Job ref275-2503CCP-1EmployerMedway NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteMedway Maritime HospitalTownGillinghamSalary£46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing14/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People ?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Chief Cardiac Physiologist
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Chief Cardiac Physiologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Due to the opening of a CDC at Rochester Healthy Living Centre and the planned opening of a CDC at Sheppey Community Hospital we are looking for two new band 7 Cardiac Physiologists to join our team. To be eligible for the band 7 role you will need BSE accreditation. We are not able to accommodate any additional Echo trainees at the current time so applications will be rejected from anyone who does not have current BSE accreditation. We are happy to receive applications from Band 6s with new BSE accreditation looking for promotion to Band 7.
You will be based with the main Cardiorespiratory team at Medway Maritime Hospital but will need to rotate through the Community Diagnostic Centres.
There will be the opportunity for the successful candidate to learn Pacing and rotate through the Cardiac Catheter Suite. We are a friendly team and happy to support development in these areas.
There will be a future requirement for 7 day working in the Community Diagnostic Centres.
Our values are B old E, very Person Count Ss, haring and OpenTand ogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared is achieved for our patients.vision
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.Patient First.Patient First
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our values underpin and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:BESTPatient First
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a busy echo service, For the right candidate there will be the opportunity to participate in Physiologist Led Valve Clinics and ACHD clinics. We are hoping to expand our echo service by recruiting an imaging consultant who can help us to develop stress echo.
We have 3 Device Consultants and our pacing service is equally busy with Brady and Complex implants and device follow up.
In our cath lab we perform routine angio and PCI with IVUS and FFR, including a small number of pPCI .
The successful postholder must have a BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent and be on the RCCP register, hold a current ILS in addition to BSE accreditation.
Specialise in echocardiography providing full technical analysis and interpretation of results for medical staff, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Echo specialists will perform the full range of echo clinics including Physiologist Led Valve Clinics, bubble and contrast studies, ACHD clinics and assisting with TOE.
Device specialists will manage and run complex device and pacemaker clinics, identifying patients who require cardiologist review. Adapt programmes, in accordance with the guidelines of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group, and without medical supervision, making complex judgements to ensure that any patient who is unwell is assessed, diagnosed and referred as required.
Undertake the Physiologists role in the cath lab for diagnostic angiography and PCI.
Undertake all basic investigations to diagnose heart disease, and produce factual reports as required.
Make judgements on the severity of results, ensuring medical staff are informed immediately of any life threatening or urgent investigation results.
Undertake the range of highly complex investigations and produce full technical analysis and interpretation of results.
Ensure that all the correct procedures for dealing with urgent and non-urgent results are adhered to, supporting the junior staff at all times.
Support our specialist Cardiac Nursing Team in the delivery of their services across coronary heart disease, heart failure and arrhythmia.
Participate and/or take the lead as a member of the resuscitation team if required when an emergency occurs in the department.
Person specification
Qualifications
1. BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
2. BSE accreditation is essential
3. RCCP or equivalent
4. ILS
5. ASCST
Knowledge
6. Expert in Echocardiography
Experience
7. Minimum of 3 years as a qualified physiologist
Values Based Question
8. Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.
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