Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Band 7)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Steeton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrife

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Car Leasing

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Health and Wellbeing

Extensive Reward Scheme

Counselling Service

Vivup/Wagestream

Staff Networks

Job summary

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 7 cardiac physiologists to join the cardiology department. The post covers invasive and non-invasive cardiac and respiratory diagnostic tests; you will specialize in either echocardiography or cardiac devices while supporting the wider team.

As an advanced-level healthcare science practitioner, you will perform and interpret complex studies, contribute to stress echo, TOE and device monitoring, and help develop

Qualifications

• Experience in echocardiography or cardiac devices
• Ability to support a team across invasive and non-invasive testing
• Strong commitment to high-quality patient care

Responsibilities

• Perform and report transthoracic echocardiography for inpatients and outpatients
• Support stress echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE)
• Provide monitoring and interpretation of complex invasive cardiovascular investigations and devices when required
• Contribute to the development of physiologist-led services and workforce development

Job description

Our Values

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and highly motivated Band 7 cardiac physiologists. The department offers a wide range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac and respiratory diagnostic tests. You will be specialist in either echo or cardiac devices but will have experience in all cardiac procedures to support the wider team. The department looks after 1500 patients with devices including high power, cardiac resynchronisation and brady devices. We perform approximately 6000 echo studies per year which includes transthoracic, transoesophageal, stress echo and contrast/bubble studies. The department is currently looking to implement more physiologist led services, giving the opportunity to develop skills and advance your role

The post holder will be an expert in Echocardiography and/or Devices. You will work as an advanced-level healthcare science practitioner within the field of invasive cardiac physiology or echocardiography. If devices are your area of expertise you will be performing and interpreting complex invasive cardiovascular investigations, interventions, and long-term device monitoring services for elective, urgent, and emergency patients ensuring the delivery of high-quality care. As an experienced echocardiographer you will perform and report transthoracic echo independently on both inpatients and outpatients, support in stress echo, TOE and other complex studies. Support the development of a physiologist led stress echo service. As well as your specialist area you will have experience in other non invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures in order to support our more junior team members and students.

You will understand the challenges facing cardiac physiology and have a desire to implement the many changes happening within the profession, future- proofing the service and ensuring the Airedale population receive the best possible care from our department.

You will be responsible for ensuring an effective service with adherence to national, international and local best practice guidelines - identifying, advising and introducing service developments as required as well as implementing changes to practice based on evidence based research.

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work


• Travel Scheme


• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice


• Onsite Nursery


• Buying and Selling Annual Leave


• Car Leasing


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Employee Health and Wellbeing


• Extensive Reward Scheme


• Counselling Service


• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream


• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care


• Compassion


• Working together for patients


• Improving Lives


• Everyone Counts


• Respect and Dignity