Senior Healthcare Scientist

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stoke-on-Trent seeks a skilled professional to contribute to cardiac procedures including hemodynamic monitoring and arrhythmia analysis. The role offers numerous opportunities for skill advancement in a well-equipped, supportive environment with flexible working options to enhance work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Development packages for career advancement

Commitment to health and wellbeing of staff

Qualifications

• Experience in hemodynamic monitoring during cardiac catheterisation.
• Ability to lead exercise tests and perform arrhythmia analysis.
• Support for on-call service for primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to wider band 6 duties in the department.
• Lead advanced arrhythmia analysis for implantable devices.
• Support complex and simple device implant and follow-up.

Job description

Responsibilities

This role will involve contributing to the wider band 6 duties in the department including, heamodynamic monitoring during cardiac catheterisation for both elective & emergency procedures. The successful candidate will also be expected to lead exercise tests, head up tilt table tests & provide advanced arrhythmia analysis for implantable loop recorders, holter monitors (3 & 12 lead), event recorder devices & 12 lead ECG. Additionally, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will support the departmental on call service for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. There will be opportunities for the right candidate to advance their skills in either cardiac rhythm management or echocardiography. The echocardiography department provides c24,000 studies per year. There are well established physiologist led services within echo, including stress echo, TOE, Contrast, Herceptin Clinics and Heart valve surveillance clinics. The pacing and EP services provide complex and simple device implant and follow-up and a full range of EP studies including complex 3D mapping.

About the Facility

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world‑class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

About the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

Work-Life Balance & Flexible Working

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work‑life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.