AAA Screening Technician | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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

Job summary

A leading health care provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated professional for the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme. This role includes conducting screenings, reporting results to patients, and promoting health awareness. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, a valid driving license, and a commitment to completing a Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners within the first 18 months of employment. Travel to various screening locations is required, often involving motorway driving, to facilitate essential community health services.

Qualifications

• The ability to explain screening procedures and benefits clearly.
• Experience in dealing with anxious patients and their families.
• A clean driving license and access to a car for travel to different locations.

Responsibilities

• Explain benefits and risks of AAA screening to patients.
• Take and report on AAA scans during community clinics.
• Support health promotion activities related to screening.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Precision

Problem-solving

Education

Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners

Job description

Overview

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 12,000 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 the Humber Health Partnership

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.

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.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025.