We are recruiting for a Chief Cardiac Physiologist for Echocardiography who will share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We offer a region-leading Cardiac Imaging Service, offering the full repertoire of Echocardiography, including Complex ACHD, 3D Echocardiography, Pharmacological and Exercise Ischaemic Stress Echo, Strain Echocardiography, TOE, DSE, Transcatheter Structural Intervention, and Cardio-Oncology Echocardiography. In addition to UHCW, we also support CDC services.
The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, hardworking, and motivated to join our team. You will need to have excellent communication skills with the ability to work both as part of a team and independently.
Suitable applicants will have completed a BSc in Clinical Physiology (or equivalent) and be RCCP or AHCS registered. They will hold full BSE accreditation in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography, as well as meeting the requirements detailed in the person specification and job description.
Main duties of the job
* Be a competent practitioner in echocardiography procedures.
* Have an advanced knowledge of products and procedures.
* Be able to autonomously perform routine and complex diagnostic echocardiography procedures.
* Be involved in supervision and training of other cardiac physiologists.
* Participate on a roster basis as required.
* Monitor and maintain quality of services within echocardiography.
* Be willing to develop further highly technical specialist and advanced practical skills in complex echo service.
* Participate in the day-to-day running of the department, ensuring the smooth running of a quality service.
* To independently assess referred patients, monitor the appropriateness of referrals, obtain information relevant to patient care, interpret, and report clinical findings, and ensure appropriate discharge or ongoing care.
* Encourage and support staff to obtain BSE accreditation.
* Provide teaching and support to all members of the department and medical staff who are learning technical cardiology.
* Actively encourage and develop a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac care.
Person specification
Qualifications
* See supporting documents.
Experience
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Knowledge
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Skills
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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public, e.g., zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint, and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
If you are successful at interview, you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
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