Clinical Vascular Scientist

Job overview

Clinical Vascular Scientist (Band 7)

A rare opportunity has arisen for an accredited vascular scientist, or a soon-to-qualify STP trainee, to join one of the UK’s leading vascular studies unit’s (VSU) at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Department

Based in the Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre at Cambridge University Hospitals, the VSU is a purpose-built, air-conditioned facility opened in 2015. Our dedicated unit includes four scanning rooms, a large open-plan office, and a patient waiting area. We perform complex non-invasive vascular investigations that directly inform patient care across Cambridge and a regional referral network.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

You will independently perform, interpret, and report a range of vascular ultrasound and physiology investigations, including:

• Carotid duplex
• Lower and upper limb arterial and venous scans
• Aortic aneurysm and EVAR surveillance
• Graft surveillance and specialist physiology testing

Your work will span outpatient clinics, wards, theatres, ICUs, and recovery, directly influencing diagnosis and intervention planning.

Professional Development and Engagement

• High quality training and support: current trainees on STP, non-STP and HSST routes
• Protected 20% non-clinical time: For teaching, research, service improvement, audit, and maintaining IQIPS standards
• Active involvement in multi-centre research trials and representation on the CSVS Committees encouraged
• Regular conference participation: support to attend at least one national conference per year and encouraged to submit and present research
• Teaching opportunities: seminars and practical teaching sessions to junior doctors, radiologists and nurses.  Promotion of vascular science and healthcare science at Trust, local and regional level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment This vacancy will close at midnight on 1st June 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 24th June 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.