(**) Cardiac Physiologist

NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust's Southend University Hospital is seeking a Band 5 Clinical Physiologist to join the Cardiorespiratory department, delivering cardiac and respiratory investigations and contributing to patient care.

You should hold a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent, pursue AHCS registration, and maintain CPD; the role includes echocardiography, Holter monitoring, and training junior staff, with a salary of about £32,073 per year and pro rata for part-time.

Qualifications

• BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent is required.
• Current BLS or ILS certification is required.
• Registration with AHCS or RCCP/BHRS/BSE/ARTP is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out a wide range of cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures to a specialist level.
• Maintain clinical documentation and participate in data reporting for statistical analysis.
• Assist in training apprentice and student physiologists within the department.
• Provide telephone support and community testing where appropriate.

Skills

Exercise tolerance testing

Resting ECG interpretation

Ambulatory ECG

BP recording and interpretation

Education

BSc clinical physiology

BLS or ILS

RCCP/BHRS/BSE/ARTP

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Please click on the link below to see the vacancies we have across our mid and south Essex hospitals.

Site Southend Town Southend on Sea Salary £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Are you a qualified Clinical Physiologist looking to join an enthusiastic and dynamic team in the south east of England? Come and join us at Southend University Hospital by the sea where we strive to provide high quality care for every patient, every time and visit the longest pier in the UK!

Due to a recent promotion, we have an exciting Band 5 Clinical Physiologist opportunity to help with increasing demand in our Heart and Chest department (Cardiorespiratory) which provides a wide range of cardiac and respiratory invasive and non-invasive investigations including Echocardiography, ambulatory monitoring, complex and pacing implants and follow-up, left heart and right heart catheterisation, physiologist led ILR implantation service, Holter monitoring and ETT stress echo.

You should already hold the BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent and either have or looking to gain AHCS registration and be willing to maintain CPD

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to carry out a wide range of cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures to a specialist level ensuring accurate outcomes and reports which are produced to a high standard, to work effectively within a wide multidisciplinary, upholding Trust values of Respectful, Excellent and Compassionate and to assist in the training of the apprentice Physiologists and Student Physiologists within the department.

You will undertake work in a timely and efficient way, meeting deadlines and keeping senior colleagues informed of changes in own technical workload and maintain clinical documentation and databases as directed, to participate in the provision of data for statistical analysis and to adhere to departmental standards of record keeping with respect to accuracy, timeliness of completion and confidentiality.

You will be expected to exercise initiative and judgement in solving problems related to own technical workload, whilst keeping others informed and recognising when there is a need to refer problems to senior colleagues and being responsive to advice given.

Your role will involve dealing with telephone queries from patients, relatives, general practitioners etc in a calm and professional manner, providing testing in the community where appropriate and any other duties as requested by Senior Chief Clinical Physiologist and Principal Physiologist.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application.

Person specification

Qualification

• BSc clinical physiology, BTEC, or equivalent such as Healthcare Science
• BLS or ILS
• RCCP/ BHRS/BSE/ARTP

Experience

• Proficiency in and a strong underpinning knowledge of exercise tolerance testing and resting and ambulatory ECG and BP recording and interpretation
• Attendance at professional scientific meetings and training courses
• Experience of working within a busy NHS cardiac department
• Experience of training junior members of staff

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.