Accredited Clinical Vascular ScientistNHS
Job summary
Whether you are already experienced across the full range of vascular ultrasound examinations or are looking to broaden your scope of practice, we are committed to supporting your development. We provide training and mentorship to help you gain competency in examinations that are not currently within your scope, allowing you to develop your skills with confidence.
Please feel free to call to discuss or arrange an informal visit to the department.
We are ideally looking for someone HCPC registered or CSVS accredited, but very much welcome applications from those about to qualify on the STP in vascular science.
Your role will be based primarily at the Denmark Hill site but will require some cross site working.
Main duties of the job
The Vascular Lab at King's is one of the busiest in the uk but what better opportunity could there be to develop your skills in this environment. We perform a complete set of vascular ultrasound investigations including;
- Transcranial imaging for the national paediatric sickle cell screening program
- Renal artery and transplant kidney
- Vascular access for dialysis fistula and mapping including for endo-AVF
- Specialist work for diabetic foot including pedal arterial and ultra-distal bypass graft surveillance
- Urgent scans for vasculitis such as GCA pathways
- All the usual scans such as peripheral arterial and venous and carotid.
Although the department is busy the support required can be individually tailored to your existing experience so full training can be provided in areas not already within your scope, we always aim to ensure there is sufficient senior support available while encouraging independent practice. Furthermore there is a lot of scope for you to be actively involved in teaching and training as we have STP trainees, non STP trainees and a student from the Gloucester university undergraduate program.
We ensure all scientists have allocated time away from direct patient care to participate in audit and project work and we have had multiple projects presented at a variety of conferences. We also have a daily co-ordinator role which everyone participates in.
Job description
- To undertake, interpret and report ultrasound scans and other tests for vascular conditions, working at the level of a fully qualified clinical vascular technologist. They will operate autonomously with the support of senior staff within the service.
- To undertake specific roles in the day-to-day management of the department and will have specific duties within the service for which they will be expected to be responsible.
- To run vascular ultrasound clinics in other trusts and to assume responsibility for these where required.
- Contribute to ongoing quality improvement and audit projects within the department
- Contribute to the teaching and training of junior and trainee vascular scientists.
About us
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King's Strategy - 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability. Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King's, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.