About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
In this role as Sonographer, you will independently perform and report ultrasound examinations and train Radiology Registrars, alleviating Consultant Radiologists time constraints. The Sonographer will support the Area Lead Sonographer in meeting operational and strategic targets, and improving the quality of patient care within the Radiology Specialty.
In This Key Role, You Will
Clinical
- Evaluate referrals for appropriate history and clinical information.
- Use interviewing techniques to gather relevant information from the patient, or their representative, and the medical records regarding health status and medical history.
- Assess each individuals’ ability to tolerate procedures and evaluate any contra-indications, such as medications and / or insufficient preparation.
- Recognise and analyse sonographic characteristics of normal and abnormal structures and blood flow; adjust scanning technique to optimise image quality throughout the course of the examination so that a comprehensive diagnostic outcome is achieved.
- Provide an independent diagnostic report and advice on future patient management to clinicians and, recognising the need for urgent rather than routine management, exercise personal judgement and take appropriate action eg: urgent specialist referral or arrangement of additional imaging.