Main area Cardiac Physiology, CRM & Invasive Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (CIU works 8.75 hour days (0800-1715, 30 minute break), individuals work 4 days a week with a fixed day off and work their day off every 4 weeks) Job ref 269-SFT9203
Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury District Hospital Town Salisbury Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 17/07/2025 23:59
Senior Cardiac Physiologist (CRM & Invasive)
Band 6
Job overview
An opportunity has opened up at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) for a Senior Cardiac Physiologist to join our team for CRM and Invasive. This role would be ideally suited for a physiologist looking to take the next step in their career in a busy service.
It's an exciting time to join SFT. The CRM service is moving rapidly towards remote only care for pacemaker and ICD patients, and our conduction system pacing program is fully established. Invasive services under the umbrella of PCI are also advancing with lithotripsy integrated in practice and new procedures such as coronary sinus reducers being implemented and developed.
The Cardiac Investigation Unit relocated to a larger, refurbished department in March 2023 which has afforded us with new clinic rooms, admin spaces and staff areas.
The CRM service is busy, with a full range of device implants and follow-up offered. We implant and follow-up pacemakers, ICDs (including S-ICD), CRTs, conduction system pacemaker and ILRs. We also implant pacemakers on-call. Our primary PCI service is operational Monday-Friday, 8am to 5pm, but we run a cath lab on-call service 24/7 for call-backs, IABPs and pacing (temporary or permanent).
Main duties of the job
In this role you would be expected to follow-up all CRM devices (including remote and depending on level of experience), and carry out any appropriate reprogramming as necessary in accordance with current national and local guidelines. You would also be expected to support the implant of all CRM devices (depending on level of experience), calling upon industry support where necessary.
You would be required to work independently in PCI and participate in our on-call service which incorporates pacemaker implant.
CIU also has a full non-invasive service for which you would need to provide support for the provision of exercise testing (including alongside Radiology for perfusion scanning), ambulatory monitoring and ECG.
You would be expected to manage your own learning including keeping up to date with emerging evidence and current guidance, but you would be supported in doing so.
At this level you would be asked to take on non-clinical duties such as training and audit.
In this post you would be supported to develop in CRM and invasive areas, as well as be expected to contribute to service delivery elsewhere in CIU. At SFT we have an excellent track record of supporting continuing professional development (including professional exams) and further academic study. We also seek to have representation at national and regional meetings.
We would advise making contact with us for an informal chat, at which time we can arrange a visit if you would like.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
* Evidence of formal training/qualifications equivalent to Healthcare Scientist Practitioner degree level; including BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology
* Basic IT skills
* RCCP/AHCS registration
* ILS certification
* Demonstration of academic interest
Experience
* Successful completion of undergraduate study with evidence of placement experience
* Practical experience and familiarity with a wide range of cardiac investigations
* Ability to demonstrate experience in a subspecialty, CRM or echo
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Experience of working with students and training cardiac physiologists
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to perform a broad range of cardiac investigations as highlighted in job description
* Able to interpret specialist cardiac investigations and compile a report
* Ability to undertake haemodynamic monitoring for coronary diagnostic and intervention procedures
* Ability to perform minimum requirement for clinical specialism
* Ability to work autonomously, coordinate and prioritise
* Ability to undertake complex eye-hand coordination tasks such as electrode placement, and dexterity and coordination for use of diagnostic equipment
* Ability to recognise life threatening conditions and act on appropriately
Other Job-Related Requirements
* Ability to participate in on call service
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
* Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
* An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
* Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
* Cycle to work scheme
* Uniform provided (where required)
* On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
* On site health and fitness club
* On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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