Cardiographer- Cardiology

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust's Lister Hospital in Stevenage is seeking a Cardiographer to support a busy cardiology service. The role involves assisting with cardiology clinics, maintaining accurate records, and updating computer and hospital databases.

You will perform electrocardiograms (ECGs) on outpatients and inpatients, note findings for the medical team, and help run ambulatory ECG clinics.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the smooth running of cardiology clinics and keep accurate records.
• Update computer and hospital databases as part of daily duties.
• Perform electrocardiograms (ECGs) for outpatients and inpatients and act on findings.
• Support outpatient ambulatory ECG clinics and collaborate with medical staff.

Skills

ECG performance

Record keeping

Ambulatory ECG

Job description

We are recruiting for a Cardiographer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. Lister Hospital has a busy Cardiology department supporting 17 Consultant Cardiologists. We have a busy ambulatory service, performing over 5000 ambulatory monitors a year with plans for expansion There are two Cardiac Catheter labs supporting a 24/7 PPCI service. An established Brady pacing service supporting face to face appointments as well as home monitoring. The department also has a very busy ECHO department At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the job The Cardiographer Team work within a positive and supportive environment with patient care at the centre of everything they do. The role can be very diverse, and no two days are the same. You will be responsible for assisting with the smooth running of cardiology clinics, keeping accurate records, and updating computer and hospital databases. In this role you will also perform electrocardiograms (ECG's) on both outpatient and inpatients. You will need to be aware of any ECG findings which need to be brought to the attention of medical / nursing staff and to act accordingly. You will also be responsible for running outpatient ambulatory ECG clinics.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.