Advanced Healthcare Scientist (Training posts considered)

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Healthcare Scientist to join a leading NHS Trust in Plymouth, specializing in Cardiac Physiology. You will be responsible for undertaking a range of complex clinical procedures and ensuring high standards of service delivery. This role involves training junior staff and communication with patients, enhancing both the clinical environment and patient care.

Qualifications

• Advanced practitioner in specialized cardiac procedures.
• Proficient in invasive techniques and monitoring.
• Experience in training and managing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform invasive and interventional cardiac procedures.
• Manage the maintenance of standards and quality in clinical services.
• Provide emergency Cardiac Physiology services 24/7.

Skills

Cardiac Physiology

Patient Communication

Technical Support

Education

Degree in Healthcare Science

Job description

1 - To be highly competent in performing a broad range of routine and complex Cardiac Physiology clinical-technical procedures and techniques, and to be an advanced practitioner in at least one specialist field.

2 - As an advanced practitioner, to take a proactive role with Lead Physiologists and other Cardiac Physiologists in developing and providing organized and efficient clinical-technical input to diagnostic investigations and therapeutic services of the department.

3 - As a professional Advanced Healthcare Scientist, to manage the maintenance of standards and quality in the clinical-technical Cardiac Physiology services, including responsibility for training trainees, junior staff, and peers in specialist areas.

4 - To foster and develop good working relationships through adequate, timely, and appropriate communication with all staff and patients involved in work activities.

5 - To participate in providing the out-of-hours emergency Cardiac Physiology clinical-technical service to achieve 24/7 coverage.

PRIMARY DUTIES

• Provide specialist technical support in invasive/interventional procedures such as Coronary angiography, Percutaneous Coronary intervention, Valvuloplasty, and TAVI.
• Perform intracardiac pressure monitoring, recording, measuring, and interpreting.
• Conduct near-patient real-time blood analysis and monitoring, including coagulation and oxygen saturation.
• Set-up, maintain, troubleshoot, and provide continuous care for intra-aortic balloon pumps.
• Perform right heart studies, including blood saturations, monitoring, calculations, recording, measuring, and analysis.
• Set up and deliver external cardioversion, including energy delivery.
• Utilize intracoronary ultrasound, pressure wires, rotablation, OCT, and shockwave technologies for setup, measurement, and recording.
• Manage temporary pacing, including equipment setup, threshold testing, and rapid pacing.
• Follow-up on implantable devices: Pacemakers, ICDs, CRT devices, including interrogation, analysis, programming, troubleshooting, and reporting.
• Manage implantable loop recorders and remote follow-up/home monitoring systems.
• Perform device implantation procedures, including patient preparation, equipment setup, testing, analysis, programming, and troubleshooting.
• Conduct electrophysiology studies and ablation procedures, including complex ablations using 3D mapping systems.
• Perform intraoperative TOE and emergency TTE to standard.