Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Wexham Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join the Echocardiography team. You will perform and report a wide range of transthoracic echocardiography studies, developing expertise with support from senior staff and progressing towards Level 2 BSE accreditation.

In addition to clinical duties, you will contribute to education and workforce development, training colleagues and juniors while maintaining high standards of

Qualifications

• Degree in Clinical Physiology, Healthcare Science, or related subject (essential).
• BSc in a relevant subject (essential).
• Substantial recent experience in performing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) (essential).
• Desirable: working towards or completing further echocardiography training (e.g., MSc) and registration with RCCP or HCPC.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and interpret data from TTE to support diagnosis.
• Produce clinical reports of echocardiographic findings after image interpretation.
• Perform diagnostic echocardiography across complex settings, including valve assessment.
• Ensure adherence to BSE guidelines and departmental standards.

Skills

TTE performance

Image interpretation

Clinical reporting

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Clinical Physiology / Healthcare Science

BSc in a relevant subject

Job description

Wexham Park Hospital

The Cardiology Investigations Unit (CIU) provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic services, delivering both invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations for inpatients and outpatients across the Trust.

Job Overview

Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Wexham Park Hospital

The Cardiology Investigations Unit (CIU) provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic services, delivering both invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations for inpatients and outpatients across the Trust.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Cardiac Physiologist to join our Echocardiography team. As a key member of the department, you will perform and report a wide range of echocardiographic studies, developing your expertise in increasingly advanced echocardiography techniques with support and supervision from experienced Advanced Cardiac Physiologists.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for professional development, and you will be supported to work towards Level 2 Accreditation with the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE).

In addition to your clinical responsibilities, you will play an active role in education and workforce development, providing training and support to students, less experienced colleagues, cardiology specialty registrars (SpRs), and junior doctors. You will contribute to maintaining high standards of patient care while supporting the ongoing development of the wider multidisciplinary team.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your echocardiography skills within a supportive, forward-thinking department committed to excellence in patient care, education, and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

• Analyse and interpret complex and interdependent data acquired during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to support accurate diagnosis.
• Following interpretation of images and data generated during TTE, produce a clinical report of the echocardiographic findings.
• Perform diagnostic echocardiography across a range of complex clinical settings, including specialist valve assessment.
• Interpret and report on the complex imaging and data generated during TTE for these patient groups, with senior review as required.
• Perform transthoracic echocardiography in accordance with BSE guidelines and departmental standards.
• Review, maintain and develop agreed standards of documentation in line with BSE guidance and departmental minimum standards, in liaison with the Lead Echo Physiologist.
• Archive data appropriately in accordance with Trust policies.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and ensure practice reflects developments in clinical care.
• Identify areas requiring improvement or development and contribute suggestions to enhance the service.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Clinical Physiology, Healthcare Science, or a related subject, or equivalent experience supported by specialist training
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, or equivalent, in a relevant subject

Desirable criteria

• Working towards or undertaking further study in echocardiography, such as an MSc or equivalent continuing professional development
• Registration with RCCP or the Health and Care Professions Council as a Healthcare Science Practitioner through completion of the Practitioner Training Programme (PTP), or approved PTP equivalence

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial recent experience in performing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working across a range of echocardiography investigations and patient groups

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to perform transthoracic echocardiography in accordance with BSE guidelines and departmental standards
• Ability to work independently within agreed protocols and with appropriate supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of, and some practical experience in, stress echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• Ability to work across the different sites

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future.

We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS.

Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities.

This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition.

Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement.

Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.