Go back Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Cardiac Physiologist
The closing date is 31 March 2026
There is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Cardiac Physiologist to join the Cardiac Physiology team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We have a friendly, dynamic inter professional cardiology team consisting of, Cardiology specialist Nurses, Clinical Physiologists and 11 Consultant Cardiologists who offer a wide range of invasive and non-invasive services across the cardiology field to the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear area.
The department currently offers physiologist led exercise testing, ambulatory monitoring services and a well-established device's service including both low and high voltage device implantation (including CSP) and follow up of specialist devices such as ICD's and CRT's. We perform diagnostic angiography with plans to open a second PCI cath lab in the future.
We also have an extensive echocardiography service offering Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, exercise echocardiography and contrast studies.
We are a forward thinking department and encourage development of staff including training towards national accreditation.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of post are:
* Carry out and interpret ECG's
* Provide analysis for ambulatory ECG's and BP's
* Carry out exercise tolerance testing
* Provide technical support during pacemaker and ILR implantation
* Develop skills in pacemaker follow up
* Contribute to the ILR follow up service
Would be supported to undertake specialist training resulting in national accreditation in either CRM or Echo.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
Participate in the delivery of a specialist clinical diagnostic service and deliver high standard of care to all patients, including:
Performing and reporting 12 lead ECG.
Application, removal and analysis of ambulatory monitoring.
Give technical assistance during pacemaker/ICD implantation and assist in the provision of pacemaker follow up clinics.
Take lead position during technically led Exercise Tolerance Testing.
Under supervision perform and report transthoracic echocardiograms.
Assist during TOE and Stress Echo procedures.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Clinical Physiology or BSc Healthcare Sciences (Cardiology) or equivalent with a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and patient assessment
* Must be registered with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, or The Academy of Healthcare Sciences or if newly qualified have applied and be responsible for ensuring own professional regulation and accreditation is maintained.
* Immediate Life Support (to be gained within first 6 months if not already obtained)
Experience
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr