Job Summary
An opportunity has arisen at Broomfield Hospital for someone to join our friendly team as a Chief Cardiac Physiologist in our Cardiac Department that undertakes a variety of Cardiac diagnostic tests providing both an inpatient and outpatient service in which you will be based in our PFI wing where we have the latest, most up to date equipment and facilities.
We are looking for a highly specialist Physiologist who is able to undertake Echocardiography; BSE qualification is essential. We are a BSE accredited department, performing a range of Echocardiography services including Physiology led stress echocardiography and Physiology led valves clinics.
This is a fixed term post for 12 months, full time, 37.5 hours per week.
Main Duties of the Job
Your role will be to work as part of a multidisciplinary team assisting the Senior Chief and Principal Cardiac Physiologists to ensure the provision of high quality cardiac services and assisting with the day to day supervision of staff, specializing in Echocardiography.
You will take responsibility for junior staff in the absence of senior staff, provide medical staff training in Echocardiography, offer managerial support to the Principal Cardiac Physiologist, and provide clinical expertise in a broad range of investigations/procedures.
You will take an active role in the education, training, and development of all junior staff, working closely with the training lead to ensure training continues in the absence of the training lead.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential:
* BSc in Healthcare Science or equivalent
* RCCP registration
* BSE Accreditation
Desirable:
* ALS qualification
* BSE assessor
Experience
Essential:
* Significant experience as a Cardiac Physiologist in all areas of Cardiac Physiology, with further experience as a specialist echocardiographer
* Experience within a band 6 position for at least three years
* Experience of training staff in echocardiography
* Able to perform Cardiology tests unsupervised
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer's Website: https://www.mse.nhs.uk
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