Band 8b Part time 2 days per week
Permanent
Are you an expert Musculoskeletal (MSK) Sonographer looking for your next exciting challenge? Join our friendly, highly skilled team and play a leading role in delivering exceptional patient care while helping to shape the future of our innovative MSK ultrasound service.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practitioner who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about clinical excellence, education, and service development. You'll work alongside Consultant MSK Radiologists, Orthopaedic Consultants, and multidisciplinary teams, providing a comprehensive range of advanced MSK ultrasound examinations and image-guided interventions across both our Royal Surrey Hospital and community sites.
As an autonomous advanced practitioner, you'll have the opportunity to influence the direction of our service by developing new pathways, supporting one-stop orthopaedic clinics, and contributing to research, audit, and evidence-based practice. You'll also inspire the next generation of sonographers by leading education, mentoring colleagues, and helping to deliver high-quality MSK ultrasound training programmes.
Our department is equipped with state-of-the-art GE logic 10 systems in spacious, ergonomically designed scanning rooms, providing an excellent environment to deliver outstanding care.
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients’ homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Act as an autonomous practitioner whilst maintaining a close working relationship with MSK Consultant Radiologists and key referring Clinicians to develop an innovative and leading edge MSK Ultrasound service
To support the effective planning, development, organisation and delivery of MSK and specific, well defined sub-specialty ultrasound training for sonographers and medical staff working collaboratively with the MSK Consultant Radiologists.
The post holder will work flexibly across four Trust sites and participate in a 7-day shift-based service, including weekends and extended hours as required. They will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to deliver an efficient, responsive service and contribute to service development, clinical governance, education and continuous quality improvement while maintaining the highest standards of professional practice.
