Job summary
- Main area
- Vascular
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6256549
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Senior Clinical Vascular Scientist
Band 7
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Vascular Scientist to join our Vascular Studies service at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The service is principally based at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, which is the acute hub of the North Central London Vascular Network, however also works across other local sites such as Barnet Hospital, Hadley Wood Hospital, Finchley Memorial Hospital and The Whittington Hospital. The successful candidate would be part of a team of ten qualified vascular scientists, two STPs, an associate practitioner, and two administrators.
Main duties of the job
In addition to the core mix of Doppler ultrasound activity found in most departments, the service sees interesting cohorts of patients including those with problematic vascular access for haemodialysis, complex aortic aneurysms, vascular malformations, renovascular disease and complex venous disease. There is also opportunity to work within our specialist microvascular service undertaking cold challenge thermography and nailfold capillaroscopy. We work closely with twelve Consultant Vascular Surgeons from across the network, two Clinical Nurse Specialists, our neurovascular and diabetic foot MDTs, a large team of research fellows, junior doctors and our pathway navigation team.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the main patient facing clinical duties outlined above, staff are given dedicated time in order to be able to conduct valuable work within research & audit, education, quality improvement, and leadership in line with both personal development and service needs.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant science undergraduate honours degree in a physical or biomedical science
- Current holder of Society for Vascular Technology Accredited Vascular Scientist status
Desirable criteria
- CASE accredited postgraduate qualification in vascular ultrasound
- HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist (Vascular)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of duplex ultrasound
Desirable criteria
- Experience of medical research and audit
- Experience of teaching and training
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Excellent computer and administration skills
- Willingness to teach and train others
- Independently perform, interpret & report: o Peripheral arterial and venous duplex. o Carotid & vertebral arteries Doppler. o Aneurysm duplex ultrasound and post-EVAR surveillance duplex. o Bypass graft surveillance duplex. o Resting & post-exercise ABPIs.
Desirable criteria
- Independently perform, interpret & report duplex ultrasound of: o Haemodialysis access arteriovenous fistula. o Transcranial Doppler. o Pseudo-aneurysm & compression. o Post-fEVAR surveillance. o Renal and mesenteric arteries. o Temporal arteries. o Perforator arteries for mapping prior to plastic surgery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ved Ramnani
- Job title
- Head Clinical Vascular Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02078302862
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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