Elite Cardiac Echocardiography Specialist

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist based at the Cardiac Investigations Unit in Lancashire. The role focuses on advanced echocardiography services including TTE/TOE, 3D echo and contrast studies, with autonomous practice and reporting contributing to patient management.

Applicants should be BSE accredited, hold a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent and be AHCS registered.

Qualifications

• Specialist echocardiography clinical practice and reporting.
• Autonomous practice across Cardiac Investigations Unit.
• Postgraduate training underpinning advanced techniques.

Responsibilities

• To perform routine and specialist, complex investigations such as transoesophageal echo, stress echo, 3D echo, contrast studies and inter-procedural TOE, interpreting the results and producing a clinical report by applying advanced theoretical knowledge.
• To review Echo studies and reports performed by others and provide highly specialised advice on interpretation and reporting.
• To provide specialist advice to clinicians regarding procedure results to enable development of individual care plans as appropriate.
• To undertake complex troubleshooting and maintenance of imaging equipment and any other equipment within the department.
• Perform and interpret a variety of non-invasive cardiology procedures such as ECG and blood pressure monitoring as may be required during various imaging procedures.
• Interpret a variety of invasive cardiology procedures such as left and right angiography for use in performing stress echocardiography.
• To participate and actively support research and development activities and clinical trials within the department.
• To provide input to the departmental databases for audit and analysis of procedures and results and ensure that these are updated by all users.
• Collaborate and actively assist the echo service manager when creating business plans for improvement and development of new services in echocardiography.

Skills

Echocardiography

Transesophageal Echo

3D Echo

Report Writing

Research & Audit

Education

BSc in Clinical Physiology

AHCS registration

BSE accreditation

Tools

Imaging equipment maintenance

Job description

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist based at the Cardiac Investigations Unit in Lancashire. The role focuses on advanced echocardiography services including TTE/TOE, 3D echo and contrast studies, with autonomous practice and reporting contributing to patient management.

Applicants should be BSE accredited, hold a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent and be AHCS registered.