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Echo- Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist
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NHS AfC: Band 7
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Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
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193-6390932UCG
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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
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Royal Berkshire Hospital
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Reading
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£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
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14/07/2024 23:59

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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Echo

NHS AfC: Band 7

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

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Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Echo

PREVIOUS CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY.

We are looking to appoint a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist at Band 7 level to join our echo team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy department striving to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.  We are a BSE accredited department since 2015 and perform approximately 11,000 transthoracic echoes per year.  We are based within the hub of the Royal Berkshire Hospital (Reading) and deliver clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital (Newbury). We are a close-knit team well supported by the Consultant Cardiologists who are active in supporting the echo service and exploring novel ways of working to optimise service delivery.  

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Applicants would be expected to have full BSE transthoracic accreditation (or EACVI equivalent) and have some managerial experience to help drive delivery of the echo service on a daily basis.

Additional expectations are:

  • To be able to scan and report independently for both inpatients and outpatients.
  • Supervise and deliver training for cardiac physiologists, STP and ETP trainees, and Cardiology Registrars. 
  • Participate fully in our range of well-established specialist clinics:
    • Physiologist-led valve clinic
    • Physiologist-led exercise stress echo
    • Adult Congenital echo (a thriving monthly clinic run by visiting Cardiologists from the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford)
    • Inherited disorders clinic
    • Cardio-oncology clinic
    • Cardio-obstetrics clinics
    • Transoeophageal echocardiography (Consultant led).
    • Deputise for echo lead in their absence.
    • Attendance at weekly echo MDT meetings (which are very well attended and supported). 
    • Willing to support delivery of clinics at spoke sites either at Henley/Bracknell/ Newbury,1 or 2 days/week

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Cardiology department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We achieved University department status in 2020 and have successfully achieved re-accreditation this summer. This was granted by the Health Innovation Partnership who offers a programme for collaborative research and education innovation funding recognising clinical, teaching and research excellence. As a department we continue to invest in our service and staff. This includes a current project to improve the space in the department to provide a more relaxed and spacious area for the team to enjoy their breaks.  We are also investing in new equipment (ECHO machines) and ISCV reporting system to improve service delivery and ensure our staff have access to the best possible technology to enhance the quality of care delivered to our patients.

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We are committed to continued professional development, training and support for all our staff. As a member of the team, the successful applicant would have access to:

  • Weekly team huddles (where we discuss immediate concerns and recent successes) and monthly team meetings (for training and general team support)
  • Further training and development opportunities relevant to your personal development i.e. staff have completed Chartered Business Management Degree at Henley Business School or CMI Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management
  • Coaching and mentoring within the Royal Berkshire Hospital (internal programme)
  • Charity funding for further courses or training (individual basis)
  • Rotation through all aspects of the department (if desired). This is a Band 7 position predominantly within our Echo service, although we wholeheartedly welcome applications from those wishing to retain existing skills in other areas such as Cath Lab, pacemakers/ICD implants, Holter analysis. Informal enquiries for discussion on this are welcomed.
  • Flexible working - 4 day working with a fix day off per week and the opportunity for additional work at highly competitive rates.

Access to the Trust Health & Wellbeing Centre providing facilities for therapies (yoga, massage, reflexology), financial support, mental health support and many other support packages available to all staff.

Visits to the department are greatly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Cardiac Physiology Service Manager-Usha Mistry (0118 3225541) for more information or to arrange a visit.

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Qualifications

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  • BSc Healthcare Science
  • BSE accreditation
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  • Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

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  • Experience of working in an acute clinical environment at Band 6 for minimum of 2 years
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  • Experience in people management

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Usha Mistry
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Cardiac Physiology Service Manager
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[email protected]
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0118 3225541
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