Lead
our specialised paediatric ultrasound service across inpatient,
outpatient, emergency, and critical care
environments.
Shape
service delivery and workforce capability to deliver meaningful
outcomes for children and families.
CRVCID No.
726994
This is a Full Time
permanent position with possibility of Part Time (0.8 FTE)
considered for the right applicant.
- Paediatric
experience is essential.
- Standard days –
hours are between 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday
with participation in a Sunday roster.
About
the Role
Perth Children’s Hospital &
Neonatology (PCHN) is seeking an experienced Supervisor
Sonographer to join our Medical Imaging Department and
lead our ultrasound service.
This is a unique opportunity
to step into a clinical leadership role, driving service excellence
and supporting workforce development within a highly specialised
paediatric diagnostic imaging environment. Our service supports
outpatients, inpatients, and emergency presentations, delivering a
broad range of paediatric ultrasound examinations including soft
tissue, organ, musculoskeletal, and vascular imaging for a diverse
patient cohort from newborns to adolescents.
As Supervisor Sonographer,
you will provide operational leadership and coordination of
ultrasound services by:
- Leading
the day-to-day operations across five ultrasound rooms and
portable services, including wards, NICU, PICU, theatres, and
research environments.
- Supporting a
high-performing team to deliver safe, high-quality, and
efficient diagnostic imaging services.
- Working
collaboratively with radiologists, tutor sonographers, and
multidisciplinary teams to ensure imaging is appropriate,
comprehensive, and supports clinical
decision-making.
This role offers a fresh
opportunity to shape and benchmark services against national and
international best practice.
Key responsibilities
include:
- Overseeing workflows,
waitlists, and service delivery to ensure high-quality imaging,
patient safety, and compliance with standards.
- Providing clinical
expertise and performing specialised paediatric ultrasound
procedures.
- Providing leadership and
supervision to your team of sonographers, supporting staff
performance, professional development and
rostering.
- Working
alongside Tutor Sonographers (who lead the training program)
and contributing to the operational leadership of trainee
sonographers.
- Contributing to
research, innovation, and continuous quality improvement
including service improvement initiatives, workflows, and
equipment optimisation and adoption of emerging
technologies.
- Maintaining accurate
examination records in accordance with statutory and
departmental requirements.
About
You
If you have advanced
technical skill and strong clinical judgement in sonography,
together with excellent communication skills and the ability to
engage effectively with children, families, and multidisciplinary
teams, we encourage you to apply.
Experience supervising
medical personnel or trainees in ultrasound techniques is
desirable.
A tertiary qualification
in a relevant health/science field with an ASAR-accredited
qualification in sonography and current registration with the
Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR) as an
accredited medical sonographer are required for this
role.
How
to Apply
Applicants are requested to
apply online (www.jobs.health.wa.gov.au).
Please note, applicants must have a current, valid email address in
order to apply online. This email address will be used for
communication with applicants.
Your
ability to meet the work-related requirements will be assessed
throughout the recruitment process. With your application please
include:
- A
statement addressing selection criteria as per
the Job Description Form in no more than 3 pages. (View the
applicant information package and Job Description Form (JDF)
attached for more information, including the selection
criteria).
(Please note that
examples of how you have applied your skills, knowledge and
experience help to demonstrate that you have met the selection
criteria).
- A
current resume which summarises your experience,
qualifications and how you can meet the position
requirements.
- Evidence of your
tertiary qualification in a relevant health/science field with
an ASAR-accredited qualification in sonography and current
registration with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation
Registry (ASAR) as an accredited medical
sonographer.
- The
name, email, and contact details of two referees who
can be contacted to provide a reference. Referees should
include at least one individual who has been within the last
three months your direct Line Manager/Supervisor. (We will
contact you to seek your confirmation prior to contacting your
listed referees).
Within the
application system you will be presented with the following
question. Please review the Essential and Desirable Selection
Criteria outlined in the attached Job Description Form carefully
when preparing your response. The question allows you to
showcase your relevant skills and experiences in detail, with
a generous word limit of 500 words for your
response.
- Please provide a
specific example of how you have contributed to improving
service delivery (such as improving patient workflows, patient
care, communication pathways, or clinical decision making). In
your response, outline:
- How you
identified stakeholder needs.
- Governance
considerations you addressed such as compliance, policy or
standards.
- How the
outcome impacted patients.
These documents should be
complete and ready to attach prior to applying online. Please
ensure you allow sufficient time to complete the online application
process as you will be required to answer various questions and
attach your documentation.
Selection
Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description
Form.
Role related
questions:
We encourage you
to contact Drew Williams (Deputy Chief
Medical Imaging Technologist) on 0424 505 127 or drew.williams@health.wa.gov.au
with any queries relating to this position.
Help in submitting
your application: If you experience technical
difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee
Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business
hours.
Eligibility: To
be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working
visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen,
permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in
Australia (for permanent appointments).
This position is subject to
a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For
further information please refer to the WWC website at:
https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
Other
Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of
trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to
undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as
part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal
record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required
to undertake a working with children check (if required for the
role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees
to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical
behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not
necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part
of the appointment process.
WA Health is committed to
eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of
our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage
applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and
people with disabilities.
In addition, we are
committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health
Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality,
Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this
position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are
encouraged to apply.
Whilst this selection
process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may
also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the
health service. In addition to this, should the successful
applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next
most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process.
Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12)
months from when the authorised delegate endorses the
recruitment decision.
About
the Team
Based at Perth Children’s
Hospital, Western Australia’s only acute tertiary paediatric
centre, our dedicated Medical Imaging Team offer a comprehensive
range of diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology services
to children aged 0-16 years, including inpatients, outpatients, and
the Emergency Department.
Our team provides a wide
variety of imaging within the subspecialties of interventional
radiology, paediatric cardiac catheterisations, general
X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy.
Working with children is
truly special! We focus on achieving the highest quality imaging
studies with a compassionate, child-friendly approach. Our
department is equipped with highly specialised facilities and
equipment designed to create a safe and comfortable environment for
infants, children, and their families.
As part of our dedication to
excellence, we benchmark our services through collaboration with
other children's hospitals and actively participate in research
initiatives. We support research projects and contribute to the
advancement of procedures through partnerships with universities
and paediatric specialist foundations.
About
CAHS
The Child and Adolescent
Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider
for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only
dedicated health service for infants, children, and young people.
CAHS comprises four service areas: Neonatology, Community Health,
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Perth
Children’s Hospital (PCH).
With over 6500 employees,
our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial
Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160
community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.
For further information
about the benefits of working for CAHS, please click here and
for further information regarding CAHS’ services, please
click here
CAHS
values: To achieve our vision of healthy
kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a
workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values
of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During
the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil
the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the
values. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact
the person named in this advert.
Support
for your interview process
CAHS is committed to
ensuring that our interview process meets the access needs of all
applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to
accommodate a disability, enhance access, or support your inclusion
and success during the interview, please contact the CAHS Talent
Acquisition Team prior to your interview.
You can reach the team via
CAHS.talentacquisition@health.wa.gov.au
or by calling 08 6456 0321. All enquiries will be treated
confidentially.
Lodgement is system
generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date
will not be accepted.
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