Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Echo

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Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist at Band 7 level, supporting a busy echo department. This role offers the opportunity to deliver high-quality patient care and engage in professional development within an exceptional team. The role includes flexible working arrangements and generous benefits in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to Health & Wellbeing Centre

Annual leave increases with NHS service

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Applicants must have full BSE transthoracic accreditation.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in an acute clinical environment at Band 6.
• Experience in people management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform and report on transthoracic echoes for inpatients and outpatients.
• Supervise and train cardiac physiologists and trainees.
• Participate in specialist clinics like valve clinic and cardio-obstetrics.

Skills

Compassionate

Analytical

Management

Education

BSE accreditation

Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Job description

Main area Echo- Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026) Hours

• Full time
• Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week Job ref 193-7176323UCGB7-HSCP

Employer Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Berkshire Hospital Town Reading Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/06/2025 23:59

Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Echo

NHS AfC: Band 7

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is“Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We areCompassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We areAspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We areResourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We areExcellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.

Job overview

Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Echo

PREVIOUS CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY.

We are looking to appoint a Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist at Band 7 level to join our echo team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy department striving to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients. We are a BSE accredited department since 2015and perform approximately 11,000 transthoracic echoes per year. We are based within the hub of the Royal Berkshire Hospital (Reading) and deliver clinics at West Berkshire Community Hospital (Newbury).We area close-knit team well supported by the Consultant Cardiologistswho are active in supporting the echo service and exploringnovel ways of working to optimise service delivery.

Main duties of the job

Applicants would be expected tohave full BSE transthoracic accreditation (or EACVI equivalent) and have some managerial experience to help drive delivery of the echo service on a daily basis.

Additional expectations are:

• To be able to scan and report independently for both inpatients and outpatients.
• Superviseand deliver training for cardiac physiologists, STP and ETP trainees, and CardiologyRegistrars.
• Participate fullyin our range of well-established specialist clinics:
  • Physiologist-led valve clinic
  • Physiologist-led exercise stress echo
  • Adult Congenital echo (a thriving monthly clinic run by visiting Cardiologists from the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford)
  • Inherited disorders clinic
  • Cardio-oncology clinic
  • Cardio-obstetrics clinics
  • Transoeophageal echocardiography (Consultant led).
  • Deputise for echo lead in their absence.
  • Attendance at weekly echo MDT meetings (which are very well attended and supported).
  • Willing to support delivery of clinics at spoke sites either at Henley/Bracknell/ Newbury,1 or 2 days/week

Working for our organisation

The Cardiology department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We achieved University department status in 2020 and have successfully achieved re-accreditation this summer. This was granted by the Health Innovation Partnership who offers a programme for collaborative research and education innovation funding recognising clinical, teaching and research excellence. As a department we continue to invest in our service and staff. This includes a current project to improve the space in the department to provide a more relaxed and spacious area for the team to enjoy their breaks. We are also investing in new equipment (ECHO machines) and ISCV reporting system to improve service delivery and ensure our staff have access to the best possible technology to enhance the quality of care delivered to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are committed to continued professional development, training and support for all our staff. As a member of the team, the successful applicant would have access to:

• Weekly team huddles (where we discuss immediate concerns and recent successes) and monthly team meetings (for training and general team support)
• Further training and development opportunities relevant to your personal development i.e. staff have completed Chartered Business Management Degree atHenleyBusiness School or CMI Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management
• Coaching and mentoring within the Royal Berkshire Hospital (internal programme)
• Charity funding for further courses or training (individual basis)
• Rotation through all aspects of the department (if desired). This is a Band 7 position predominantly within our Echo service, although we wholeheartedly welcome applications from those wishing to retain existing skills in other areas such as Cath Lab, pacemakers/ICD implants, Holter analysis. Informal enquiries for discussion on this are welcomed.
• Flexible working - 4 day working with a fix day off per week and the opportunity for additional work at highly competitive rates.

Access to the Trust Health & Wellbeing Centre providing facilities for therapies (yoga, massage, reflexology), financial support, mental health support and many other support packages available to all staff.

Visits to the department are greatly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Cardiac Physiology Service Manager-Usha Mistry (0118 3225541) for more information or to arrange a visit.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSE accreditation
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

• Experience of working in an acute clinical environment at Band 6 for minimum of 2 years
• Experience in people management
• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• On-site nursery (based at RBH)
• Full educational library services
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
• Bus to work scheme
• Excellent rail and bus links
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.

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The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies.

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults.

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.