Main area Vascular Surgery Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent: Moving from Band 3 to Band 4, once qualified. Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full time and part time hours available for the right candidate. No set working days, based over 5 days Monday to Friday.) Job ref 205-7071742
Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Stoke Hospital Town Stoke-On-Trent Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59
Band 3
Job overview
The successful candidate will be paid Band 3 during the training period and then on successful completion of the Health Screening Diploma (HSD) Qualification, Band 4.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated, team orientated individual to join the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme for Staffordshire and South Cheshire.
The Screening office is based at the Royal Stoke Hospital and this role will cover community-based clinics across Staffordshire and South Cheshire, undertaking abdominal aortic ultrasound scanning as part of the National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP), which provides AAA screening to men aged 65 and over.
The successful individual will be required to undertake training in the form of a Health Screening Diploma (HSD) qualification, if not already acquired. The Diploma is an accredited distance learning course, with practical training taking place within the service.
AAA Screening is a fast paced, demanding environment with the team performing more than 8,000 ultrasound scans per year. Screening Technicians are expected to work and report both autonomously and as a team. The ability to travel independently to and from the base and clinic venues, with full access to a car (with business insurance) is essential, as clinics are community-based.
Main duties of the job
To deliver abdominal ultrasound scanning as part of NAAASP and to ensure scanning is undertaken to a high standard and in accordance with national and local standard operating procedures. To explain and reassure men attending the community AAA screening and surveillance clinics and explain the screening test and its implications.
The role requires highly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision and a high level of hand, eye and sensory co-ordination are essential. The post holder will apply specialist training and experience to manipulate ultrasound machine controls to gain maximum image optimisation. You will work independently and make judgements according to experience and training. Advice and support will be available for more complex situations; however, the post holder will generally be working under their own initiative without reference to the line manager.
The role is patient focused and will involve daily travel to and from the Royal Stoke Hospital base to community clinics covering South Cheshire, North Staffordshire and South Staffordshire.
This opportunity requires flexible working hours with no set shifts, Monday to Friday, however, rota’s are provided 6 weeks in advance.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Role Summary
The primary purpose of this role is to undertake abdominal ultrasound scanning as part of the community based National AAA screening programme (NAAASP). The post holder will ensure abdominal ultrasound scanning is undertaken to a high standard in accordance with national standard operating procedures.
The post holder will reassure patients attending the community AAA screening and surveillance clinics and explain the screening test and its implications.
Following successful completion of training period, the post holder will work independently, making judgements according to experience and training. Advice is available when needed for more complex situations but the post holder generally works on their own initiative without reference to the Line Manager.
Person specification
Essential Qualifications
* Good general education; 5 GCSE passes at C or above to include English and Mathematics or equivalent.
* IT skills/qualifications and experience of Microsoft office: Word, Excel etc.
* A science subject at GCSE at Grade C or above or equivalent – Biology desirable.
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* Experience of working and communicating with members of the public.
* An understanding of Confidentiality.
* Good communication skills – clear written and spoken English with the ability to give a clear explanation.
* Able to use own initiative and work in a team and effectively liaise with others at different levels.
* Ability to make unsupervised judgements on patient enquiries.
* Ability to look forward; to devise and plan new approaches to achieving targets.
* Ability to time manage effectively and plan work activities.
* Previous experience working in a Health Care environment and patient care.
* Familiarity using a PC and applications such as Word/Excel.
* An understanding of medical terminology.
* Knowledge of and enthusiasm for the National AAA screening.
* Attention to accuracy and detail.
* Previous use of medical devices.
Personal Qualities
* Able to use own initiative and work in a team and effectively liaise with others at different levels.
* Excellent communication skills; written, email, telephone.
* Ability to forge and maintain good relationships with stakeholders.
* Good organisation skills.
* Flexibility to travel to different health centres across the area.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Attention to detail.
* Clean, full, UK driving license.
* Ability to look forward; to devise and plan new approaches to achieving targets.
* Ability to time manage effectively and plan work activities.
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