Ultrasound
Band 8a
Sonographer Band 8a jobs in the UK
Consultant / clinical lead · 8+ years post-qualification
Sonographers autonomously scan and report across obstetric, gynae, abdominal, MSK and vascular ultrasound.
Pay & typical settings
- Pay band
- £55,690 – £62,682 (2025/26 AfC)
- Typical experience
- 8+ years post-qualification
- Where these roles sit
- Maternity units · Outpatient ultrasound · CDCs · Private practice
What the person spec usually requires
- Consultant-level practice or departmental clinical lead
- Published / presented research or service-level QI
- Strategic responsibility for a service line or modality
- Active in regional / national professional networks (SoR, BSIR, BMUS, IPEM)
Core Ultrasound skills panels score
- Independent reporting
- Image optimisation
- Communication of unexpected findings
- Consent
How to get shortlisted
- Articulated vision for the service, mapped to trust strategy
- Demonstrated influence beyond the department (region, national body)
- Financial and workforce literacy
- Track record of developing others into Band 7
The route into Ultrasound
Sonography is a postgraduate route — a CASE-accredited PgDip or MSc Medical Ultrasound, usually entered after Band 5 radiography or midwifery.
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