Specialist Screening Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This demanding but satisfying role involves providing AAA surveillance screening, clinical assessments, health promotion, and risk reduction advice to men with newly diagnosed AAAs and existing surveillance subjects. The successful candidate will be a registered nurse, ideally with significant experience in Vascular Surgery and AAA management. The role requires flexible working hours and extensive driving across the geographical area to deliver face-to-face assessment clinics. Training for the Vascular Specialist Nurse competencies and Level 3 Health Screener Diploma is expected.
Essential criteria
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
- Education/ Qualifications
- RSCN/RN 1st level with current NMC registration
- Teaching/Assessing/Mentorship Course Clinically competent (within speciality)
Desirable criteria
- 1st Level degree or evidence of study at this level
- Advanced Vascular Nurse qualification or willingness to undertake this training
- Knowledge, Training & Experience
- Demonstrates significant experience at Band 5 or above ideally within Vascular Surgery
- Significant experience in caring for people with abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Evidence of recent study and professional development
- Evidence of educating colleagues
- Proven ability to mentor/preceptor junior members of staff
- Evidence of ongoing professional self development
- Proven ability to coordinate and delegate workload appropriately
- Responsive to change
- Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Awareness of research and evidenced based practice
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to effect change in current working practice
- Evidence of adjustment to Scope of Practice
- Good time management skills
- Ability to develop teaching and promotional materials
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office programmes particularly Excel
- Proven ability to communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team (both verbal and non verbal)
- Good facilitation skills
- Good interpersonal skills and demonstrable ability to manage challenging and emotional situations
- Proven ability to deal with difficult or sensitive issues
- Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
- Ability to facilitate change
- Must be aware of clinical governance and benchmarking processes
- Proven ability to prioritise own workload and manage tasks
- Experience of involvement in service development
- Experience of delivering presentations
- Experience of working within an NHS screening programme
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to develop and motivate staff
- Good eye to hand co-ordination
- Clear spoken and written English
- Politeness and patience
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and effectively liaise with people at all levels
- Good organisational skills
- Flexible and independent approach to work
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work accurately on own initiative
- Attention to detail
- Special Attributes and other
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites and all screening venues as required to meet the demands of the service
- Driver with clean licence
- Access to a vehicle insured for business use
- Willingness and ability to travel and transport screening equipment between venues and sites
- Adaptability to different working environments off-site
- Interest and enthusiasm in the screening project and its benefits to the community
- Application Completion
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed
- Education/ Qualifications
- RSCN/RN 1st level with current NMC registration
- Teaching/Assessing/Mentorship Course Clinically competent (within speciality)
- 1st Level degree or evidence of study at this level
- Advanced Vascular Nurse qualification or willingness to undertake this training
- Knowledge, Training & Experience
- Demonstrates significant experience at Band 5 or above ideally within Vascular Surgery
- Significant experience in caring for people with abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Evidence of recent study and professional development
- Evidence of educating colleagues
- Proven ability to mentor/preceptor junior members of staff
- Evidence of ongoing professional self development
- Proven ability to coordinate and delegate workload appropriately
- Responsive to change
- Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Awareness of research and evidenced based practice
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Leadership skills
- Ability to effect change in current working practice
- Evidence of adjustment to Scope of Practice
- Good time management skills
- Ability to develop teaching and promotional materials
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Specialist Screening Nurse
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
This is a demanding but satisfying role providing AAA surveillance screening, clinical assessments, health promotion and risk reduction advice to men with newly diagnosed AAAs and reviews of existing surveillance subjects.
The successful candidates will be a registered nurse, ideally, with significant experience in Vascular Surgery, AAA management and surveillance. The ability to perform ultrasound scanning would be advantageous, as would experience of working in an AAA screening programme, but not essential.
As there is a mandatory requirement to deliver face to face assessment clinics across the whole geographical area the work involves a lot of driving. This includes motorway driving.
If not already achieved, there is an expectation the successful candidate will complete the Vascular Specialist Nurse competencies within the first year of employment as well as commencing study for the Level 3 Health Screener Diploma (HSD) and completing this within 2 years. You will have a clean driving license and access to a car which is fully insured for business use. To enable maximum uptake of the specialist nurse assessment the hours will need to be worked flexibly across the month: Monday-Friday 8.00am-8.00pm. Shift durations may occasionally vary betwe
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