Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 214-MED-7607048
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kings Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Clinical Physiologist/Sonographer/Vascular Technologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.
Job overview
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a passionate and driven Highly specialised Vascular Clinical Scientist/Physiologist to join our vascular team. We will consider applications from newly qualified vascular clinical scientist/physiologists and for part-time hours.
We work a compressed week with four working days (8:00am to 6:00pm), providing an excellent work-life balance. We are a small vascular department in modern, airconditioned facilities. We aim to provide off probe time to all sonographers to reduce MSK and support role expansion / CPD.
Why Join Us?
- Variety and challenge: You will be working in a range of vascular investigations, including outpatient and inpatient arterial and venous scanning, carotid scanning including TIA service, EVAR surveillance, exercise ABPI and toe pressures.
- Develop your skills: We are committed to team development, offering training both internally and externally and course opportunities including attendance to vascular conferences. We currently have 2 substantive experienced sonographers and hope to develop services meaning we are well-positioned to support our team members' professional growth and skill advancement.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Person specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- 37.5 Hours per week
- Annual attendance at Trust Fire Lecture
- Annual update on Manual Handling
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of Vascular procedures gained over significant time either post graduate (up to 2002)/State registered practice (2003 onwards)
Desirable criteria
- Managerial experience/Training experience
Further Training
Essential criteria
- CPD
- Training in NHS procedures, protocols and policies
- Ability to report on own clinical work
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSC in Clinical Physiology (2003 onwards) or equivalent (up to 2002) for State Registration in Cardiology, Respiratory or Vascular
- Training and experience at equivalent Masters level demonstrated by additional professional qualifications (e.g. BSE/BPEG/AVS) and additional substantial theoretical knowledge developments through appropriate study days and short courses, undertaking structured extended self study
- State Registration with RCCP
- ILS/Defib certificate
- Teaching certificate (C&G7303/ABC or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Highly specialised expert knowledge and experience across a range of Vascular procedures gained over significant time either post graduate (up to 2002)/State registered practice (2003 onwards)
- Extensive practical experience in Vascular at an independent practice level including investigation, interpretation, reporting, altering therapy and recommending alternative investigations. To be able to identify when emergency medical intervention is required and take appropriate action
- Evidence of professional awareness, CPD, and up-to-date knowledge through structured study, reflective practice and peer review. This includes epidemiology, pathology, diagnostic strategies, interpretation of investigations, management strategies and outcomes, contributing to clinical pathways
- Lead specialist in one area of diagnostics and procedures demonstrating highly specialised technical knowledge and first line management in this area
- Professional practice and research – history taking, psychology of disease, counselling skills, report writing, statistical and research methodology, critical appraisal of literature
- Ability to work as an autonomous Practitioner holding their own caseload
- Excellent communication verbal and written skills
- Excellent organisational skills with an ability to demonstrate initiative, motivation and independent thinking
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to manage self effectively
- Ability to cope with decision making under pressure, leadership, meet deadlines, delegate effectively
- IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Nicola Sutcliffe
- Job title
- Non-invasive cardiology and Vascular Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
ext 6553
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