Lead Vascular Scientist / Sonographer in London

Act as the specialist for the Vascular lead speciality within CTMUHB, horizon scanning, 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.

Provide highly specialist advice on the Vascular Laboratory sub-specialty service to colleagues. Develop the CTMUHB Vascular US service to ensure it complies with national and CTMUHB policies 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.

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.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; while 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.

About us:

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers. Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development. At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team‐oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing the professional and expert lead within Radiology for the Vascular US specialty service. This will include being an expert resource, setting and auditing standards, clinical protocol development, liaison with Radiologists on appropriate issues and advising on best practice.
• Build strong relationships with medical clinicians, clinical staff, managers and other individuals within the local area, CTMUHB and other organisations within Wales and the UK.
• Provide managerial support in the absence of the Radiology Directorate Manager or Professional Head of Radiography.
• Act as the link and coordinator within the US department and be the point of contact for all Radiology Vascular issues.
• Be responsible for advising Radiology on the safe, efficient and effective delivery of designated Vascular speciality services. To achieve this, the Lead Vascular Scientist will liaise regularly with the ACoS Operations and Radiography, Radiology Managers, Clinical Directors, other Superintendent Radiographers and Radiologists.
• Develop strategies for service development and delivery, informed by horizon scanning.
• Develop initiatives for the designated Vascular Laboratory specialty service, contributing to them as required ensuring consistency with other parts of the CPG.
• Participate in the development of the annual and 5 year IMTP Plans for the Radiology CPG, contributing as a senior manager.
• Effectively delegate tasks or projects to senior staff within the Vascular US service.
• Contribute to the preparation of business cases for the purchase of new and replacement equipment related to the imaging modality in line with Radiology's agreed priorities and capital replacement programme.
• Lead the clinical evaluation process for equipment procurement, including the agreement of the specification and evaluation criteria and the full identification of risks, benefits and the financial implications of the proposals.
• Identify and implement opportunities for service improvement and new ways of working throughout Radiology.
• Work with the ACoS Radiography and Professional Head of Radiography to ensure that appropriate maintenance contracts for all equipment associated with the Vascular US service are in place and that maintenance and emergency visits are undertaken, ensuring that the impact on service delivery is kept to a minimum, records are maintained and supplier contractual obligations are met.
• Make a full contribution to the success of the Radiology vascular US service through participation as required in the various CPG work streams—i.e. Workforce, Finance and Performance, Quality and Governance, Role Redesign and Training.
• Provide effective leadership and motivation to staff within the speciality across the sites in Radiology CTMUHB.
• Be responsible for the management of radiographic and multidisciplinary staff as allocated within the division.
• Promote a culture of open communication underpinned by multi‐disciplinary team participation.
• Demonstrate effective use of evidence‐based practice, evaluating emerging research and standards to inform service improvements and delivery.
• Involve, engage and harness the voice of citizens in the development and delivery of care.
• Ensure that the values and principles of public health are instilled within the activities of the Vascular Laboratory Service.
• Represent Radiology as and when senior Vascular representation is required.

Person Specification:

• Professional Registration
• Evidence of training / audit
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
• Previous management Experience
• Vascular experience
• Accreditation
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.