Advanced Practitioner in Ultrasound/Sonographer
- Salary
- NHS AfC Band 7: £49,387 - £56,515
- Place of Work
- Lincolnshire - Trustwide
- Closing Date
- 30 Nov 2026
15% Relocation Package Available and 17% Recruitment & Retention Premia applied until August 2028
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of
Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital
trusts in England, serving a population of more than
700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist
services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring
counties.
We invest around £18 million each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading medical equipment, modernising estate and facilities and improving information and technology infrastructure. Each year, we treat more than 200,000 accident and emergency patients and carry out more than 80,000 procedures.
Sonographer lead, the ultrasound departments at ULTH incorporate a wide range of procedures which includes abdominal, obstetric, gynaecological, small parts and vascular procedures. We have a strong commitment to personal develop in all aspect of ultrasound such as led fine needle aspiration of Head & Neck nodules and HyCoSy.
Audit and CPD is actively encouraged and bi-monthly audit meetings for ultrasound are ongoing.
Main Duties
The post holder will apply advanced clinical reasoning and professional judgement to manage a range of routine, complex and potentially urgent clinical presentations, ensuring that care is safe, effective, evidence based and person-centred.
Contribute across the four pillars of advanced practice: advanced clinical practice; leadership and management; education and facilitating learning; and evidence, research and service improvement.
Provide day-to-day clinical leadership, support the justification and prioritisation of referrals, communicate significant findings appropriately, facilitate effective patient pathways, and contribute to the supervision and development of students and colleagues.
The post holder will work collaboratively with sonographers, radiographers, radiologists, referring clinicians, support staff and the wider multidisciplinary team. They will contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality assurance, risk management, service evaluation and the development and implementation of evidence based procedures and pathways.
Undertake and independently report ultrasound examinations within the post holder’s formally agreed and documented scope of practice. This may include general medical, gynaecological, obstetric, vascular, musculoskeletal, paediatric or other specialist ultrasound examinations, according to service requirements and verified competence.
The role is cross-site and requires participation in service delivery across Trust locations, including community diagnostic centres, in accordance with service need, the post holder’s agreed working arrangements and relevant Trust policies