Clinical Skills Trainer; CST/Image Quality Assurance; IQA) Lead
Listed on 2026-10-17
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Healthcare
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.
(***) Clinical Skills Trainer (CST)/Image Quality Assurance (IQA) Lead Band 7Main area Vascular-scientist/Senior-Sonographer Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 7.5 hours per week (9am-5pm day of choosing) Job
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Site Southend Town Westcliff Salary £49,387 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overviewMid and South Essex foundation Trust are seeking a CST/IQA Lead. This position will be employed 1 day per week (7.5 hours).
The CST/IQA Lead has special responsibility for quality assurance (QA) of screening technicians and the screening process with responsibility for the screening equipment, screening technicians’ accreditation and monitoring of clinical performance, including review of scans (Image quality Assurance - IQA) identified by SMaRT (Screening Management and Referral
Tracking system) from screening clinics. Any QA concerns should be brought to the attention of the director. The CST/IQA Lead advises on which ultrasound equipment should be purchased (subject to the specifications of the National Abdominal Aneurysm Screening Programme - NAAASP - guidelines) and when it needs to be updated or replaced.
Please note this position can be a remote role should the candidate live outside of Southend or even Essex. All of the IQA can be done remotely and any clinical observations/reaccreditations can potentially be done at one of our screening locations, e.g. if a CST/IQA Lead was residing in London or West Hertfordshire, the observations could be done at our Harlow, Brentwood, Epping or Stansted locations, wherever is most convenient.Similarly, if they resided in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk we have locations at Saffron Waldon and Braintree. There would be very little need to come to Southend and we remain flexible. Main duties of the job
If successful your duties will include:
- to be responsible for the clinical training and supervision of new and existing staff – ensuring they are familiar with scanning techniques and maintain screening programme procedures and high standards
- to act as the main point of contact and supervisor/assessor for the screening technicians while undertaking the required NAAASP qualification – this may require CST/IQA Lead to undertake additional assessor qualification
- to perform clinical assessments of trainee screening technicians at the specified ‘assessment gateways’ as perAAAscreening programme guidance to ensure trainee technicians complete their portfolio of experience and log book (assessment criteria are provided to supportCSTswhen performing these assessments)
- to manage and review the work of the screeners at regular intervals as per programmeQAframework and instigate further training where necessary
- to plan and provide local training andCPDsessions for screeners, including…
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