Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Job overview
We are looking for a flexible, motivated Band 5 Cardiac Physiologist to join our supportive, dynamic and friendly team working across our hospital sites in Oxford and Banbury and community settings across the county. For the right candidate we will offer the opportunity to develop their clinical skills in several areas of Cardiac Physiology and welcome a self-directed career approach to your own professional progression.
Main duties of the job
* The successful post holder will join a large team of experienced and dynamic Cardiac Physiologists, Clinical Scientists, Healthcare Scientist Assistants and Arrhythmia & Complex Device Specialist Nurses delivering high quality, evidence based holistic care.
* To positively promote and implement the Cardiac Physiology vision.
* To promote a collaborative approach to care whilst supporting and facilitating the learning of others.
* Undertake without immediate supervision, diagnostic cardiac physiology procedures e.g., ECGs, event monitors.
* Assist in the delivery of treatments for heart disease e.g. percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac pacemakers.
* Provide training support to undergraduate and other junior staff programmes.
* Single-handed or as part of a team, undertake clinical procedures on neonates, children and adults.
* Actively participate in a range of clinical service areas e.g. Ambulatory Monitoring, ECG, Echocardiography, Exercise Testing, Cardiac Angiography, Theatre, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Rhythm Management.
Person specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
* BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
* SCST member
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
Experience
* Demonstrable experience in a broad range of cardiac physiological procedures, such as ECG, Exercise Tolerance Testing supervision, Echocardiography, continuous ambulatory monitoring preparation and analysis, haemodynamic monitoring/recording during cardiac angiography and electrophysiology studies, pacemaker implant and follow-up.
* Competent in 12-lead electrocardiographic procedures, cardiac stress test preparation/recording, continuous ambulatory monitoring preparation and analysis, haemodynamic monitoring/recording during cardiac angiography.
* Experience with complex PCI, congenital diagnostic and interventional catheterisation procedures.
* Experience in the implant and follow-up of implanted pacemaker systems.
Skills and Abilities
* Effective written communication skills
* Good communication skills (verbal and written)
* Demonstrates adaptability/flexibility and a positive approach to challenges
* Able to cope under pressure
* Effective team worker
* Professional attitude
* Patient centred philosophy
* Committed to professional development of self and colleagues
* Committed to advancement of healthcare science
Physical Characteristics
* Physical aptitude to undertake periods of prolonged physical effort and the physical ability to provide manual handling.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.
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