Job summary
- Main area
- Health Care Science
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-HS022-0524-A
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- GUH with the expectation to cover all ABUHB sites
- Town
- Llanfrechfa, Cwmbran
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Highly Specialised Echo Cardiac Physiologist
Band 7
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is one of seven within Wales and our dedicated staff care for 21% of the Welsh population across three main hospitals. Our busy and ever-expanding echo service delivers up to 2000 transthoracic echocardiograms each month. In addition to this, we have recently established physiology led clinics that include stress echocardiography, valve clinics, LVO and bubble clinics. We actively encourage staff to develop their skills in areas that interest them individually.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and so is staff well-being. Echo physiologists have monthly online cross-site meetings discussing any issues and to connect with each other in a relaxed, safe environment where all opinions are valued. In addition to weekly MDT meetings with Consultants, physiologists hold biannual meetings in person, our last one included an educational and interactive talk on global longitudinal strain. We often meet up on social events and are proud to say we recently achieved completion of the National Three Peaks challenge in order to raise money for Calon Hearts.
If you’re looking for great opportunities for career development while living in a vibrant, awe-inspiring landscape with vast tradition, heritage and culture, look no further.
Main duties of the job
Work in our busy Cardiology department alongside our existing team to perform and report transthoracic Echocardiograms independently to standards outlined by British Society of Echocardiography.
Assist with TOE, bubble studies and LVO.
Assist in the expansion of our physiologist led clinics.
Interpret technical information & data from investigations and prepare reports.
Effectively communication within the department and other departments throughout the trust.
Assist in training our echo students and Cardiology registrars.
Whilst mainly working at the Grange University Hospital, you will also have rotational commitments in our other local hospitals as well as in the community clinics.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We will be very happy to welcome applications from suitable individuals who are currently undertaking BSE training and have successfully completed their BSE Theory exam.
If successful the applicant at this level would be taken on under Annex 21
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
- Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stacey Murray
- Job title
- Lead Echo Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 493450
- Additional information
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