Here at South Tees Hospital NHS Trust we have an exciting opportunity for a 19-month fixed term full-time training post in Echocardiography. This is part of the Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP) developed by the National School of Healthcare Science and funded by Health Education England.
This training programme will give the successful candidate the opportunity to work and train in a large tertiary centre and complete both work based and academic learning. Whilst on the programme trainees will complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Echocardiography and work towards British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) level 2 Adult Transthoracic accreditation. For more information, please see the NSHCS website: NSHCS website.
The Echocardiography Unit is a large busy department split across multiple sites, with the largest site being the James Cook University Hospital. In addition, we work at a number of external community clinics across Teesside, and the successful candidate will be expected to work across sites and provide their own transport to and from all sites.
This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.
The James Cook University Hospital is a leading innovative regional centre for Cardiology and offers a variety of diagnostic examinations, interventions and surgery for a wide range of cardiac diseases. Our hospital aims to develop the future workforce for Cardiac Physiologists and Healthcare Scientists.
Our small, dedicated Echocardiography department is run by accredited BSE Echocardiographers, alongside 3 Consultant Cardiologists with a special interest in Echocardiography. The department has already appointed three STP students post qualification, one who has successfully achieved their BSE Transoesophageal Echo (TOE) Accreditation and is currently on the HSST programme. We currently have two ETP students, one who has almost finished their training and one who is part way through. We also have three additional members of staff attempting to achieve their STP equivalence. The department boasts a robust training programme for current and prospective students and has successfully trained previous students to achieve their BSE level 2 adult accreditation with a dedicated Echocardiography Lead for Teaching and Training. In addition, we are a friendly, welcoming team with ambition! If you are passionate about Echocardiography, we would love to hear from you!
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
1. Your Leadership Impact
2. Leading your Team to Success
3. Leading Into the Future
4. Service Improvement for Beginners
5. Developing your Service Improvement Skills
6. Lean Practitioner
The Leadership And Improvement Programme Aims To:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust values and behaviours
3. Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jordan Grylls
Job title: Echocardiographer
Email address: jordan.grylls1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01642 854607 #J-18808-Ljbffr