Hepatology fibroscan Technician and Admin support

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Hepatology fibroscan Technician and Admin supportwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is a specialised, patient-facing role within NHS Gastroenterology departments, focusing on the non-invasive assessment of liver health. The role combines technical clinical skills--operating FibroScan (Transient Elastography) machines to measure liver scarring--with administrative duties to manage patient pathways and data collection. Often working alongside Specialist Nurses and Consultants with ward patients or in hospital outpatients settings.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect,andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Independent Scan Delivery: Perform FibroScan assessments (transient elastography) on patients to detect and monitor liver disease

Patient Care & Education: Prepare patients, explain the procedure, obtain verbal consent, and provide information on the test results (where appropriate).

Equipment Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance and calibration of Fibroscan machines in line with manufacturer protocols.

Infection Control: Maintain high standards of hygiene and infection control.

Data Collection & Recording: Accurately record Fibroscan results on hospital systems, maintain databases.

Pathway Management: Identify appropriate patients, maintain recalls (e.g., Varices, Hepatocellular Carcinoma surveillance)

Liaison & Communication: scheduling clinics, arranging appointments.

Reporting: Timely data submission to national audits.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG14AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG14AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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