Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Cardiac Physiologist
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking looking for 2 enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated team of professionals working to the highest quality standards with a
keen interest in either the echocardiography imaging or within the CRM field and the catheter lab.
At London North West we offer a wide range of investigations including resting ECGs, 24 hour ECG and BP monitoring, Event Recording,
Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography, Stress echo, Angiograms/PCI, pacemaker/ICD/CRT-p implants and follow-up both face
to face and remote.
You should be appropriately qualified and skilled in performing and reporting non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tests and have relevant experience with interventional procedures, device implants and follow-ups, as well as working towards your IBHRE or BHRS exams.
We will also consider new graduates but they will be recruited at a lower band and will be promoted as a Band 6 once they reach relevant
competencies.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job:
The cardiology Services at LNW offers a wide comprehensive range of investigations and treatments appropriate to a large DGH.
You will be part of a team delivering a wide range of non-invasive and invasive specialist procedures including interventional procedures and
device implants and follow-ups. Participation on the on call rota is an essential part of this role.
Within the echocardiography field, to perform and report adult trans-thoracic echocardiograms in line with [1] BSE minimum data set and [2] local reporting guidelines. Assist with stress echo's, TOE's. and non invasive cardiology testing.
7 day working is included in this role.
Opportunities to develop in all areas of Cardiac Physiology are available. The department actively supports career development.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- A 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject
- Good knowledge of echo or CRM
Desirable criteria
- Years experience >2 years
- ILS
Essential
Essential criteria
- Echo experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of ECG's, tape analysis/BP's
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sara Rawlins
- Job title
- Lead Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07961885453
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