Job summary
- Main area
- Echocardiography
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (4 shifts per week)
- Job ref
- 361-6833337-B
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum plus recruitment and retention rate 12.5%
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/03/2025
Employer heading
Chief Cardiac Echo Physiologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
Join Our Team as a Chief Cardiac Physiologist in Echocardiography!
Are you passionate about providing outstanding care and exemplary service to patients? We are looking for a dedicated Chief Cardiac Physiologist to join our dynamic Echocardiography team and help us achieve our vision of trusted, exceptional healthcare.
Why Join Us?
- Comprehensive Echocardiography Services: Our Echocardiography service operates 7 days a week, offering adult transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for both routine outpatient and inpatient needs. We also provide consultant-led TOE, exercise, and pharmacological stress echo services.
- Innovative Clinics: We have recently launched a physiologist-led Herceptin clinic for Oncology patients and are planning to establish a valve clinic in collaboration with Specialist Nurses and Physicians.
- State-of-the-Art Equipment: All our echo equipment has been recently upgraded, ensuring you work with the latest technology available.
- Strong Development Program: Our Echo team is deeply involved in staff training, boasting a high success rate for accreditation. We offer robust development opportunities for both physiologists and cardiology registrars.
What We Value:
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
As a Chief Cardiac Physiologist, you will:
- Work as an advanced independent practitioner in echocardiography, providing highly specialised technical services that directly impact patient care.
- Train in advanced imaging modalities such as 3D echo, speckle tracking, and strain analysis. Training in stress echo can be provided if desired.
- Ideally, perform or be willing to learn IV cannulation and ultrasound contrast IV administration.
- Organise and deliver theoretical and practical training in cardiac physiology to a wide range of staff.
- Support and encourage both medical and physiologist staff to work towards professional accreditation (BSE).
- Participate in our 7-day service, maintaining high standards of clinical practice and acting as a role model for junior staff.
Location Flexibility:
You must be willing to rotate between the Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and QEII (Welwyn Garden City) sites across the East and North Hertfordshire Trust, or remain fully at QEII if preferred for our community diagnostic hub echocardiography service.
Essential Criteria:
- BSE (or equivalent) accreditation is essential. However, we may consider BSE accreditation trainees for a band 6 post if there are no fully accredited, suitable applicants.
Join us and be part of a team that is committed to excellence in patient care and professional development. Apply today and help us make a difference!
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology or Health Professions Council registration or recognised precursor
- BSE Accreditation
- Substantial post qualification experience within cardiology
- Member of BSE
- Intermediate life support (or willing to work towards)
Desirable criteria
- Management Diploma
- MSc Cardiology or equivalent experience
- RCCP/AHCS registered
Communication & Relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Strong leadership and team building skills
- Able to relate and communicate with staff at all levels and from different professions
- Ability to overcome language barriers
- Evidence of good communication skills. Good written and spoken communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of HR processes
- Experience of and demonstrable skills in the first line management
Knowledge, Training and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Extensive post graduate experience in Echocardiography
- Competent to perform a range of highly specialised echo procedures
- Experience of day to day organisation / management
- Advanced computer skills
- Ability to direct and work within a team
- High level of co-ordination and manual dexterity
- Flexible in working practice
- Good team worker
- Displays initiative
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Assertiveness
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Prioritise and manage self and other staff
- Deal effectively with unexpected changes of schedule
- Wide knowledge of general cardiac conditions and their management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research/audit and experience of developing clinical practise
- Experience of financial and resource management.
- Management of personnel and processes
- Experience of GE & Philips ultrasound equipment.
- Teaching & presentation skills
Analytical Skills
Essential criteria
- Problem solving: ability to adapt and respond to positively to unexpected issues
- Ability to utilise research in clinical practice, applying an evidence based practice approach
Desirable criteria
- Able to think laterally to identify innovative solutions to problems
Planning & Organisational Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Proactive approach to quality control and making improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of service
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of management in relation to finance and man power
Special Aptitudes/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly self motivated, with willingness to attend courses / conferences and to keep up to date with new developments
- Conscientious approach and attention to detail, measures progress against target
- Patient and capable
- Quick, calm especially in response to a crisis
Other
Essential criteria
- Participate in cross site cover either using personal vehicle or public transport
- Participate in 7 day working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Cartwright
- Job title
- Lead Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 284738
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