Overview
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Chief Healthcare Scientist / Echocardiographer
The closing date is 19 September 2025
An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic BSE accredited echocardiographer to join our dynamic and forward thinking team. Applications would also be welcomed from echocardiographers working towards BSE accreditation and aspiring to band 7 roles. This department has a long history of successfully supporting trainees through the accreditation process.
There are in excess of 10 echo rooms at Royal Stoke & County Hospitals which provide a full range of services including, TTE, TOE, DSE, GUCH, contrast and support for structural work in the interventional labs. The service also supports one-stop clinics for heart valve disease, oncology, heart failure and inherited cardiac conditions.
Main duties of the job
The Heart Centre at UHNM provides tertiary cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical services for over 2 million people across Staffordshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire and South Cheshire, as well as secondary care cardiology for the local population.
The successful applicants will join the established and prominent consultant, nursing and technical team, and will have every opportunity to participate in continuing the development and success of the service.
The successful candidate will be BSE accredited, or working towards BSE accreditation and looking to further develop their skills. This department has a strong track record for developing extended roles such as physiologist or scientist led heart valve surveillance clinics, Herceptin echo clinics, stress echo and TOE, which have been established for a number of years. The team are currently developing echocardiographers within the heart failure unit. Echo sonographers at UHNM have had the opportunity to complete health assessment training, masters level heart failure modules, attend international conferences and are encouraged and supported to produce, present and publish their work.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job responsibilities
UHNM is one of the largest and most modern in the country, based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. We serve around three million people and are known for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Bsc (hons) or equivalent in Cardiac Science
* BSE Accreditation or recognised equivalent
* Subspecialty Accreditation (DSE/GUCH/TOE)
* Leadership Qualification
* Clinical Assessment Training
Experience / Skills
* Independently performs and reports transthoracic Echocardiograms
* Experience of teaching and training in cardiac science
* Experience of Advanced Echo
* Experience of broader cardiac physiology services
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.
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
Royal Stoke Hospital, County Hospital sites and Community Diagnostic Centre
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