AAA Screening Technician
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, West Carr, City of Kingston upon Hull
AAA Screening Technician
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, West Carr, City of Kingston upon Hull
- Part time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 27 May | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: ff22582c6755434cb2facc74e75417ec
Location ref: West Carr, City of Kingston upon Hull
Full Job Description
- Ensure men attending clinics are aware of the benefits and risks of AAA screening and give informed consent to the procedures.
- Communicate with screening subjects in an empathetic and reassuring manner in order to produce high quality screening images.
- Report scan results together with any potential implications to subjects both verbally and, if required, in writing.
- Ensure the subject understands the screening result.
- Deal with anxious screening subjects and their relatives with tact, persuasion, patience and discretion.
- Recognise where communication difficulties arise and overcome barriers to understanding.
- Carry out other duties in accordance with the current national guidelines and the project protocols and standards.
- Work alongside other screening staff involved with the clinic and support the work of the screening programme.
- Keep the Vascular Scientist and Screening Manager informed of caseload and any difficulties arising, seeking advice where necessary.
- Participate in promoting the screening programme.
The work requires a high degree of precision and a high level of hand, eye and sensory coordination. You must be able to drive and have a clean driving licence with access to a car insured for business use. The work involves some motorway driving and you will be expected to travel to all screening locations and transport and move portable screening equipment and supplies. The post is initially fixed term with a mandatory requirement for the successful candidate to complete the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners within the first 18 months of employment. The post will be made permanent on successful completion of the diploma in the allocated timeframe.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.