Job summary
- Main area
- 317 CB Clinical and Diagnostic Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-26-29-DR
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Scientist or Pre-Registrant (Ultrasound)
Band 7
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting part-time opportunity has arisen within the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a talented, self-motivated clinical scientist with specialist experience of vascular ultrasound imaging and a strong interest in teaching and research. The successful applicant will become part of a thriving ultrasound physics team, based within the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering department at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
- Interview date: Thursday 24 July 2025
- 15 hours/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post comprises two complementary roles: teaching for 1½ days per week and contributing to a research programme for half a day per week.
In the first role, you will support the vascular specialism lead in the delivery of the MSc in Clinical Science course for Newcastle University, which is the sole UK provider of the core vascular modules for the academic component of the Scientist Training Programme.
You will contribute to the design and delivery of our high quality teaching and assessment as part of the vascular and general modules in the master’s programme. This work will be informed by the experience you have gained previously in your clinical practice, academic study and training. As part of your development, we will encourage you to attend appropriate internal and external training courses.
In the second role, you will contribute to a well-established vascular research programme at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, working with vascular surgeons, academic researchers and specialist nurses. You will carry out duplex Doppler ultrasound scanning as part of clinical trials and other grant-funded research projects, as well as advising and supporting your research colleagues. To achieve this, you will possess appropriate clinical experience in vascular imaging, allowing you to scan confidently and to report independently.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Performs a range of advanced healthcare science activities
• Provide highly specialist advice and training to staff within own area and other professionals
• Actively involved in research and development projects
• Supervises and trains less experienced staff and trainees
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in relevant subject.
- Appropriate post-graduate degree at master’s level, or equivalent level of specialist knowledge and experience
- The post holder is expected to be a registered Clinical Scientist or working towards registration.
- Possession of full UK driving licence
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an ultrasound physics role
- Experience of using ultrasound quality assurance phantoms
- Experience of carrying out ultrasound quality assurance testing Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of current legislation, standards and safety guidelines pertinent to the working area and the protection of staff, patients and members of the public.
- Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology relevant to the area of work
- Basic knowledge of clinical hazards and infection control
- Advanced knowledge of ultrasound physics
- Knowledge of IT software packages
- Knowledge of equipment quality assurance
- Good knowledge of scientific method and collection and analysis of data using standard scientific tools and software.
- Knowledge of governance issues including ethical and regulatory considerations
- Up to date knowledge of Trust policies and procedures regarding control of infection
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an MR physics role
- Experience of performing, publishing & presenting research Basic knowledge of MR physics
- Understanding of calibration requirements
- Basic understanding of the functioning and safe use of a wide range of ultrasound and MR equipment
- Basic knowledge of statistical analysis for medical applications
- Experience of working in an MR physics role
- Experience of performing, publishing & presenting research
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to interpret complex technical information.
- Good IT skills
- Good report writing and presentational skills, including the production of scientific papers, reports and conference presentations
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent team-working skills and the ability to work independently.
- Good numeracy skills
- Teaching, training and mentoring skills
- The ability to undertake complex calculation, data analysis and to issue reports on quantitative techniques.
- Ability to give technical advice to colleagues, senior clinicians and other professionals.
- Ability to carry out research and development working as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to liaise effectively with staff at all levels
- Ability to work on own initiative.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathia Fiaschi
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2138626
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