Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist - Echocardiography

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; St Helens; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in St Helens is seeking a Cardio-Respiratory Physiologist to provide specialized services while managing a team. The ideal candidate will have RCCP registration and experience, flexible communication skills, and a commitment to high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include delivering clinical procedures and participating in service development, ensuring adherence to policies while supporting a diverse patient group.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience as a Physiologist is necessary.
• Ability to work in a team alongside healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrated flexibility and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to Department and Trust policies.
• Provide comprehensive reports in a range of procedures.
• Manage stock control and consumable costs.
• Contribute to research and audit programs.
• Set up new services within the department.
• Deliver high-quality patient care across various procedures.

Skills

Good communication skills

Flexibility

Education

RCCP registered Physiologist

Job description

Overview

The Cardio-Respiratory Department provides a high-quality service for basic and advanced cardiac and respiratory diagnostic investigations. A 24/7 service is provided for basic investigations such as ECG and spirometry by Senior ATOs and Assistant Practitioners. The post holder will assist with the provision of Cardio-Respiratory services throughout the Trust and partnership agencies, ensuring delivery of a high standard of service for both routine and emergency work. The post holder will have a broad range of skills across the entire service but will provide highly specialised supervision of a particular area within that service. A commitment to continuous professional development and participation in relevant societies, groups and committees is essential.

Responsibilities

• Adhere strictly to all Department and Trust policies.
• Deputise for the department manager when necessary.
• Provide fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures and exercise clinical judgement in unsupervised settings.
• Hold highly specialised knowledge in at least one area and be responsible for the development and delivery of that service, including clinical supervision of testing in this area.
• Develop and implement relevant policies and procedures; produce costs for each procedure; implement staff training programs for all levels of staff; conduct peer evaluation of competency levels.
• Manage stock control and consumable costs; maintain optimal functioning and regular servicing of equipment.
• Initiate and participate in research and audit programs to review services and monitor capacity; provide regular updates to the manager on service progress and redesign.
• Set up new services and expand the Physiologist role into areas traditionally covered by doctors.
• Deputise for other service leads in their absence and participate in out-of-hours sessions when required; may be on a 24-hour on-call emergency rota for a range of invasive and non-invasive tests.
• Together with clinical responsibilities during out of hours or on-call sessions, take on a level of managerial control of departmental issues as designated by the manager.
• Deliver clinical skills and knowledge unsupervised across a wide range of basic and specialised clinical procedures; be proficient in a range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures; provide high-quality care for patients.
• Communicate complex information and instructions in a sensitive manner, considering the diverse needs of all patients, and regularly communicate test results and recommendations to a wide range of staff groups.
• Maintain administrative responsibilities to ensure data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures.
• Assist with teaching and training responsibilities, designing and implementing training in the candidate’s specialist area and contributing to education programs for staff across the Trust; participate in mentorship and liaise with Higher Education Institutes for teaching and placements when required.

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will be an RCCP registered Physiologist with sufficient post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable flexibility, good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.
• The candidate will work alongside Consultants, Nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure high standards are maintained across the organization.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. In certain recruitment situations, such as high-volume periods, the employer may limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled and non-disabled applicants. For more details please go to the employer’s disability policy page.

About the Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 across 21 sites. We provide a range of services including:

• Five Star Patient Care across Acute Care, Primary Care, Community Services, Inpatient Rehabilitation and Urgent Care.
• Specialist Regional Services including the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit and the Spinal Injuries Unit for a wide catchment area.
• Achievements: Rated Outstanding by CQC (August 2018); Top 100 places to work in the NHS; National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.