Job Ref 418-AAA9214-SSJ. Main area AAA Screening Grade NHS AfC: Band 7. Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week. Salary: £49,387 – £56,515 pa (Yearly). Closing: 25/06/2026 23:59.
Job Overview
Responsible for day‑to‑day operational management of the local AAA screening programme across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. Lead administration and screening teams, ensuring services run smoothly and efficiently.
Key duties include coordinating screening sites, managing staff rotas, arranging patient appointments, responding to queries from clinicians, patients and the public, overseeing data management and reporting, supporting patient referrals, maintaining safety and fail‑safe processes, monitoring programme performance, budget oversight, ordering supplies, and ensuring accurate record‑keeping and data archiving.
Main Duties
- Organise and manage activities of the screening programme at the local level.
- Address problems related to clinics, staff, screening equipment, computers, data collection, and hospital staff and facilities.
- Oversee all aspects of screening to ensure smooth operation, managing patients in line with protocol.
- Seek, inspect and select new off‑site screening venues, producing documentation and instructions for staff.
- Organise purchase of consumables and services, authorise expenditure relating to the programme (delegated budget).
- Line manager for local screening and clerical staff, handling development and disciplinary matters.
- Recruit staff, including advertising, recruiting, short‑listing and appointing all staff for the programme.
- Plan, prepare and present results for internal and external review of data collected.
- Generate reports and statistics as requested by the Clinical Director.
- Extract clinical information from patient notes and hospital information systems relevant to screening, AAA surgery and deaths.
- Archive data securely, review held data, retain only necessary information and destroy redundant records.
- Respond to medical and patient enquiries, prioritise work and alert medical staff to urgent cases.
- Respond to anxious patients and relatives with tact, reassurance, discretion and patience.
- Establish and raise awareness of the screening programme within the hospital and wider community.
- Investigate and respond to queries and complaints from the public and external bodies, making recommendations to the Research Director, Clinical Director and Principal Investigator.
- Promote the AAA screening programme and publicise its benefits to clinicians and the public via various media.
- Attend regional and national meetings regarding AAA and engage stakeholders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Higher degree (Masters level or equivalent with relevant knowledge and experience).
- ECDL.
- Management or accounting qualification.
Experience and Knowledge
- Senior manager experience with line management responsibilities.
- Use and understanding of computer systems.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (especially databases and queries).
- Understanding of hospital environment and patient care & confidentiality.
- Medical terminology.
- Proven experience within relevant work area.
- Advanced keyboard skills.
- PHE Screening experience.
- Previous research or audit work.
- Familiarity with Bedfordshire Hospitals computer systems.
Personal Skills
- Ability to manage a team.
- Clear spoken and written English.
- Ability to work within a team and liaise effectively with people at all levels.
- Ability to extract and manipulate data from multiple systems.
Other
- Able to move/lift ultrasound and screening kit.
- Willingness to travel between units and centres.
- Willingness to transport screening equipment between units and centres.
- Adaptability to different working environments on and off site.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
