The role of student volunteer will involve supporting the running of a course where trainees new to ultrasound will be learning how to conduct a scan of various body structures. Primarily this will be the abdomen however may include lower abdomen/ pelvis, or leg.
The student volunteer will be required to attend to act as a ‘patient’ for the trainees to scan to learn the ultrasound technique. This will involve the student lying on an ultrasound couch with the abdomen uncovered. Gel will be applied to the abdomen and the trainees will use ultrasound to scan the ‘patient’ to learn the ultrasound technique. They will have a scan performed by an expert sonographer at the beginning of the session to ensure normality. All students who are utilised will be required to sign a consent form which outlines the purpose of them being a ‘normal volunteer’ and the process that we will follow if any unexpected findings are seen on the scan.
Students will be required for the whole of the session and will be scanned by multiple different trainees under the supervision of a fully qualified member of the Ultrasound academic team/ expert sonographer.
Student volunteers will be present during the teaching of ultrasound trainees and may be asked to support the movement of trainees between classrooms and setting up equipment under supervision at the start of the morning session. Students may also be asked to support the cleaning of equipment (under supervision) at the end of the session.
We require students for the following shifts :
- Tuesday 1st September 2026 4 volunteers for the session 12.30pm – 16:00pm
- Wednesday 2nd September 2026 4 volunteers for the session 10.30am – 16:00pm
- Tuesday 8th September 2026 4 volunteers for the session 10.30am – 16:00pm
- Wednesday 9th September 2026 4 volunteers for the session 10.30am – 16:00pm
Other Information :
Rate of Pay : Level 4 (please note that recent
University pay uplifts effective from 1st August 2026
may affect pay rates. Where applicable, any resulting
back pay will be processed accordingly).