Midwife Sonographer, Band 7

CompanyLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

LocationGloucester, England, United Kingdom

Posted At2/19/2026

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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

About

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

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Key details

Location

SiteGloucestershire Royal HospitalAddressGreat Western RoadTownGloucesterPostcodeGL1 3NNMajor / Minor RegionGloucestershire

Contract type & working pattern

ContractPermanentHoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary£46,148 - £52,809 (pa pro rata if part-time)Salary periodYearlyGrade(NHS AfC: Band 7)

Specialty

Main areaSonographer

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

Job Overview

A rare opportunity has arisen to join Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust as a Midwife Sonographer. This exciting opportunity comes at a time of transformation within the Trust, including expanding our obstetric ultrasound capacity across our Maternity services.

We are looking for a driven and ambitious individual to undertake this role, which involves working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team including obstetric consultants, specialist midwives, and senior midwives.

The post-holder will be expected to work across all sites within the Trust.

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To perform and report ultrasound scans and manage ultrasound lists.

To communicate the results of the ultrasound scans to the multi-disciplinary team, where appropriate

Assist with audits and research within the department

To support and develop learning opportunities for junior members of staff from all disciplines

To support the Senior Midwifery team in the on-going development of the maternity and ultrasound services

Work as part of the team who are responsible for the effective and efficient operational management of the ultrasound service within maternity

If registered as a midwife, to maintain clinical midwifery competencies to ensure NMC revalidation

To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence based practice in line with agreed local and national standards, including the Fetal Abnormality Screening Programme (FASP) standards and the NMC Code.

To provide a continuously improving service in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework.

To support and continually develop staff to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.

Working for our organisation

The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county. And with over 9,000 staff, we're one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a huge range of opportunities and benefits in a genuinely supportive working environment.

Maternity services at Gloucestershire hospitals offer a full range of services to support the women of Gloucestershire. We deliver around 6000 babies a year across our two free-standing birth units, an along-side birth unit, home births, and an Obstetric unit, offering midwives the opportunity to work in a variety of settings in our community services, birth units and Delivery Suite.

Our team is dynamic and constantly evolving to manage the demand and challenges of the service. We work closely together to ensure a friendly, positive and supportive environment whilst recognising individual development needs.

Communication:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Applies effective communication/leadership skills in clinical practice with a caring and compassionate attitude at all times,
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective patient education and teamwork.

Establishes and maintains effective communication with individuals, the wider multi-disciplinary team, and other health professional regarding patients ultrasound scans and obstetric conditions

The ability to communicate highly sensitive information regarding abnormal findings of second and third trimester scans and support the multi-disciplinary team to provide seamless care to these families.

Works with the ultrasound team to ensure effective communication with patients relatives and carers, explaining medical or ultrasound findings, and investigations taking into consideration level of understanding, culture and background.

Be able to provide appropriate counselling when necessary

Actively manages barriers to communication across all areas of responsibility to ensure positives outcomes.

Effectively manages difficult and/or complex communication situations e.g. breaking bad news, dealing with concerns and complaints, performance management issues.

Actively participate in professional groups and forums within, and where appropriate external to the organisation.

Produces accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation policies and procedures.

Communicates regularly and effectively with the Matron for the area regarding all aspects of clinical care and provision, including budgetary, personnel and environmental issues.

Clinical Responsibilities:

Proficient in operating ultrasound equipment and interpreting ultrasound images and diagnosis
Strong clinical assessment skills and the ability to provide compassionate patient care.
Work as an autonomous practitioner with the support of the multidisciplinary team
To be aware of the pathways re management option for miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
Work in partnership with obstetricians for those women identified as high risk or requiring more specialist care
Experienced in aspects of fetal medicine or work closely with fetal medicine consultant when outside of competent sphere of practice
To provide practical training and assessment to postgraduates and clinicians in basic and advanced obstetric ultrasound
To be competent and accurate with the inputting of any information or reports on to the computer system.

To accurately fill in forms destined for laboratories.

To independently undertake and report on a wide range of midwifery and ultrasound examinations using high level of specialist knowledge in line with local, regional and national guidelines where applicable.

Have the ability to give clear explanations to patients regarding the examinations they are having, including risks, benefits, accuracy and limitations in order for them to give informed consent.

Discuss antenatal screening connected with obstetric ultrasound; Obtain, record and interpret relevant antenatal screening results

Receive information concerning patients history, which is potentially highly complex and sensitive. There may be special needs that will require assessing and planning using skills of empathy and reassurance.

The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.

Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

Committed to safeguarding our community

If applicable for the post, all successful candidates will be required to pay for their own Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The cost will be £29 (standard checks) or £46 (enhanced checks), and will be recovered through two instalments from the candidate's salary. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

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Applicant requirements

warning You must have appropriate UK professional registration. info This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NMC registration with significant post-registration experience
Midwifery degree or equivalent qualification
Hold a relevant Case Accredited Postgraduate Ultrasound certificate in Obstetric Ultrasound

Desirable criteria

Qualification or relevant experience in Research and Development

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience in all areas of midwifery
Evidence of ability to teach in a variety of settings
Must be experienced in all types of obstetric ultrasound scans, including to confirm intrauterine death
Involvement in clinical audit and participation in standard setting

Desirable criteria

Experience in writing protocols and guidelines along with patient care pathways using research-based evidence

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Must be able to perform detailed obstetric scans to look for fetal abnormalities
The ability to care for women whose pregnancies have the potential to be, or are complicated with: fetal anomalies, potential genetic disorders, past history of genetic disorders or previous complicated pregnancies
Able to monitor and assess complex and high-risk pregnancies, using Doppler when appropriate, to make decisions following assessment and make appropriate follow up appointments or take appropriate action

Must be able to adapt and incorporate new procedures in fetal medicine, as this is a fast-evolving area of obstetrics

Ability to organise and prioritise

The ability to manage change

Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to the provision of holistic, clinically effective care

Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

IT literate and able to embrace digital midwifery

Counselling skills

Effective leadership and management skills

Qualities

Essential criteria

Team player
Committed to a culture of continuous improvement, openness and honesty
Innovative
Ability to motivate other members of the multidisciplinary team
Flexible and adaptive
Supportive

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal skills
Good presentation skills

Qualities

Essential criteria

The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner
Ability to act independently and within the team

Enthusiastic approach to work and specialism

Approachable and calm

Awareness of equality and diversity

Understanding of confidentiality

Documents

Midwife Sonographer Job Description and Person Specification (, 1.1)PDFMB
About Gloucestershire Hospitals (, 187.2)PDFKB
Discounts and Benefits (, 158.3)PDFKB

Further details / informal visits contact

NameKatrina PickeringJob titleInterim Matron for Antenatal ClinicEmail address [email protected]Telephone number0300 422 2374

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