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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-6689585
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Nottingham City Hospital
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/10/2024 23:59

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Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Band 6

Job overview

Due to service expansion, NUH have a vacancy for a band 6 cardiac physiologist with expertise in echo.

If you have recently achieved BSE accreditation and are looking for your next challenge then we may have the post for you.

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside our large and friendly team across our sites in Nottingham. Provision of high quality echo reports will be your primary role however you will also assist in the provision of other non invasive tests.

You will be supported to develop your skills into specialist echo areas such as stress echo, adult and paediatric congenital echo, physiologist led valve surveillance and heart failure clinics.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provision of high quality TTE images and reports.

Supervision of junior team members when appropriate.

Provision of other cardiac diagnostics eg ECG analysis, ETT and tilt.

Assist the training lead in the support of trainee physiologists.

Development into specialist echo areas

Working at our three sites; QMC, City Campus and our new central Nottingham CDC.

Participation in the emergency out of hours echo service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate BSc in Physiology or equivalent.
  • Achieved or working towards BSE level 2 Accreditation or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Professional registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 1 year post degree experience in non invasive physiology
Desirable criteria
  • Experience or expertise in advanced echocardiography

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Good written and verbal communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lucy Ford
Job title
Echo Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01159249924
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