Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6678322-C
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newmarket Community Diagnostic Centre
- Town
- Newmarket
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum per rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Cardiac Physiologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We are looking for an ambitious Cardiac Physiologist with a speciality in Echocardiography to join the team at the Newmarket Community Diagnostic Centre.
Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) are being established across the country under a government programme to improve local access to diagnostic testing.
Newmarket’s’ CDC will open November 2024 and, once open, will deliver approximately 100,000 outpatient tests a year, which alongside Cardiology, will include CT, MRI, X-ray, Ultrasound, blood tests and Respiratory.
This will mean the communities in and around Newmarket will have quicker and easier access to the tests they need in a modern facility located on their doorstep. The centre, offering a 7 day a week service, will reduce waiting times and tackling health inequalities by ensuring our patients get their test arranged, their results back and any necessary treatment scheduled more quickly.
Main duties of the job
It is essential that the applicant holds BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent, and in addition holds BSE Accreditation or equivalent. This post will involve a degree of managerial responsibilities; therefore, experience in leadership or management roles would be desirable.
To arrange a visit to the department or for more information, please contact Chris Pidgeon (Principal Non-Invasive Physiologist) or Anna Mills (Principal Invasive Physiologist): email [email protected] / [email protected] or telephone 01284 712536.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full job description for further details.
Provide high quality cardiac diagnostic testing and reporting independently.
Demonstrate expert knowledge of cardiac diagnostics.
Provide rapid and accurate interpretation and reporting on patient conditions using complex clinical data from diagnostic cardiac testing, in urgent and emergency situations.
Remain accountable for own professional actions.
Demonstrate expert knowledge and care of diagnostic equipment.
Responsible for patient wellbeing whilst under your care, maintaining their dignity, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
Adhere to relevant departmental, trust wide and national policies and protocols.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- ASCST diploma or equivalent
- Degree in Clinical Physiology, or equivalent
- RCCP or HCPC registration
- Possession of BSE Accreditation
Desirable criteria
- Intermediate Life Support Certification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge / experience in cardiac diagnostics.
- Proficient in performing and independently reporting: • Provocative ECG • Ambulatory monitor recordings • Internal Loop recorder downloads • Urgent and planned complex device implant and follow up or adult echocardiography • Carry out diagnostic angiography
- Competent IT skills.
- Previous line management experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project management
- Current experience in advanced practice
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in teaching/training.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Leadership skills and ability to work as part of a team.
- Good time-management skills.
- Ability to develop empathy and compassion for patients and relatives.
- Quick to grasp new concepts.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Engagement in national or regional educational programmes.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Initiative and motivation.
- Evidence of good attendance and timekeeping
- Able to work well under pressures
- Assertive yet approachable
- Patient, conscientious and caring.
- Flexible approach to working duties / hours and participate in out of hours rota work as required in future.
- Willingness to learn and participate in self-directed learning.
- Ability to cope with stressful and emotional circumstances
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
- Chris Pidgeon
- Job title
- Principal Non-Invasive Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284712536
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