Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist

Nottingham University Hospitals Nhs Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Echocardiographer to lead advanced imaging and support junior staff within the Cardiac Physiology team.

You will deliver high-quality echo studies from standard TTE to advanced techniques, participate in training and help drive service development across sites.

Qualifications

• MSc/MSCT or equivalent qualification is essential.
• BSE or equivalent qualification is essential.
• Evidence of first line management experience is desirable.
• CPD activity and advanced echo training are encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality transthoracic echo reports from standard to advanced techniques.
• Lead and train junior team members and clinicians.
• Support and advise colleagues on diagnostic imaging and echo protocols.

Skills

Teaching / training

Clinical echocardiography

Stress echo

Education

MSc/MSCT

BSE or equivalent

Job description

Job summary We're looking for a skilled Band 7 Echocardiographer to join our growing Cardiac Physiology team in Nottingham. You'll deliver high-quality echo services, support advanced imaging, and help develop junior staff. If you're BSE accredited and want to make a real impact in a supportive, forward-thinking department, we'd love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to hear from those with experience or interest in congenital echo.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert. As a highly specialised physiologist your main duties will be the provision of high quality echo studies ranging from standard TTE to advanced techniques such as stress echo and congenital echo.

You will also play an active role in the training program at NUH, providing quality practical and theoretical teaching to junior team members and clinical colleagues.

As a band 7 physiologist you will assist the echo leads and head of service in daily management of the team and act as a role model for colleagues.

This is a Trust wide post and the successful candidate will be expected to work at both our hospitals and the Nottingham CDC. You will also be required to participate in the provision of the out of hours emergency echo service across both sites.

About us

The echo team at NUH are a friendly, experienced and highly skilled group of physiologists with a wide range of experience in different echo specialities. We are supported by our team of adult imaging and paediatric consultants and work closely with them to provide and develop a high quality service.

The department holds twice weekly consultant led review meetings, bi monthly time out sessions for CPD and a yearly BSE accredited echo training day. You will also be supported to attend national courses and conferences.

Job responsibilities

• Providing basic and advanced transthoracic echo reports to a high standard.
• Training of junior team members and clinicians.
• Experience in a range of diagnostics is desirable in order for you to support and advise colleagues when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential

• Achieved Qualifications/years experience
• MSc/MSCT
• BSE or equivalent
• Evidence/demonstrated first line management experience.

Continued Prof Development

Essential

• Evidence/demonstrated CPD
• Advanced echo experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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