Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our teams, working across sites. The Cardio-Respiratory Units are a friendly, busy and rapidly expanding diagnostic unit. We offer a wide range of investigations to the Trust including resting ECGs, 24 hour ECG and BP monitoring, Event Recording, Transthoracic, Transoesophageal and Stress Echocardiography, Pacemaker follow-up, sleep study initialisation/ reporting and Lung Function Testing.
We are looking for a forward thinking, enthusiastic individual to join a dedicated team of professionals working to the highest quality standards.
You should have a good general education, good command of both written and spoken English, and be able to perform resting ECGs to SCST standards. Experience of setting up 24 hour ECG and BP monitoring is desirable.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide support to the Cardio-Respiratory team, including perform ECGs, 24-hour ECG, 24-hour BP monitoring, and event recording, as well as providing support to the Echocardiographers and pacing team. This will include: preparation and tidying of rooms, care of patients and clerical and processing duties.
To carry out overnight sleep studies unsupervised including initialization, study download and provision of questionnaires.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Good general education
2. Good command of English both written and oral.
Desirable criteria
3. Certificate in Electrocardiography or other SCST ECG qualification
Experience / Knowledge
Essential criteria
4. Able to perform resting ECGs on both adults and children.
5. Previous relevant experience of working in a similar area
Desirable criteria
6. Able to perform 24-hour ECG monitoring.
7. Able to perform 24-hour BP monitoring.
Applicant requirements
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.