Clinical Vascular Scientist - Advanced Practitioner

NHS; Derby; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Clinical Vascular Scientist - Advanced Practitioner at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. As clinical lead, you will enhance the vascular ultrasound team, deliver high-quality services, and implement continuous professional development while leading a diverse multidisciplinary department.

Benefits

Development opportunities including professional and leadership development

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership and onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent knowledge in vascular scanning.
• Extensive experience in performing a broad range of vascular investigations.
• AVS Accreditation and BLS/ILS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead on training and development of vascular ultrasound team.
• Perform a wide range of vascular investigations including arterial and venous scans.
• Provide managerial support and lead clinical audit.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Master's degree in vascular scanning

AVS Accreditation

BLS/ILS certification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Vascular Scientist - Advanced Practitioner

The closing date is 04 July 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills, & Experience

• Master's degree or equivalent level knowledge and experience in vascular scanning
• Extensive knowledge and experience in performing a broad range of vascular investigations
• AVS Accreditation
• BLS/ILS
• Leadership training

Analytical Skills

• Competent in analysing interpreting and reporting on highly complex specialist vascular investigations
• Able to sign off own reports
• Experience of training others in vascular ultrasound
• Experience of clinical audit and peer review

Communication

Teamwork

• Evidence of teamwork
• Ability to work independently
• Experience of leading a project/Making a change
• Experience of leading a team

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.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust