AAA Screening Technician

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable NHS Trust is looking for an AAA Screening Technician to provide community-based ultrasound screening across various locations. The ideal candidate will need to communicate effectively with patients, report scan results, and handle equipment with precision. Driving and a clean license are necessary. This initially fixed-term role requires completing a Diploma for Health Screeners. You'll be working in a supportive and professional team environment, contributing to essential healthcare services in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering patient care within a clinical environment.
• Familiarity with personal computers and data entry.
• Experience of performing ultrasound scanning.

Responsibilities

• Explain benefits and risks of AAA screening to patients.
• Communicate empathetically with patients for high-quality imaging.
• Report scan results clearly to patients.

Skills

Good eye to hand coordination

Clear spoken and written English

Politeness and patience

Good organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

5 GCSE or equivalent in Maths, English and Human Biology

NVQ 2 in relevant subject

Health Screener Diploma

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

AAA Screening Technician

The closing date is 11 December 2025

The North Yorkshire and Humber NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme provides a community based ultrasound screening service across a wide geographical area including Ripon, Scarborough, Harrogate, York, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. We perform over 12000 ultrasound scans of the abdominal aorta per year at busy community clinics. You will be required to explain the implications and benefits of participating in the programme, undertake AAA screens, report scan results verbally to participants at the clinic, participate in health promotion, maintain safe use of ultrasound equipment and export and transfer images and results data electronically. The work requires a high degree of precision and a high level of hand, eye and sensory coordination. You must be able to drive and have a clean driving licence with access to a car insured for business use. The work involves some motorway driving and you will be expected to travel to all screening locations and transport and move portable screening equipment and supplies. The post is initially fixed term with a mandatory requirement for the successful candidate to complete the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners within the first 18 months of employment. The post will be made permanent on successful completion of the diploma in the allocated timeframe.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure men attending clinics are aware of the benefits and risks of AAA screening and give informed consent to the procedures.
• Communicate with screening subjects in an empathetic and reassuring manner in order to produce high quality screening images.
• Report scan results together with any potential implications to subjects both verbally and, if required, in writing.
• Ensure the subject understands the screening result.
• Deal with anxious screening subjects and their relatives with tact, persuasion, patience and discretion.
• Recognise where communication difficulties arise and overcome barriers to understanding.
• Carry out other duties in accordance with the current national guidelines and the project protocols and standards.
• Work alongside other screening staff involved with the clinic and support the work of the screening programme.
• Keep the Vascular Scientist and Screening Manager informed of caseload and any difficulties arising, seeking advice where necessary.
• Participate in promoting the screening programme.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Demonstrable understanding of the clinical environment, patient care and confidentiality
• Recent experience of delivering patient care within a clinical environment
• Understanding of commonly used medical terminology
• Familiarity with personal computers and data entry
• Experience of making unsupervised judgements on patient enquiries/queries
• Know when to seek advice from senior staff
• Experience of working in a AAA Screening Programme
• Experience of performing ultrasound scanning.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills

• Good eye to hand co-ordination
• Clear spoken and written English
• Politeness and patience
• Ability to work within a team and effectively liaise with people at all levels
• Good organisational skills
• Flexible and independent approach to work.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work accurately on own initiative

Other Requirements

• Good time keeper
• Ability to work from both hospital sites and all screening localities detailed in the vacancy advert as required and to meet the demands of the service
• Driver with clean licence
• Willingness and ability to travel and transport screening equipment between venues and sites
• Adaptability to different working environments off-site
• Interest and enthusiasm in the screening project and its benefits to the community
• Experience of publicising health care services

Education/ Qualifications

• Good standard of general education (5 GCSE or equivalent, in Maths, English and Human Biology or other life science)
• NVQ 2 in relevant subject
• NVQ 3 in relevant subject
• Health Screener Diploma

Special Attributes

• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust