Sonographer | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7627693/430-CC25-513A |
Summary
Sonographer
Department: - Imaging
Band 7
Hours: 37.5 hours
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) is district general hospital which operates across three sites in Milton Keynes. The Imaging department at MKUH provides an essential service to the trust and includes ultrasound, CT, MRI, DEXA, mammography, as well as a general x-ray and interventional radiology service.
We are currently inviting applications from enthusiastic individuals for a fixed term full-time band 7 sonographer post to be based across all MKUH sites, to include the acute hospital site and two MKUH CDC locations of Whitehouse Park and Lloyds Court.
The postholder must hold at least a UK postgraduate certificate in obstetric & gynaecological ultrasound and/or general ultrasound. The post holder will work autonomously, performing high quality imaging and issuing reports on all ultrasound examinations including obstetrics, gynaecology (including TA and TV), and abdominal as a minimum.
They will be expected to support both the service and its staff in continuing to maintain and develop the highest standards of imaging. In return the successful applicant will be offered a high standard of support towards their career pathway.
The successful candidate will be HCPC registered, preferably with two years current NHS experience. Flexibility in their approach to work is essential, with an unwavering commitment to keeping patients at the forefront of their clinical practice.
Interview date: 18 December 2025
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Essential requirements include excellent communication and organisational skills, a dedication to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), and practical knowledge of ultrasound safety, QA, legislation, and health and safety requirements. Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and working knowledge of PACS/RIS systems is also essential.
The ideal candidates must demonstrate a commitment to professional development and show a keen interest in the future of their profession and the diagnostic imaging services.
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards – a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards – and the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Communication and relationship building
The post holder will:
1. Communicate with all referring clinicians to ensure that imaging requests are justified and appropriate.
2. Provide clear, concise and accurate ultrasound reports.
3. Inform a referring clinician of urgent or unexpected results, as appropriate.
4. Liaise with appropriate staff regarding the organisation of follow-up outpatient appointments for patients following ultrasound imaging.
5. Communicate in a concise, sensitive and appropriate manner, complex or contentious information regarding ultrasound scanning procedures to patients and their relatives, as well as other hospital staff and referrers.
Responsibilities for analysis
The post holder will:
1. Use a high level of analytical of judgemental skills in this role.
2. Assess information about the patient’s condition, symptoms, laboratory test results and previous imaging, pulling the information from multiple electronic sources in order to understand the relevance and suitability of the test and to determine the most likely findings indicated by the clinical question.
3.Understand when information regarding the scan request is insufficient and to judge when to seek further information from available resources (i.e., peer, referring clinician, Radiologist, previous imaging studies).
4. Comprehend when a referral is inappropriate and able to advise on the most suitable alternative test.
Responsibilities for planning and organisation of activities
The post holder will:
1. Coordinate and organise own workload.
2. Be able to operate multiple scanning lists in order to ensure work is carried out following principles of urgency and priority in a rapidly changing workflow setting.
3. Recognise and understand the skill set of colleagues and organise this workforce in accordance with the changing demands of the day.
4.Anticipate when own mandatory training or competency assessments (e.g., (a) First trimester (b) screening for Down’s syndrome, Edward’s syndrome and Patau syndrome, (c) Fetal cardiac, (d) 20 week screening scan, (e) non-invasive prenatal testing, (d) uterine artery doppler, (e) Fetal Medicine Foundation certificate of competence in the nuchal translucency (NT) scan, etc) are due or required and liaise with appropriate section head Sonographer to plan training completion around own working schedule.
Responsibility for patient care management
The post holder will:
1. Be responsible for identifying patients (adults and children) at risk under the safeguarding principles and referring patients to the safeguarding team where appropriate.
2. Provide the highest level of patient care, ensuring the patient experience is optimised, with specific reference to the hazards posed by cross infection and similar risk.
3. Contribute to the patient care pathway through participation in multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT) as required.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025