Lead Vascular Scientist / Sonographer - (Annex 21)

Job overview

Act as the specialist for the Vascular lead speciality within CTMUHB,  working with Radiologists to identify, lead and evaluate the implementation of new / best practice.  Achieve this through developing relationships with internal and external representatives and bodies.

Develop the CTMUHB Vascular US service to ensure it complies with national and CTMUHB polices and strategies and current relevant legislation.  This will include setting and auditing standards and agreeing and implementing standard operating procedures across CTMUHB. This activity will be overseen by the Clinical Director and Professional Head of Radiography.

The post holder will also have overall responsibility for the management of the Vascular US service Radiology CTMUHB. This will include managing the budget for that service, and delivery of local access and activity targets and local clinical governance.

The post holder will be a senior member of staff within Radiology and will contribute to the success of the US service as a whole, undertaking CTMUHB wide activities as and when required.

Post is offered to fully qualified candidates and those who meet the following criteria and will be remunerated under Annex 21 :

Final year STP students or individuals training towards the SVT accreditation, with progression onto the substantive post upon HCPC registration or SVT AVS accreditation.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for the leadership of the Vascular Ultrasound (US) service within Radiology CTMUHB.
• The post holder will be responsible for the sonographer training across our 3 acute sites.
• The post holder will ensure the service is safe, efficient, cost effective and meets the needs of the wider Health Board and the local population. This includes contributing to the achievement of all operational performance targets including governance standards, staff competence, access, activity and finance targets.

Post is offered to fully qualified candidates and those who meet the following criteria and will be remunerated under Annex 21 :

Final year STP students or individuals training towards the SVT accreditation, with progression onto the substantive post upon HCPC registration or SVT AVS accreditation.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

If appointed under Annex 21 :

The trainee will undertake up to a 24 month training/development programme upon commencement of this role, with an aim to achieve the identified professional qualification and relevant competencies.

Completion of the qualification is a requirement of the contract of employment.

During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions as follows :

Months 1-12 of the training period will be paid at 70% of the top of Band 8a pay scale,

Months 13 – 24 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 8a pay scale.

Upon successful attainment of the qualification, even if sooner than the 24 month allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of the Band 8a pay scale (without financial detriment), as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.

NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new trainee salary will be below that of their current salary.  To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations.  Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 8a, again without financial detriment.