Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Invasive Cardiac Clinical Physiologist to join our Pacing Team. We have five Consultant Cardiologists and currently serve a population of approximately 390,000. The Cardiac Catheter Suite and Pacing Service is based at Royal Preston Hospital. We also provide a pacing service for in-patients across site at Chorley District General Hospital. You should therefore have a flexible attitude and the willingness to travel between sites, if required. We require an enthusiastic individual to be jointly responsible for the day-to-day running of the invasive service, including CIED interrogations, bradycardia pacemaker implants, internal loop recorder implants and coronary angiograms. You will need to undertake routine, complex and specialised procedures, providing and recording accurate results. You should be self-motivated, well organised with excellent communication skills, work well within a team and on own initiative and have the ability to prioritise and use your own initiative
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
1. To take a lead in maintaining high professional standards of technical competency in the provision of all invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations, actively participating in the day-to-day delivery of the pacing service and Implantable Devices Service, in co-operation with the Cardiologists
2. Perform a wide range of non-invasive Cardiac investigations, for example ECGs, BP, Holter Monitoring, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Device downloads and device re-programming.
3. To provide highly specialist technical support during pacemaker implantation, generator replacement, pacemaker lead extraction, internal loop recorders and associated procedures.
4. To work autonomously in single and dual chamber pacemaker and implantable loop recorder follow up checks, documenting results and accounting for programming changes and making decisions about further diagnostic investigation or intervention as required.
5. To communicate with patients and partners before and after device implantation to explain the implications /limitations of therapy, and complications.
6. To be responsible for ICD follow up / implantation and troubleshooting.
7. To help support the Radiotherapy service with pacemaker checks
Working for our organisation
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support the Lead Cardiac Physiologist with running of the Cardiac Physiology Department and the Cardiac Catheterisation Suite Service by providing direction for the team, monitoring and maintaining standards of practice and standards of care.
Responsible for providing a wide range of measurements, using accurate and quality controlled procedures and producing a technical and clinical reports based on these. To support and rotate through the department and to be responsible also to provide accurate diagnostic Cardiology testing. Initiate follow up and raise queries using agreed protocols. Act as a role model and provide development, clinical supervision and advice for other staff and students to support them reaching their potential goals. Participate in improvement of services and quality of care provision, working as part of a wider multidisciplinary team to provide an effective echocardiography service..
To act at all times in a manner that upholds the Trust values working as part of the ward team to ensure that patients and relatives receive excellent care with compassion.
See attached Job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
8. Appropriate Science Degree (or equivalent)
9. ILS (minimum)
10. BTEC/HTEC (MPPM) or equivalent
11. AHCS/RCCP registration
Desirable criteria
12. ILS or equivalent
13. Teaching certificate/Assessors Award
14. Post grad Studies in relevant field
15. IBHRE or HRUK accreditation or working towards it.
Knowledge & Expierence
Essential criteria
16. Substantial experience invasive Cardiac Physiology including right and left heart catheterisation, device implants and device follow up
17. High level of specialist knowledge in areas of non invasive cardiology
18. Knowledge across all aspects of Cardiology
19. Advanced broad base of theoretical and practical specialist knowledge in cardiology
20. Specialist knowledge in legislation for COSSH, RIDDOR, Health and Safety in invasive cardiology
21. Proficient in teaching other grades of staff in all aspects of technical cardiology
22. Proven experience in planning and organisation of staff training, meetings and conferences, and, if required, work based assessor sessions
23. Proficiency to assist as Lead role in Clinical Physiologist led exercising
24. Able to lead the department in the absence of the Manager or Deputy
25. Assistance in project management
26. Coordinating agencies and other organisations
Desirable criteria
27. Performing appraisals