# (***) Clinical Skills Trainer (CST)/Image Quality Assurance (IQA) Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-skills-trainer-cstimage-quality-assurance-iqa-lead/d349a8a8-1252-4eaa-84ae-567696685170 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-skills-trainer-cstimage-quality-assurance-iqa-lead/d349a8a8-1252-4eaa-84ae-567696685170.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical educator - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 7.5 hours per week (9am-5pm day of choosing) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-15T10:04:42.199Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Westcliff/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/VascularscientistSeniorSonographer/VascularscientistSeniorSonographer-v8158080 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8158080?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Mid and South Essex foundation Trust are seeking a CST/IQA Lead. This position will be employed 1 day per week (7.5 hours). The CST/IQA Lead has special responsibility for quality assurance (QA) of screening technicians and the screening process with responsibility for the screening equipment, screening technicians’ accreditation and monitoring of clinical performance, including review of scans (Image quality Assurance - IQA) identified by SMaRT (Screening Management and Referral Tracking system) from screening clinics. Any QA concerns should be brought to the attention of the director. The CST/IQA Lead advises on which ultrasound equipment should be purchased (subject to the specifications of the National Abdominal Aneurysm Screening Programme - NAAASP - guidelines) and when it needs to be updated or replaced. Please note this position can be a remote role should the candidate live outside of Southend or even Essex. All of the IQA can be done remotely and any clinical observations/reaccreditations can potentially be done at one of our screening locations, e.g. if a CST/IQA Lead was residing in London or West Hertfordshire, the observations could be done at our Harlow, Brentwood, Epping or Stansted locations, wherever is most convenient. Similarly, if they resided in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk we have locations at Saffron Waldon and Braintree. There would be very little need to come to Southend and we remain flexible. ### Main duties of the job If successful your duties will include: - to be responsible for the clinical training and supervision of new and existing staff – ensuring they are familiar with scanning techniques and maintain screening programme procedures and high standards - to act as the main point of contact and supervisor/assessor for the screening technicians while undertaking the required NAAASP qualification – this may require CST/IQA Lead to undertake additional assessor qualification - to perform clinical assessments of trainee screening technicians at the specified ‘assessment gateways’ as per AAA screening programme guidance to ensure trainee technicians complete their portfolio of experience and log book (assessment criteria are provided to support CSTs when performing these assessments) - to manage and review the work of the screeners at regular intervals as per programme QA framework and instigate further training where necessary - to plan and provide local training and CPD sessions for screeners, including supervisory sessions as per clinical training requirements - to offer support and advice to screeners if they encounter problems or unusual findings, particularly associated with conditions in men or technical malfunctions - to play an important role in the recruitment process for new screeners, including assessing the candidates’ eye-to-hand coordination - to carry out accurate abdominal ultrasound scanning as part of the local AAA screening programme, if required ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Education **Essential** - Postgraduate diploma or certificate in ultrasound or equivalent relevant CASE/SVT accredited qualification. **Desirable** - Teaching/Mentoring qualification ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Good understanding of abdominal cross sectional anatomy and specifically relating to the abdominal aorta. - A minimum of two years post registration experience and have experience of scanning abdominal aortic aneurysms - Extensive experience of training others in the workforce especially those without prior experience. **Desirable** - Familiarity with computer systems and the NAAASP IT system ## Documents - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [cst-iqa lead - ctc - so -b7 (pdf, 264.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10691508) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.