Senior AAA Screening Technician

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Accredited with an unexpired Level 3 AAA Health Screener Diploma
• Educated to GCSE level with 5 grade 'C' or equivalent qualifications
• Ongoing commitment to self-development training or education.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of health improvement and the role of screening as part of the NHS.
• Demonstrate ability to empathise, communicate sympathetically and sensitively with people and to have an understanding of the implications of working with people from different cultural backgrounds and ethnicity.
• Understands abdominal aortic aneurysms and the associated health pathways

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of dealing with members of the public in a face-to-face role.
• Experience of conducting AAA Screening scans and delivering AAA diagnosis to patients and their family/carers
• Experience of working unsupervised; being independently responsible for time management, able to achieve the objectives of the post and make correct decisions within a clear set of guidelines
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of administration practices and procedures in terms of accuracy and confidentiality
• Clear and concise verbal communication skills - experience of communicating unfamiliar and/or sensitive information.
• Able to use Microsoft technology packages and the relevant AAA information software.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Senior AAA Screening Technician JD (PDF, 536.3KB)
• Senior AAA Screening Technician PS (PDF, 144.6KB)
• Senior ST Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)