Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiographer)
Band 7
Main area: Cardiac Physiology Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend working is routine.)
Job ref: 196-LIS9121
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Harefield
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 p.a inc. Outer London HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts, providing a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield.
Job overview
Harefield Hospital Echocardiography Department
We are seeking to recruit a qualified echocardiographer to join our renowned and expanding department. Opportunities for continuing professional development are excellent and studying for postgraduate qualifications is encouraged.
Main duties of the job
This position would suit an echocardiographer with a good grounding in transthoracic echocardiography and an interest in developing their skills within a specialist area. The successful candidate will be expected to motivate, develop and lead a small team within their area, be responsible for specialist training and service development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary
This position is for a BSE accredited (or equivalent), independently reporting echocardiographer. The post holder will perform their own transthoracic echo lists and provide reports and expert opinions to other health professionals.
Key Relationships
The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of physiologists, echocardiographers, consultant cardiologists, junior doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, clerical and administrative staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Perform transthoracic echocardiograms to a high standard in accordance with BSE guidelines.
* Produce an accurate and comprehensive report for each study.
* Perform specialist echo to a high standard as follows:
• Assist with transoesophageal echocardiograms.
• Perform stress echocardiograms.
• Perform 3D echocardiograms.
• Perform contrast/bubble contrast echocardiography.
• Perform complex studies including dyssynchrony studies and congenital studies.
Person specification
Experience
* Demonstrable practical experience of performing & reporting of echocardiograms.
* Knowledge and practical experience of at least one specialist area of echo.
* Experience in leading a small project within your team.
Skills
* Broad knowledge of echocardiography and multi vendor echo machines.
* Able to deliver teaching and training on complex investigations.
Knowledge
* Relevant BSc Cardiac physiology degree or BHF training.
* BSE accreditation or equivalent.
* HCPC registration as a clinical scientist.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We are committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust is discriminated against.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Ruth Chester
Job title: Head of Echocardiography
Email address: r.chester@rbht.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 03301285586
Interviews will be carried out F2F in the New Admin HUB at Harefield Hospital.
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