Clinical Vascular Scientist - Advanced Practitioner

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at a leading NHS trust for a skilled clinical lead vascular scientist to oversee a transformative vascular ultrasound service. The role involves managing training, quality enhancement, and collaboration across multiple sites, with a focus on delivering exceptional patient care. Offering continuous professional development and a supportive work environment, the incumbent will join a multidisciplinary team dedicated to excellence.

Benefits

Development opportunities, including professional and leadership development

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• SVT accredited clinical vascular scientist with a proven track record.
• Ability to perform and report advanced clinical scans.
• Experienced in leading training and auditing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead on training and MDT development across sites.
• Perform a range of vascular investigations including duplex scans.
• Provide managerial support and oversee clinical audit.

Skills

Vascular ultrasound

Clinical audit

Teaching

Education

SVT accreditation

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced vascular scientist to become clinical lead for University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

The vascular ultrasound team is in the process of being transformed, joining departments across UHDB sites. This is a great opportunity to be at the forefront of developing the highest quality service. As clinical lead, you will be expected to lead on training, develop MDT's to bring the sites together and work collaboratively.

You will be an SVT accredited clinical vascular scientist with a proven track record of performing and reporting both basic and advanced clinical scans. With the ability to teach and assess competence of other staff, you will lead on clinical audit, to ensure the highest standards are met. You will provide managerial support to the service lead and deputise in their absence.

The vascular service supports a range of healthcare professionals across surgery, medicine and diagnostics. Royal Derby Hospital have 2 purpose-built vascular ultrasound suites and a dedicated scan room in the TIA clinic.

At present the Vascular Ultrasound Lab sits within a friendly multidisciplinary department that includes Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastric and Neurophysiology. With an excess of 100 staff in total, our wider Clinical Measurement Department is a large and sociable place to work. Viewing of the department is welcome and encouraged.

You will be expected to perform a wide range of vascular investigations, including carotid and temporal artery scans, upper and lower limb arterial and venous duplex scans, AAA and graft surveillance scans. Non-imaging tests such as ABPI are also performed.

As clinical lead you will be expected to provide teaching, audit, supervisory and managerial support. We actively encourage continuous professional development.

The vascular ultrasound service is expanding to provide vascular imaging services to other hospitals within the Trust, so may involve cross-site working. This post will also involve some weekend on-call work on a rota basis, providing imaging for the 7 day-a-week TIA service.

Closing date of applications: 4 July 2025

Interview date: 18 July 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Pitcher Job title: Principal Clinical Physiologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01332 787183