Job overview

Band 7 Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

Vacancy: 1 x part time (18.75 hours per week)

Applications are invited for a highly motivated echocardiographer to join the Cardiology Department at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The successful candidates will work at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre on a rotational basis.

We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive.

A complement of 8 Cardiologists is supported by a team of cardiac physiologists, assistant practitioners, specialist registrars and specialist nurses along with a dedicated clerical team.

Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with complex echocardiography  (stress echo/ transoesophageal echo/ contrast and bubble studies).

A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a well established pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service.

This post provides an exciting opportunity an enthusiastic experienced Cardiac Physiologist to join our team and help deliver a high quality service for our patient population.

The successful applicant will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic echo accreditation or recognized equivalent is essential for this post.

Main duties of the job

To work in co-operation with the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiac Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner.

The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography with experience in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work predominantly in echo and hold transthoracic echo accreditation by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or equivalent.

In addition to clinical duties, he/ she will have designated managerial/ educational responsibilities as the needs of the service dictate.

 

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. 

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital. 

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

 

 

 

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post, but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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