Job summary
Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography
Band 7
Come and join us at Croydon University Hospital which is part of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Applications are invited for 3 highly motivated Cardiac Physiologists specializing in echocardiography to join the Cardiology team working at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital on a rotational basis.
We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive.
A complement of 8 Cardiologists is supported by a team of 19 Cardiac Physiologists, 7 Assistant Practitioners and 2 Physiologist Helpers along with a Clerical Support Team. There are also Specialist Registrars and Nurses in Arrhythmia, Heart failure and Cardiac Rehab.
Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with advanced echocardiography including stress echo (exercise and dobutamine), bubble studies and contrast echo.
A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a very well-established Pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service.
These posts provide an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic, experienced Specialist Cardiac Physiologists to deliver and help develop a high quality service. The successful applicants will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full accreditation in echocardiography BSE or equivalent is essential for the post.
Interview date TBC
Main duties of the job
To work in co-operation with the Principal Clinical Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiology Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services to Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner.
The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography and be experienced in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work closely with the echo team and be qualified to British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) accreditation standard or equivalent.
He/ She will also provide cover in the non-invasive service as appropriate and as the needs of the service dictate. In addition to clinical duties, there will be designated managerial, health and safety and educational responsibilities
About us
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon. Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.
Job description
Job responsibilities
** Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for more details on the jobs responsibilities **
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
1. BSc Clinical Physiology, recognized precursor or equivalent qualification
2. Relevant Postgraduate profession related qualifications in echocardiography British Society of Echocardiography Accreditation or equivalent
3. Immediate or Advanced Life Support
4. Evidence of Continuing professional Development
Desirable
5. Management Qualification
6. MSc Cardiology or equivalent experience
7. Professional Registration
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
8. Expert knowledge of the clinical background to specialist and highly specialist diagnostic and therapeutic, non-invasive and invasive procedures in Cardiology
9. Specialist in the field of echocardiography
Experience
Essential
10. Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level in echocardiography providing reports for echos undertaken
11. Highly specialist practitioner/ expert resource in echocardiography
12. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
13. Broad experience and competence maintained in all routine and specialist cardiac procedures exercise tolerance testing, ambulatory ECG/ BP monitoring, cardiac catheterisation/ PCI
14. Experience of complex echocardiography paediatric, exercise and dobutamine stress echo, transoesophageal echo, 3D echo
15. Experience of Cardiology database and image archive, Philips CVIS and ISCV
16. Experience of NHS financial processes
17. Management of personnel and associate processes
Skills and Abilities
Essential
18. Excellent written and communication skills
19. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment
20. Calmly and accurately assess a clinical situation within own area of skill and act promptly and appropriately
21. Interpret and report specialist and highly specialist procedures echo
22. Highly organized
23. Committed and patient focused
Desirable
24. Computer literacy, Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
25. Teaching skills
26. To run an echo clinic autonomously
27. Achievement orientated