Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stanley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension plan

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Employee health and wellbeing services

Cycle to work scheme

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Job summary

Mid-Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join a busy Echo service delivering adult TTE, Stress Echo, Contrast and Bubble echo, and TOEs across four sites. The role emphasizes professional development, audits, and contributing to service improvement.

Experience with echocardiography and BSE accreditation is preferred, with opportunities for training and career growth within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Current RCCP/AHCS/equivalent registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Professional accreditation (e.g. BSE) or working towards it
• Relevant post-qualification experience with continuing professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Responsibilities

• Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
• Maintains a safe working environment
• Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies
• Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
• Undertake clinical procedures and investigations with high dexterity and accuracy and provide reports
• Assess patients prior to cardio-respiratory investigations to ensure suitability
• Supervise and assess the work of others within the team
• Work toward national guidelines and directives (e.g. NICE, NSF)

Skills

Hand/eye coordination

Manual dexterity

Concentration for long periods

Written and verbal communication

IT skills

Interpersonal skills

Move heavy medical equipment

Patient transfer assistance

Ability to work in subdued lighting

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

Job description

Contact information

For all enquiries please contact:-

Natasha Watchorn (Cardiac Physiology Service manager)

[e-mail]

Zoe Dorton (Echo Team leader)

([e-mail])

on

01924 541330

About the role

The Mid-Yorkshire Teaching NHS trust is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our friendly, supportive, and driven team.

Our busy cardiac service enjoys a strong reputation for commitment to the very highest standards of care, covering a wide range of invasive and non-invasive investigations.

The Echocardiography team provides a service for patients across our 4 sites (Dewsbury, Pinderfields, Pontefract and the Community Diagnostic Hub). The team delivers adult TTE, Stress Echo (ESE, DSE, bicycle ergometer), Contrast and Bubble echo, TOEs and is currently working to towards the implementation of Physiologist led; Valve clinic and Stress Echo service.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to developing their practical expertise and knowledge. Continuous professional development is a cornerstone of the team, where you will be encouraged and supported to achieve your full potential.

In addition to your professional development, you will participate in regular audits and provide valuable insights to contribute towards service development.

You will have proven competency in Adult Echocardiography and will preferably hold or be working towards BSE accreditation.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties

• Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct


• Maintains a safe working environment


• Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies


• Act as a source of expertise within their designated area


• Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data


• Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation


• Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team


• Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF

Essential Requirements

Qualifications

• Current RCCP/ AHCS/ equivalent registration


• Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent


• Professional accreditation appropriate to role (BSE) or working towards this.

Experience

• Relevant post qualification experience with evidence of continuing professional development


• Audit & Standard setting


• Specialist knowledge in field of practice


• Current issues in healthcare


• In-depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within specialist area


• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Skills & Abilities

• Good hand/eye co-ordination skills and manual dexterity


• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods during acquisition of diagnostic data


• Excellent written and verbal skills


• IT skills


• Effective communication and interpersonal skills


• Able to manoeuvre often heavy/cumbersome medical equipment


• Able to provide physical support in assisting patients to transfer, with occasional requirement to manoeuvre patients full body weight in emergency situations


• Able to work in subdued lighting for prolonged periods

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

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Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan


• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service


• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services


• Extensive benefits and support, including:


• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Home electronics scheme


• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme


• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport


• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies


• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality


• Career progression, training and support

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