Vascular Scientist

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a part-time Band 7 Vascular Scientist in Portsmouth. This role involves performing complex vascular ultrasound scans and reporting results while supporting a collaborative team environment. Candidates ideally should have AVS accreditation or be nearing completion of their qualifications. Benefits include access to wellness facilities and support for continuous professional development.

Benefits

On-site nursery

Access to wellness centre

Awards ceremonies for achievements

Qualifications

• Full AVS accreditation or working towards it.
• Able to report on complex Vascular Ultrasound investigations.
• Experience with research and development.

Responsibilities

• Perform investigations, including Duplex scans and assessments.
• Teach and support less experienced colleagues.
• Maintain high standards of patient care.

Skills

Advanced knowledge in Vascular Ultrasound

Highly developed physical skills in ultrasound scans

Advanced analytical skills in problem solving

Effective communication skills

Ability to work with advanced complex equipment

Ability to communicate complex results

Education

AVS Full Accreditation

Honours degree in Medical, Biological or Physical Sciences

MSc in Medical or Physical Science

Physics A level or equivalent

HCPC Registration

Job description

The Vascular Assessment Unit at Portsmouth are excited to expand our current team with the appointment of a Band 7 Vascular Scientist (part-time 0.7 WTE 26.25 hours per week). The successful candidate will ideally have full AVS accreditation with the College and Society for Clinical Vascular Science, however if you are an experienced candidate working towards this qualification or are nearing completion of the STP training scheme, we would welcome your application (Annex 21 arrangement dependent on experience until SVT Accreditation achieved with our full support to enable this).

Main duties of the job

Teamwork and development is at our heart, supporting each other to manage workloads, and helping us provide excellent levels of care to each of our patients. Our current team comprises 3 Accredited Vascular Scientists and 1 Trainee Vascular Scientist in their final year of training and we are supported by administrators and healthcare assistants. We work collaboratively with vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, specialist nurses and research teams. Our purpose built unit has 3 large clinical rooms, equipped with the latest technology and equipment.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local populations. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues and our community, you will find a home at PHU.

Our staff's health and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site nursery, access to our free beach hut for , our on-site wellness centre including a gym, exercise classes and swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it most.

Portsmouth is a vibrant and dynamic waterfront city with great shopping, dining, nightlife and summer festivals. Situated on the south coast, it benefits from easy access to blue flag beaches and water sports. There are great local cycling networks and walking routes; and with the South Downs and New Forest national parks also on the doorstep.

Job responsibilities

Part time hours: 26.25 per week

Permanent contract

Are you ready to join our friendly and supportive multi-professional team? Are you looking for a better working balance in a part time role with a flexible working pattern?

You will be expected to carry out and independently report the full range of investigations, including carotid artery Duplex, upper and lower limb arterial and venous Duplex, EVAR & bypass graft surveillance, ABPI, pre- operative marking, and pre- and post- fistula assessments. Protected non-clinical time is allocated for teaching, research, service improvement, audit and professional development.

For more information or an informal chat please do not hesitate to contact Michelle Bonfield on Tel.[phone] or [e-mail]

For full details of this role, please refer to the enclosed Job Description

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge and experience of Vascular Ultrasound
• Highly developed physical skills in performing highly complex Vascular Ultrasound scans with the highest levels of precision, speed and accuracy.
• Highly developed reporting skills for Vascular Ultrasound scans.
• Advanced analytical skills in problem solving.
• Highly developed communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Ability to communicate complex results to clinical colleagues, including scientific and technical interpretation of complex anatomy and physiology.
• Highly developed skills in working with advanced complex and expensive equipment.
• Physically able to move heavy equipment, assist with transfer of patients, and maintain awkward scanning positions with limited scope for movement in order to obtain adequate images.
• Able to deal with distressing circumstances and frequently unpleasant working conditions.
• Able to sensitively impart bad news, including test results, to patients.
• Highly effective at making appropriate decisions and recommendations regarding referral of patients for further tests.
• Highly effective at organising work of self and others, prioritising work according to service demands, competing pressures and time scales.
• Responsive, resourceful and flexible approach.
• Ability to prioritise whilst remaining calm and logical.
• Self-motivated and able to enlist the co-operation and support of others.
• Able to communicate with a wide range of professional groups and patients.
• Sensitive to the needs of patients and colleagues and diligent on matters where care and support is needed.
• Ability to communicate with patients displaying challenging behaviour
• Well developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work with multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to act and ensure delivery of objectives
• Physically able to undertake tasks requiring movement of patients and equipment and maintain awkward scanning positions
• Experience of Research and Development

Qualifications

• Applicants must have AVS (Full Accreditation with Society of Vascular Technology for Great Britain and Ireland - requiring 3-4 years post graduate study, training and experience of Vascular Ultrasound) or equivalent qualification.
• Applicants must have an honours degree or equivalent in Medical, Biological or Physical Sciences (1st or 2.1)
• MSc in Medical or Physical Science
• Physics A level or equivalent
• HCPC Registration

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.

Consultant Clinical Scientist & Head of VAU