Midwife Sonographer

Job summary

Are you an experienced Midwife sonographer looking for an exciting opportunity to join the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust providing maternity care to women and their families from the local population. This is an ideal opportunity to support the area with your expert clinical knowledge.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Midwife Sonographer to join our midwife sonographer team within Antenatal Services at the Royal Derby Hospital site.

Main duties of the job

As a midwife sonographer within for Antenatal Services you will take overall responsibility and accountability in ensuring women, babies and families receive safe, clinically effective, women centred care across the whole maternity care pathway.

You will lead by example, offer expert midwifery clinical advice, operationally support and manage teams and services ensuring the delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate midwifery care.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver care to women and babies within acute or community clinical environments whose needs are complex.

You will work flexibly across the service in supporting the delivery of midwifery care. As a midwife sonographer you will provide expert clinical and professional midwifery leadership and are accountable for the women, babies, and public. This will be in line with local, Trust wide and national policies, procedures, values and behaviours.

Closing date of applications: 19th September 2024

Interview date: 3rd October 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff. Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First class degree or equivalent NMC registration & revalidation requirements UK CASE accredited BSc hon or equivalent Ultrasound qualification EvidencPending completion - UK CASE accredited PG Cert/BSc/MSc in Ultrasound-general & Obs/Gynae of short courses

Desirable

Demonstrable post registration practice to broaden knowledge and experience

Skills

Essential

Evidence of communication within a multidisciplinary team Evidence of empathy and understanding to patients/carers Evidence of Basic keyboard/IT skills Evidence of manipulation of U/S equipment and patients to achieve best results

Experience

Essential

Evidence of ability to assess patients condition to achieve optimum examination results Evidence of ability to interpret clinical information to ensure correct technique Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff Demonstrable Ultrasound scanning experience within a Hospital setting

Planning and Organisation

Essential

Evidence of planning own workload Evidence of departmental organisation

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