NHS

Clinical Vascular Scientist


PayCompetitive
LocationWatford/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: M0042-81529?language=en&page=21&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      This job will enhance your performance through continuously developing your knowledge, skills and behaviours of a biomedical scientist making you more capable and confident than you were before starting the role. While also potentially leading to further development opportunities done the line.

      Main duties of the job

      You will be an effective member of the Vascular Lab team ensuring a high-quality, accessible and efficient service. To provide a comprehensive diagnostic and evaluative duplex ultrasound service to referring consultants and clinicians as appropriate, for patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease, lower limb ischemia, venous and carotid disease.

      About us

      Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

      Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

      Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

      Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

      Date posted

      17 April 2025

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 7

      Salary

      £31.78 an hour

      Contract

      Bank

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

      Reference number

      M0042-81529

      Job locations

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • To ensure that clinical standards in vascular sonography are maintained.
      • To ensure that the scanning of patients is carried out as quickly as possible, consistent with keeping to the standard required and that the patients are sent home or to other departments with the least possible delay.
      • Advise clinicians on interpretation of results. Recommend to clinicians further investigations or urgent review by Vascular Surgeons, where appropriate.
      • Advice and counsel patients on both normal and distressing test results/conclusions.
      • To adhere to departmental policies and keep up-to-date with developments in vascular technology, to attend courses and seminars as necessary.
      • To assist the Lead Vascular Scientist with the organisation and supervision of junior staff in the department.
      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      • To ensure that clinical standards in vascular sonography are maintained.
      • To ensure that the scanning of patients is carried out as quickly as possible, consistent with keeping to the standard required and that the patients are sent home or to other departments with the least possible delay.
      • Advise clinicians on interpretation of results. Recommend to clinicians further investigations or urgent review by Vascular Surgeons, where appropriate.
      • Advice and counsel patients on both normal and distressing test results/conclusions.
      • To adhere to departmental policies and keep up-to-date with developments in vascular technology, to attend courses and seminars as necessary.
      • To assist the Lead Vascular Scientist with the organisation and supervision of junior staff in the department.

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • HCPC registered & Practised as a Registered Biomedical Scientist
      • IBMS registration portfolio
      • A Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent.
      • MSc in Vascular Ultrasound from CASE accredited University training programme.
      • Society of Vascular Technology (SVT) accreditation.
      • Previous proven NHS experience in vascular ultrasound scanning post qualification/accreditation.
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • HCPC registered & Practised as a Registered Biomedical Scientist
      • IBMS registration portfolio
      • A Biomedical Science Degree or equivalent.
      • MSc in Vascular Ultrasound from CASE accredited University training programme.
      • Society of Vascular Technology (SVT) accreditation.
      • Previous proven NHS experience in vascular ultrasound scanning post qualification/accreditation.

      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.

      UK Registration

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

      Additional information

      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.

      UK Registration

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

      Employer details

      Employer name

      NHS Professionals Limited

      Address

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Employer's website

      https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      NHS Professionals Limited

      Address

      Watford General Hospital

      60 Vicarage Road

      Watford

      WD18 0HB


      Employer's website

      https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.