Due to expanding services, Leeds has an exciting opportunity to recruit a number of Specialist Cardiac Physiologists to join our friendly Healthcare Scientist team.
We are looking for people who enjoy working with others, motivated to learn new skills and provide the best care to our patients. We welcome applications from those seeking both full and part-time work and can offer flexible working & 4 long days to support a work-life balance.
The role of a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist is exciting and varied. This role should appeal to those wanting to enjoy the offerings of a renowned NSHCS & BSE accredited tertiary cardiac centre. Applicants should hold level 2 BSE accreditation or be practically competent in echo and working towards accreditation. For the right applicant, we may offer an Annex 21 band 6 contract whilst you complete your training.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to rotate and learn new/maintain skills across the wider invasive and non-invasive department as well as offer support to students, trainees, and junior members of the team.
Although a large centre, Leeds is committed to supporting individual development and we offer a vast amount of CPD opportunities to allow you to reach your goals.
You should be AHCS/HCPC registered or able to secure registration within 6 months of starting. If you have questions or would like to arrange a visit to the department and meet the team then please contact Hilary.jessop@nhs.net - Head of Department.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will perform transthoracic echocardiography, writing factual reports to BSE standard, rotating between inpatient and outpatient lists, informing senior colleagues of any concerns regarding the patient or test results, as per departmental protocols. In addition, you will work alongside consultants in TOE and have the opportunity to gain skills in specialist clinics valve, HF, ICC, arrhythmia, oncology, and PAH. Leeds champions development and has an increasing number of physiologist-led echo services stress, valve, and ICC clinics.
As the supra-regional accredited centre, Leeds delivers close to 30,000 transthoracic, 1,600 stress, and 600 TOE scans each year and has 15 scanning rooms across 5 hospital sites and over 25 high spec Philips/GE machines.
The successful applicants will be offered rotation through the wider invasive/non-invasive areas to maintain or learn new skills. Those with lab skills will join the on-call rota for Primary PCI (1 in 20). As specialists, you will work closely with students, trainees, and junior members and contribute to their continued education.
Successful applicants will work as part of a team to contribute to high-quality and efficient services. We promote autonomous practice but support is always available from highly specialist and consultant colleagues. The department has a monthly governance and audit meeting where training is provided to keep up to date with any new equipment and technology.
About us
Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care, and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.
Expected Shortlisting Date
29/11/2024
Planned Interview Date
09/12/2024
At Cardio-Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
* Patient-centred
* Collaborative
* Fair
* Accountable
* Empowered
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility
Clinical Duties
* To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of work, including the management of patients in your care.
* To undertake routine assessment of inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.
* Participates in the on-call rota (7day/24hour) for acute emergencies in the Cardiac Catheter Lab and/or for those with implantable cardiac devices and performs clinical duties out of hours. This requires a high level of autonomy, often giving advice to medical staff with limited specialist knowledge thus directly influencing patient care/outcomes.
* Routinely undertakes assessment of both inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.
* Provides clinical technical advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team both within and outside the cardiology department.
* Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by the clinical management team.
* Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental Standard Operating Procedures and codes of practice.
* Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team and trust-wide staff to ensure the best possible care for patients by using negotiating, reassurance, and persuasiveness skills.
* Communicates information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers including children and those with learning and/or physical disabilities.
* Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive technical equipment which processes, creates, updates and stores information.
* Carries out a broad range of fundamental and complex cardiac investigations and following analysis and interpretation of physiological data, provides accurate and factual reports.
* Clinical investigations would be dependent on the applicants skill set and area of clinical focus and may include but are not limited to:
* Advanced ECG assessments/calculations
* Ambulatory and remote monitoring analysis
* Cardiac angiography/intervention and hemodynamic assessment, both adult and pediatric
* Cardiac ultrasound imaging
* Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise (CPX)
* Electrophysiology studies
* Permanent Pacemaker (PPM) and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) implantations
* Physiologist led PPM and ICD follow-up
* Physiologist led and medically supervised exercise testing
* Temporary pacemaker insertions
* Therapeutic radiofrequency ablations
* Tilt testing
This does not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and these may be subject to change with professional and service developments.
Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment and reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy.
Maintains stock levels of consumable items and for day to day security of expensive equipment e.g. implantable devices.
Professional
* Maintain professional registration RCCP, AHCS, HCPC.
* Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas including achieving professional exams/membership appropriate to clinical area, e.g. BHRS, BSE etc.
* Experience and knowledge of specialist cardiac investigations and techniques at postgraduate level.
* Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the appropriate responsible clinical service manager.
* Expected to undertake informal training by means of periodic in-house assessments.
* Responsible for formal mentorship and input into coordination of training of designated junior staff and students.
* Be an active member of the departmental clinical governance meetings and in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses, and peer review.
* Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager.
* Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings.
* Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence-based practice in each clinical area.
* Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects, and equipment testing.
* Regularly provides training in fundamental cardiac techniques to Trainee Cardiac Physiologists and junior staff members.
Organisational
* Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of cardiology.
Effort
* Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs.
* There is a frequent requirement for prolonged, but often predictable, periods of concentration.
* Frequent exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g. cardiac arrests during rescue coronary intervention while the patient is having a heart attack.
* Frequent exposure to highly emotional circumstances, e.g. catheterisation of small babies who will inevitably die due to the nature of their congenital heart defects or disabling cardiac devices of the terminally ill in whom lifesaving treatment has agreed to been withdrawn.
* Requires a high level of manual dexterity and good hand to eye coordination in order to ensure the accurate application of a range of diagnostic tools.
* Requires a high level of sensory coordination in order to immediately recognise life-threatening physiological signs and then respond appropriately.
* To comply with the Trusts manual handling policy at all times.
* Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis, e.g. bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas, and lice.
* Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression.
* Deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia, or limited mobility.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* AHCS/HCPC registration, or ability to gain registration within 6 months
* Professional registration with the BSE, or working towards accreditation.
* Cardiac Physiology degree, or equivalent
Desirable
* Current mentorship qualification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
* General physical abilities to undertake role
* Shows initiative to develop and learn new skills
* Enjoys working as part of a team
* Takes accountability for their work and has pride in their role
* Computer literacy and skills in a wide range of IT systems
Desirable
* Interest in service development
* Coaching skills
* Interest in developing others using feedback tools
* Ability to manage and accept necessary change
Other Criteria
Essential
* Please state if you wish to work full time (37.5 hours) or part-time hours. In addition, if you state part-time hours please state the number of days you wish to work.
* Do you wish to work full time, 37.5 hours - Yes or No
* Do you wish to work part time - Yes or No. If Yes, please state the number of days you wish to work
Experience
Essential
* Existing competency in a range of cardio-respiratory investigations
* Experience as a qualified healthcare scientist within a cardio-respiratory department
* Competency in cardiac ultrasound imaging, or willingness to work under an Annex 21 band 6 training contract
Desirable
* Competency in performing and reporting transthoracic echocardiography
* Leadership ability
* Experience supporting a primary PCI service
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
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