Sonographer: Sponsorship Available

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic sonographer to join our friendly team at LUHFT.

Our ultrasound team work in primary, secondary & tertiary centres across Liverpool sites, including Liverpool Women’s Hospital, allowing diverse variety of cases throughout our workload.

We are a large, busy university teaching Trust with a major trauma unit & multiple specialist medical areas. Our experience in acute patient management & diagnosis is exceptional priding ourselves on our multidisciplinary approach.

As part of our busy workload our sonographers have special interests in gynaecological, hernia, head & neck, testicular, dialysis access, transplant, lithotripsy, vascular, MSK and obstetric ultrasound.

We expect candidates to run their own list, manage demand & participate in training. We actively encourage & promote CPD with all of our staff. No obstetric ultrasound is performed in our Trust.

Main duties of the job

  • Our multi-disciplinary team undertakes a comprehensive range of ultrasound examinations that include abdominal, gynaecological, vascular, MSK, small parts and obstetric ultrasound. We are keen to encourage new techniques and special interests in our department. We actively encourage and promote CPD and learning with all of our staff involved in our regular ultrasound CPD sessions and through attendance and presenting at external courses and conferences. Sonographer led peer review audit in undertaken regularly.

We are a keen training centre for new sonographers with a mentorship framework for trainees and newly qualified staff in place to help with their training and eventual transition into advanced practice. As a university teaching hospital, we also are involved in the training of specialist registrars in all aspects of diagnostic ultrasound.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to manage change
  • Ability to train/mentor staff
  • Works on own initiative
  • Ability to meet deadlines

Desirable

  • IT skills. Word processing, E.Mail and spread sheets

Other

Essential

  • Good time management
  • Works as a team player
  • Approachable
  • Diplomatic
  • Demonstrate commitment to task

Experience

Essential

  • Supervision of ultrasound students

Desirable

  • Research experience
  • Audit experience

Qualifications

Essential

  • DCR or Degree in Radiography
  • PGD in ultrasound or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 August 2026

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