Sonographer - #145748

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Royal Tunbridge Wells
Contract type: Full time
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the ultrasound department at the Tunbridge Wells hospital,( Pembury site) the unit has five scan rooms in the main department, one in Triage and one in the early pregnancy unit.

Would you like to be part of a team in a progressive organisation, proud to have outstanding care and staff welfare as values? We are looking for 2 obstetric and gynaecological ultra sonographers, who are passionate about women's healthcare and are highly motivated.

As a specialised women’s health unit, the work includes gynae, obstetrics, cancer pathways and a dedicated early pregnancy unit. We work closely with our consultant leads including scanning with our fetal medicine consultant. You will have the opportunity to develop your organisational and clinical skills within this post. There is an opportunity for career progression and support for those newly qualified. We are actively involved in CPD, clinical governance and audit.

Tunbridge wells hospital is a PFI built in 2009, it offers subsidised parking, restaurant and has a nursery on the Maidstone site with free bus travel between sites.

Flexible working up to full time (37.5hrs) to help with work/life balance would be considered.

Ideally the sonographer must hold the following qualifications DMU, PG cert or equivalent.

If you are interested, do come and visit the department.

If you would like any more information please contact the ultrasound department 01892633043/ 01892635007

Our department performs a wide range of scans including: GP gynae, rapid access, dating scans, NT scans, anomaly scans, growth scans and multiple pregnancy. There is a separate, dedicated emergency department where both early pregnancy and emergency gynae scans are performed.

The role will provide you with an excellent professional and personal development and opportunities to be involved in research projects. The department is actively involved in training of student sonographers.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julia Bone Job title: Superintendent Sonographer Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01892 633043

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