the first year. Recruitment & retention premium of 5K PA + HCAS. Flexible working patterns to support work/life balance. Ongoing CPD opportunities for professional development. Advanced clinical practice pathways, including Enhanced Practitioner roles or leadership progression. Opportunities to independently practice MSK injection/interventional clinics. Additional earning potential through evening and weekend clinics. Training via our co-founded US academy with opportunities for teaching and development.

The Trust's ultrasound services operate across Queen's Hospital, King George Hospital, and CDCs in Hornchurch and Barking



You will act as a Clinical Lead Sonographer for General Ultrasound and will be responsible for managing and upholding a safe and effective general ultrasound imaging service. You will undertake both clinical (70%) and managerial (30%) duties and deputise for the Site Modality Lead Sonographer when required.



You will provide regular feedback to the Site modality Lead Sonographer on compliance with key performance indicators for this service and will provide supervision and specialist advice and expertise to the ultrasound team of Sonographers, Students, and support workers, in addition to the wider MDT. You will ensure all aspects of clinical governance are delivered and monitored including being responsible for the Screening Support Sonographer duties, leading regular peer review audits and action plans, this will involve liaising with the Training Lead Sonographer and Site Modality Lead Sonographer to ensure effective plans are in place for any learning needs identified, such as inductions and clinical competencies of new staff. You will also actively develop the service in conjunction with national and local NHS guidelines and directives and ensure that staff promote patient advocacy and communicate effectively with other health care professionals.



You will assist in maintaining integration of the ultrasound scanning service and be responsible for developing, and regularly reviewing, standardised departmental protocols and participate in research programmes.



We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.



We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.



These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.



The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.



For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed and Person Specification.



The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.



Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.



All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.



Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Nichola Ceesay, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 4176. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.