Join Our Team as a Chief Cardiac Physiologist in Echocardiography!
Are you passionate about providing outstanding care and exemplary service to patients? We are looking for a dedicated Chief Cardiac Physiologist to join our dynamic Echocardiography team and help us achieve our vision of trusted, exceptional healthcare.
Why Join Us?
• Comprehensive Echocardiography Services:Our Echocardiography service operates 7 days a week, offering adult transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for both routine outpatient and inpatient needs. We also provide consultant-led TOE, exercise, and pharmacological stress echo services.
• Innovative Clinics:We have recently launched a physiologist-led Herceptin clinic for Oncology patients and are planning to establish a valve clinic in collaboration with Specialist Nurses and Physicians.
• State-of-the-Art Equipment:All our echo equipment has been recently upgraded, ensuring you work with the latest technology available.
• Strong Development Program:Our Echo team is deeply involved in staff training, boasting a high success rate for accreditation. We offer robust development opportunities for both physiologists and cardiology registrars.
What We Value:
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
As a Chief Cardiac Physiologist, you will:
• Work as an advanced independent practitioner in echocardiography, providing highly specialised technical services that directly impact patient care.
• Train in advanced imaging modalities such as 3D echo, speckle tracking, and strain analysis. Training in stress echo can be provided if desired.
• Ideally, perform or be willing to learn IV cannulation and ultrasound contrast IV administration.
• Organise and deliver theoretical and practical training in cardiac physiology to a wide range of staff.
• Support and encourage both medical and physiologist staff to work towards professional accreditation (BSE).
• Participate in our 7-day service, maintaining high standards of clinical practice and acting as a role model for junior staff.
Location Flexibility:
You must be willing to rotate between the Lister Hospital (Stevenage) and QEII (Welwyn Garden City) sites across the East and North Hertfordshire Trust, or remain fully at QEII if preferred for our community diagnostic hub echocardiography service.
Essential Criteria:
• BSE (or equivalent) accreditation is essential. However, we may consider BSE accreditation trainees for a band 6 post if there are no fully accredited, suitable applicants.
Join us and be part of a team that is committed to excellence in patient care and professional development. Apply today and help us make a difference!
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025