Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at a leading NHS Trust as a Highly Specialised Cardiac Echocardiographer. This role offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment focused on patient care and professional development. With a commitment to improving services, you'll engage in a variety of echocardiography procedures, including 3D studies and stress echocardiograms. The Trust supports work-life balance, offering flexible hours and a relocation package. If you're passionate about cardiac health and eager to contribute to a collaborative team, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Relocation package up to £13,000

Support for professional development

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a post-registration Cardiac Physiologist.
• BSE accreditation and a degree in Cardiac Physiology are required.

Responsibilities

• Perform standard transthoracic studies and advanced echocardiograms.
• Train junior physiologists and improve patient-centred care.

Skills

BSE Accreditation

Cardiac Physiology

3D Echocardiography

Stress Echocardiography

Training and Assessment

Communication Skills

Education

BSc in Cardiac Physiology

BTEC HNC or equivalent

Tools

NHS computer management systems (Tomcat, eDM, eCamis, PACS)

Job description

Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

Band 7

Main area: Echocardiographer
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes weekend working)
Job ref: 153-ME04036-B

Department name: UHD - General Recruitment Site
University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
Town: Dorset
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/02/2025 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth, and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce and allowing people to be themselves is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming, and productive place to work.

As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

Due to the expansion of our cardiac services, we are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Highly Specialised Cardiac Echocardiographer to complement our Cardiac Physiology team here at University Hospitals Dorset.

We are a forward-thinking team that consistently strives to improve and develop our services and encourage all team members to actively engage in this process. Continued professional development is supported through weekly departmental meetings and MDT imaging reviews as well as regular attendance at national conferences. We support a four-day working week at UHD in order to provide an improved work-life balance for our staff. Standard hours are 08:00-18:00; however, this can be discussed.

The successful candidate will hold BSE accreditation, be enthusiastic and passionate about improving patient-centred care, and be motivated about providing in-house training for junior physiologists. Clinical skills in either cardiac rhythm management or PCI are desirable but not essential.

This post will include Saturday working on a rotational basis.

This role requires a BSc in Cardiac Physiology or BTEC HNC or equivalent.

Locations: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

We are extremely proud of our Echocardiography departments across our two sites. As well as standard transthoracic studies, we also perform 3D echocardiograms, bubble and contrast studies, and stress echo procedures as well as supporting the transoesophageal echo service.

If you are interested in relocating to Bournemouth from within the UK, we offer an excellent relocation package of up to £13,000. For further details on relocation expenses, please visit the Trust website.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSE Accreditation
• BSc in Cardiac Physiology or BTEC HNC or equivalent
• RCCP registered

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a post-registration Cardiac Physiologist
• Experience in 3D Echocardiography, contrast studies, and bubble studies.
• Experience in training and assessment of junior staff and other medical professionals.
• Fully competent in carrying out full study BSE echocardiograms including strain assessments and assisting in transoesophageal echocardiograms.
• Experience in Stress Echocardiography
• Experience in carrying out yearly appraisals for team members
• Experience in physiologist-led specialist clinics

Knowledge

• Able to assess normal and abnormal investigations and act appropriately.
• Computer literate and understand the application of IT to clinical investigations.
• Knowledge of NHS computer management systems including; Tomcat, eDM, eCamis, PACS.

Interpersonal Skills

• Able to demonstrate high level of written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work as part of a team but be dynamic and self-motivated.

Other requirements

• Sufficient stamina and health to be capable of long periods of walking, bending, standing, sitting, moving, handling, and positioning of patients and equipment.
• Capable of dealing with distressing and emotional incidents on a regular basis including working with terminally ill patients and upset/distraught patients or members of staff.

Personal attributes

• Model good behaviour and acceptable ways of communicating
• Able to challenge unacceptable behaviour

Language requirement

• Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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.

Name: Louisa Collins
Job title: Cardiac Service Manager, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0300 019 4129