Chief Cardiac Physiologist (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Cardiology - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust – London, Greater London
To provide a comprehensive invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigation services within the Trust, and to the local community. To deputize the Cardiac Physiologist Manager.
To continuously support the development of a multi-skilled support team, in light of national shortage. To lead in providing training programmes and teaching skills for junior physiologists.
To continuously update professional skills with new technology and services, thus maintaining high service standards.
To provide service audits and to actively be part of the demand and capacity process mapping in order to provide effectively generated services.
To support departmental research as and when required.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivating a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team, and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability.
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
5. Making equalities mainstream.
Perform and record comprehensive Echocardiogram studies to patients.
Technical support for pacemaker implants to patients in theatre labs. This requires complex pacemaker testing, thresholds, impedance, sensitivity and stability, procedure documentation, monitoring patient’s physiological signs and final pacemaker interrogation and programming.
Advance Life Support trained, with regular updates.
To provide technical support for invasive transesophageal echo (TOE) insertion of transducer into patient’s throat (Doctor administers).
Active participation for stress echo studies. Instruct patients and consent. Provide echo/ecg/BP monitoring services within the study. To be responsible for providing Dobutamine, atropine, contrast fluid, intravenous equipment, defib for study.
To actively perform ECG, Exercise stress testing and reporting. 24-hour ECG tape preparation and analysis as when required.
To continue to develop a structured professional body of Cardiac Physiologists with the emphasis on multi-skill.
To be responsible for ordering stationary, drugs, pacemakers and investigate and negotiate competitive prices.
Development of student training program involving ECG workshop, interpretation, evaluation and assessment of competencies.
MANAGEMENT AND WORK PLANNING
To manage own work, staff, departmental services and patient care autonomously, liaising with clinicians and directorate managers if required.
To adhere to the Trust’s Disciplinary Policies. Serious breaches are discussed with line manager.
To maintain 85% clinical and 15% management service.
PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING
To be technical support for:
Faulty transducer or technical function of Echocardiogram machines. To support patient’s queries and complaints.
To actively provide technical opinions and advice to all personnel.
To lead and develop training programme for student or support Cardiac physiologist. E.g. to set protocols. To update, inform and advise routinely those selected mentors and supervisors in order to maintain programme process.
Audit for all service is required. Data generated and used to identify demand and capacity within the department.
To support process mapping of work input/output. To work closely in developmental computerized system, creating efficient data, appointment electronically generated service throughout the department.
Responsible for all cardiac service equipment, such as defib, echo machine etc.
This role is clinical, educator and deputy managerial. The skills required for this post will be to provide high standard applications to both disciplines, efficiently and effectively. Depending on the capacity and demand of the department, both skills are equally important and will need to be utilized for the benefit of the patients and the Trust managers.
Any other appropriate duties in consultation with post holder under the direction of the Cardiac Physiologist Manager.
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