Lead Sonographer

An exciting opportunity exists for you to be a senior figure who will work in a clinical environment to deliver high quality care, whilst developing staff and working alongside managers. You will help to shape the future of the Ultrasound service as the Lead Sonographer of our team of dedicated and friendly Paediatric Sonographers. We are looking for a knowledgeable, and experienced Sonographer with a passion for paediatrics, who will embrace the opportunity to manage their own team and to lead and develop the Ultrasound service at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Ultrasound department currently has 4 rooms all with Philips Epiq 5 ultrasound machines and 2 Philips Affinity Portable ultrasound machines, for use on the wards and in the interventional suite. We perform a wide range of paediatric examinations including:

• Abdominal
• Female Pelvis
• Renal
• Testes
• Cranial
• Spine
• Neck
• Hip
• Soft tissue ultrasound
• Musculoskeletal
• Transcranial doppler
• Orbit ultrasound

The service is currently provided 5 days per week 08:30 - 17:00.

• Responsible for the management and delivery of a comprehensive and effective Ultrasound imaging service.
• Manage staff, personal development, PDR’s, and act as first‑line manager for sickness/absence, capability, disciplinary and professional issues.
• Provide professional support for staff and develop plans to improve patient care within current professional, legal standards, local and national policies.
• Monitor the effectiveness of departmental protocols and procedures, utilising audit, research and best practice to initiate and implement new protocols and procedures.
• Work with the QSI lead radiographer and Radiology Management to ensure Key Performance Indictors and Governance Standards are met.
• Facilitate the training and development of sonographers, student sonographers, and imaging department assistants.
• Act as an expert resource to provide clinical and technical advice to sonographers and other clinical staff.
• Participate in research and audit within the speciality and the wider MDT.
• Uphold Trust values and NHS values at all times, behaving in a professional, empathetic, inclusive, safe, confidential and compassionate manner towards all staff, patients, visitors and carers.

We treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state‑of‑the‑art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting‑edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is