Clinical Vascular Scientist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, accredited Clinical Vascular Scientist to join our small, friendly and highly specialist Vascular Studies Unit (VSU) at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT). The VSUprovide comprehensive vascular imaging support to a range of clinics and services, including:

• One-stop vascular clinics (surgeon- and nurse-led)
• Multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinics
• Weekly vascular hot clinics
• Thrombosis outpatient services
• Rapid access TIA clinics
• Inpatient and outpatient vascular services
You will work closely with a well-established multidisciplinary team, including Consultant Vascular Surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, Specialist Nurses, and other consultant groups. This role offers the chance to work in a beautiful part of the country, while independently carrying out advanced vascular investigations, contributing to service development, and playing a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of patients with vascular disease. Vascular Scientists are allocated 20% protected non-scanning time, enabling engagement in:
• MDT meetings
• Teaching and training
• CPD activities
• Quality assurance, audit, and governance
• Departmental and service development work
• Mandatory training, On appointment, you will work autonomously and provide supervision to others, performing and reporting complex vascular ultrasound examinations to the highest professional standard. These include:
• Carotid duplex
• Upper and lower limb arterial and venous duplex scanning
• Thoracic outlet syndrome and popliteal entrapment examinations
• Graft surveillance
• Pre-fistula mapping and post-fistula surveillance
• EVAR follow-up
• Pre-operative vein marking
You will provide expert clinical opinion, contribute to governance processes, and support service improvement initiatives.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It serves a population of around 470,000 people, a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £740 million. RCHTis responsible forthe provision of services at three main sites with approximately 780 inpatient beds: Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro St Michael's Hospital in Hayle West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as ourfacilities, andare committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. This plays a vital part in attracting and retaining highly skilled teams of doctors, nurses and other health professionals who support the care of well over half a million people each year.