University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic cardiac physiologist to join our team in the Non-Invasive and Echocardiography areas. We are looking for someone who has a keen interest in echocardiography and clinical testing in non-invasive cardiology including stress testing and ECG analysis. A strong background knowledge in cardiac physiology is essential.
We are a vibrant and diverse BSE-accredited department with developing non-invasive cardiology services. Our team is involved in a wide range of specialist services, including paediatric and adult congenital services. We pride ourselves on actively supporting continual professional development through educational and mentoring sessions.
For an overview of the main duties of the role, please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below.
Job responsibilities
Our department operates Monday to Saturday. You may be asked to participate in Saturday and bank holiday working on a rotational basis, as well as off-site working in community centres.
The post will be evenly split between echocardiography and non-invasive cardiology. Your non-invasive cardiology commitment will give you an opportunity to strengthen your core skills as a cardiac physiologist in areas such as Holter analysis, exercise and pharmacological stress testing, tilt testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and stress echocardiography, working towards leading in one of these specialist areas. In echocardiography, you will receive practical and theoretical training to develop your transthoracic echocardiography skills with the aim to be working towards British Society of Echocardiography adult transthoracic accreditation.
Your key roles will be:
1. Learning to perform and report adult transthoracic echocardiograms.
2. Working towards BSE accreditation in transthoracic echocardiography.
3. Non-Invasive cardiology clinical testing including adult stress testing, paediatric stress testing, CPET, and tilt testing as well as stress echo and pharmacological stress testing.
4. Working towards independent tape analysis through a sign-off process with the support of a 3-day tape analysis course.
There are 3 key attributes we are looking for:
1. The ability and motivation to carry out self-directed learning in addition to the educational opportunities provided by the department.
2. Enthusiasm for echocardiography and non-invasive testing.
3. Excellent team player.
Person Specification
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Qualifications / training required
* BSc in Clinical Physiology
* Working toward or having RCCP voluntary registration
Previous or relevant experience necessary
* Broad knowledge of a wide range of tests and techniques performed by Cardiac Physiologists
* Good understanding of the overall service requirements and of own role in the maintenance of an efficient service
* Good IT skills - able to record results into a range of databases
* Some experience in teaching and training
Aptitudes and skills required
* Excellent communication skills at all levels internal and external to the department
* Able to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff
* Able to act on own initiative and work independently with consideration to the team working efficiently
* Self-motivated and effective when working under pressure
* Able to motivate others
* Excellent patient manner and communication, to create a relaxed environment in order to obtain the best quality results from any test performed
* To perform tests with an appreciation of individual patient needs, age, clinical condition, emotional state, and cultural differences
* Able to analyse tests, assessing test results against acceptability criteria
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata
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