Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography
The candidate will participate in delivering the echo service with the cardiology department. The individual will work alongside the team of 7 other BSE echocardiographers, 2 trainees, 3 imaging consultants and with the wider cardiac physiology team to perform transthoracic echocardiograms as well as assist with stress and transoesophageal echocardiograms. As a teaching hospital, the successful candidate will be expected to support our trainee echocardiographers to achieve their BSE accreditation. The echo service is open 8am to 6pm on weekdays and also provides inpatient/outpatient weekend service. The individual will be expected to participate in this comprehensive service, and a flexible working pattern will be considered.
Main duties of the job
* Personally perform and report echocardiograms to a high standard, meeting BSE guidelines and departmental local standards.
* Work alongside the lead cardiac physiologist to provide structured training to junior cardiac physiologists and doctors with a view to their subsequent BSE accreditation.
* Maintain own BSE accreditation by ensuring appropriate CPD is up to date and course requests are highlighted to the Head of Department in a timely manner.
* Provide an efficient running of the technical service by prioritising daily workloads.
* Maintain standards of technical competency in the provision of non-invasive, technical cardiac procedures.
* Remain up to date with current evidence in echocardiography.
* Ensure that all echo studies are accurately recorded in our reporting system and outcomes appropriately on the patient electronic record.
* Ensure smooth running of outpatient echo clinics so that patients are seen on time and receive a high quality of care.
* Jointly oversee the day-to-day running of the echo service, ensuring that all equipment is operational, clean, and that stock levels are adequate.
* Support inpatient ward echo service including portable echoes and urgent/emergency service to intensive and acute care units.
About us
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school-aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
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Job responsibilities
* Personally perform and report echocardiograms to a high standard, meeting BSE guidelines and departmental local standards.
* Work alongside the lead cardiac physiologist to provide structured training to junior cardiac physiologists and doctors with a view to their subsequent BSE accreditation.
* Maintain own BSE accreditation by ensuring appropriate CPD is up to date and course requests are highlighted to the Head of Department in a timely manner.
* Provide an efficient running of the technical service by prioritising daily workloads.
* Maintain standards of technical competency in the provision of non-invasive, technical cardiac procedures.
* Remain up to date with current evidence in echocardiography.
* Ensure that all echo studies are accurately recorded in our reporting system and outcomes appropriately on the patient electronic record.
* Ensure smooth running of outpatient echo clinics so that patients are seen on time and receive a high quality of care.
* Jointly oversee the day-to-day running of the echo service, ensuring that all equipment is operational, clean, and that stock levels are adequate.
* Support inpatient ward echo service including portable echoes and urgent/emergency service to intensive and acute care units.
* Closely liaise with medical staff to assist with patient management if required based on echo findings.
* Participate in the local echo MDT discussions.
* Assist clinicians in running the advanced echo services such as stress TOE, contrast and bubbles echocardiograms.
* With sufficient training and support, work towards supporting the physiologist-led valve clinics.
* Use clinical audit to monitor, maintain and develop clinical practice.
* Remain up to date with latest trends in clinical physiology, translating these into practice and transferring this knowledge to staff.
* Comply with health and safety policies at all times.
* Ensure appropriate infection control & hand hygiene regulations are adhered to.
* Establish good relationships and communications with staff at all levels of the organisation.
* Participate in departmental audits, stock checks and medicines expiry checks.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* BSc Clinical Physiology (or equivalent Science subject).
* Registered / qualify for registration with RCC.
Skills and abilities
* Ability to work and interact as part of a team. Supervision of junior staff.
* Able to work calmly under pressure, maintaining a flexible approach.
* Aptitude for learning and teaching new procedures.
* Decisive and organized with excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
* Ability to process and communicate complex information.
* Possess a high degree of judgmental process.
Experience
* Substantial post-BSc qualification experience as a Cardiac Physiologist/echocardiographer.
* Good understanding of echocardiography techniques with independent ability to report scans to a high standard.
* Exposure to complex cases and ability to accurately assess their management.
* Possession of audit process knowledge & Clinical Governance processes.
* Flexible approach to working.
* Evidence of CPD.
* Motivated and enthusiastic approach.
* Ability to deal with potentially upsetting situations.
* Very good time management skills.
* Reliable and confident manner.
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.
£51,883 to £58,544 a year inclusive of Outer HACS per annum.
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