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Hospital. We are looking for an experienced echocardiographer to join our
expanding, friendly team. The role will include performing and reporting adult
TTEs in a mixture of in-patient and out-patient settings including supporting
the complex echo service with the DSE and TOE lists dependant on experience.
Duties will also include supporting head of department and service leads with
developing services, supporting trainees, quality control and audits. We are a
supportive department who offer fantastic training and development
opportunities to help our staff reach their full potential
For a full description of the main duties of the role please see the Job
Description attached.
**Main duties of the job**
To perform and report adult Echocardiograms. To work along side consultant
Cardiologists performing TOEs, Stress echos and LVOs if suitably experienced
although training can be given. To support junior members of staff, in
accordance with the British Society of Echocardiography standards, guidelines
and departmental protocols and policies. Acting appropriately in the event of
significant adverse findings, alerting physicians when immediate medical
attention is required.
Responsibility to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation on
patients in an emergency situation.
To perform a supervisory
lead role and provide technical support in
Technician Led Cardiac Exercise Tolerance tests (ETT). Without supervision,
analyse and report the results of the procedure, in accordance with National
and Departmental protocols and procedures.
To prepare, hook up to patients, remove, download and analyse the recordings,
then report without supervision 24-hour ambulatory ECG recorders, Blood
pressure recorders and Cardiac event recorders, according to the departmental
procedure and protocol.
Maybe required to work in the invasive Cardiac Catheter Laboratory service,
performing unsupervised monitoring of invasive intra-cardiac pressures, ECG
intracoronary imaging on clinically high-risk cardiac patients. Alerting
Physician immediately of any changes in parameters.
**About us**
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional
colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised
hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents
of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in
Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster,
Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as
providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our
Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our
communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward
behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work
and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
* **Best services for local people**
* **Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients**
* **Best use of resources**
* **Best people**
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future
vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider
health and care system.
**We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are
committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex
positive employer.**
**Job description**
**Job responsibilities**
To work as an independent practitioner of the Cardiology team.
To be BSE accredited to be able to perform and report own echocardiograms and
to amend and validate junior physiologists echocardiogram reports.
To participate in the development of the complex echocardiography service (DSE
and TOE)
To be fully competent and responsible for performing a wide range of complex
and highly specialised non-invasive investigations, including analysis,
reporting and clinical interpretation of results for their own patient
workload and that of junior members of staff including verifications of
written reports from junior members of staff.
To provide high technical expertise, supervision, support and training to
technical and medical staff.
To produce technically satisfactory results in accordance with national and
departmental standards.
To communicate complex instructions and clinical information effectively to
all categories of patients, ensuring co-operation and compliance to obtain
accurate technical and clinical data.
To analyses clinical information and clinical conditions during procedures,
whereby judgement is required to determine the appropriate course of action
To visual and verbal risk-assess every patient prior to carrying out any
clinical investigations.
To ensure patients are monitored appropriately during investigations and
ensuring swift and appropriate action is taken to minimise life threatening or
significant medical events.
To initiate Basic Life Support and Immediate Life Support when required.
To ensure safe use of specialist
expensive equipment used by self and
others.
To report all untoward events or uncertainties to the Head of Department.
To work at all times in a safe and responsible manner
To plan and prioritise personal workloads according to daily staffing levels.
To advise junior medical staff on the availability, selection and
appropriateness of test procedures
This post has no budgetary responsibility.
**Person Specification**
**Experience**
**Essential**
* Significant experience as a specialised Cardiac Physiologist and advanced
* knowledge of Echocardiography.
**Desirable**
* Supervision of staff
* Assist with the day to day
* running of the department.
* Teaching and development of
* staff
**Qualifications**
**Essential**
* Degree in Clinical Physiology or
* equivalent.
* British Society of Echocardiography
* accreditation (BSE) or equivalent.
* ILS
**Desirable**
* ALS.
* A1 Assessors award.
* Registration for RCCP.
* ASCST (parts 1 & 2) or equivalent.
**Employer details**
**Employer name**
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
**Address**
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
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