Chief Clinical Physiologist/Sonographer/Vascular Technologist

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Highly specialised Vascular Clinical Scientist/Physiologist to join their vascular team. This role offers a balance of work and life with a compressed week and various vascular investigations. Newly qualified professionals are encouraged to apply, ensuring a pathway for skill development and professional growth in a supportive environment. The Trust is highly respected, recognized for its patient-centered approach, and committed to the development of its staff.

Qualifications

• Passion for vascular science.
• Driving skills for patient care.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a range of vascular investigations including arterial and venous scanning.
• Participate in professional training and development opportunities.
• Support service expansion and CPD.

Job description

A Vacancy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a passionate and driven Highly specialised Vascular Clinical Scientist/Physiologist to join our vascular team. We will consider applications from newly qualified vascular clinical scientist/physiologists and for part-time hours. We work a compressed week with four working days (8:00am to 6:00pm), providing an excellent work-life balance. We are a small vascular department in modern, air-conditioned facilities. We aim to provide off probe time to all sonographers to reduce MSK and support role expansion / CPD.

Why Join Us?

• Variety and challenge: You will be working in a range of vascular investigations, including outpatient and inpatient arterial and venous scanning, carotid scanning including TIA service, EVAR surveillance, exercise ABPI and toe pressures.
• Develop your skills: We are committed to team development, offering training both internally and externally and course opportunities including attendance to vascular conferences. We currently have 2 substantive experienced sonographers and hope to develop services meaning we are well-positioned to support our team members' professional growth and skill advancement.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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This advert closes on Sunday 21 Dec 2025