Senior AAA Screening Technician

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in England seeks an experienced AAA Screening Technician to provide leadership and supervision to the screening team. The role involves hands-on clinical practice and coordination of community-based screening services while ensuring safety and quality care for eligible patients. Candidates should be accredited with ultrasound competencies and possess excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Accredited AAA Screening Technician with current ultrasound competencies.
• Experience in AAA screening and abdominal aortic ultrasound.
• Supervisory or leadership experience is desirable.
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle with business insurance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support AAA Screening Technicians.
• Coordinate community screening clinics and manage rotas.
• Conduct quality assurance assessments of screening sites.
• Monitor performance data and manage resources.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Leadership experience

Experience in AAA screening

Education

Accredited AAA Screening Technician

Job description

We're looking for an experienced, accredited AAA Screening Technician to provide day-to-day leadership and supervision to our screening team. You'll combine hands-on clinical practice with team coordination, ensuring our community-based screening service delivers safe, high-quality care to eligible men across our region.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support AAA Screening Technicians, providing clinical leadership and first-line management
• Coordinate community screening clinics, manage rotas, and ensure efficient service delivery
• Conduct quality assurance assessments of screening sites to National Guidelines
• Maintain your AAA screening skills, participating fully in the clinical rota
• Monitor performance data, manage resources, and support service development
• Lead on implementing and reviewing fail-safes to ensure patient safety

Qualifications

• Accredited AAA Screening Technician with current ultrasound competencies
• Experience in AAA screening and abdominal aortic ultrasound
• Supervisory or leadership experience (desirable)
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Full UK driving license and access to vehicle with business insurance
• Commitment to equity of access and patient-centered care

About MFT

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.