Reporting Sonographer

Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ultrasound team of a large and busy teaching hospital. The post includes a 10% recruitment and retention premium. The post holder will be working in a fast paced Ultrasound department alongside a team of Sonographers and Radiologists. You will be supporting the delivery of high quality patient care, to our patients at various sites across the trust.

Main Duties of the Job
We are looking for someone who is a team player with excellent communication skills and a willingness to work hard. If this is you, then we would love to hear from you.

About Us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job Responsibilities
Why you should join our Team
The ultrasound department consists of a multi-disciplinary team who work closely together. We are a friendly, welcoming and inclusive group of people who enjoy working together. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to develop and expand their ultrasound skills in a fast paced and pro active environment.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

What you will do
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

The successful candidate will be working within the Ultrasound team and will be required to work across the two main sites of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals which are the Leeds General Infirmary and St James'. There may also be a requirement to work at the peripheral sites based at Seacroft and Wharfedale.

We are a busy Teaching Hospital providing secondary and tertiary care. The post holder would required to support the obstetric work alongside acute in patient and out patient services. As a regional transplant centre we also have a commitment to support the pre and post renal and liver transplant service. We also have a dedicated Paediatric Ultrasound department. The work is fast paced, interesting and there are opportunities to develop and expand your skills.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

• Patient-centred
• Collaborative
• Fair
• Accountable
• Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We are committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We are looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.