Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography
Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist-Echocardiography
37.5 hours per week (4 day week Monday - Friday)
Fixed term for 3 months
Closing Date: 28th July 2025
Interview Date: TBC
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The Physiological Sciences services, at George Eliot Hospital Nuneaton, are looking to recruit a Highly specialist Cardiac Physiologist Echocardiography.
Main duties of the job
Purpose
* The post holder will be a BSE accredited reporting sonographer. They will be required to work along side the Lead Echocardiographer to provide a comprehensive and high quality transthoracic and transoesophageal echo services and will provide professional expertise in this highly specialised discipline.
* The post holder will maintain a high standard of clinical practice and will act as a role model for junior members of staff within the Cardiac investigations department.
Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist-Echocardiography
* To perform adult transthoracic echocardiograms, including urgent portable scans, to a high standard in accordance with BSE guidelines and department standards.
* To identify and advise when transthoracic echocardiography is insufficient to answer the clinical question and proactively suggest alternative/additional investigations.
* To produce an accurate and comprehensive report for each study, with responsibility for your own caseload.
* To over report junior staff workload and ensure minimum data sets are obtained and standards are regularly audited.
* To provide clinical technical assistance with Transoesophageal echo.
* To ensure adherence to cleaning protocols for TOE probes.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' taking centre stage. An ever evolving clinically- led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive health services delivered by inspiring and compassionate staff who share our corporate values:
Excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job responsibilities
* To perform adult transthoracic echocardiograms, including urgent portable scans, to a high standard in accordance with BSE guidelines and department standards.
* To identify and advise when transthoracic echocardiography is insufficient to answer the clinical question and proactively suggest alternative/additional investigations.
* To produce an accurate and comprehensive report for each study, with responsibility for your own caseload.
* To ensure that personal knowledge base is current to reflect change in clinical echocardiography. Leading CPD of junior staff.
* To over report junior staff workload and ensure minimum data sets are obtained and standards are regularly audited.
* To provide clinical technical assistance with Transoesophageal echo.
* To ensure adherence to cleaning protocols for TOE probes.
Clinical Specialist Technical
* To undertake a range of cardiac clinical procedures to aid diagnosis and treatment ofreferred patients to include -
o To record and interpret resting adult electrocardiograms.
o To prepare, fit and remove 24 hour cardiac and blood pressure monitors.
o To issue long term monitoring equipment, programming the device appropriate to patient symptoms
o To be clinical lead during cardiac exercise tests, performing and interpreting in accordance with British Cardiac Society guidelines and department standards. To produce a diagnostic report.
o To provide Cardiac Physiologist support during routine/ elective angiography
Other requirements:
* To undertake duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* To analyse and interpret data, using specialist theoretical knowledge and experience, to produce procedure results and reports, which contribute to patient diagnosis and treatment.
* To communicate with medical and nursing staff to provide effective services for patient care, and to inform/alert them of any patients requiring immediate or urgent attention following interpretation and analysis of test results.
* To assess patients physical and mental abilities to perform and follow test procedures, and to use persuasive, motivation and reassurance skills to achieve optimum diagnostic results.
* To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
* To manage clinical risk and take responsibility for patient safety during test procedures. This may include initiating and leading Immediate Life Support.
* To provide specialised advice and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals on the use of loan equipment and to promote understanding of cardiac services.
* To have specialist knowledge and skills in the use and application of relevant equipment and to be responsible for your own and others safe and competent use of that equipment.
* To take appropriate action on unsafe/malfunctioning equipment.
* To follow departmental, Trust and manufacturers protocols and guidelines in the decontamination and sterilisation of equipment to ensure compliance with Health and Safety standards.
* To undertake any new technical developments and associated services and be prepared to participate in an on-call rota or flexible shift patterns to accommodate changing trends in health care.
* To participate in any department research, clinical trials or audit.
Professional:
* To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through CPD activities, and to maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development.
* To maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice and incorporate new developments into your area of work.
* To participate in staff Individual Performance Review (IPR) appraisal scheme and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development program to meet set knowledge and competencies.
* To attend and participate in in-service training programs, individual training sessions and external courses as expected/identified at IPR.
* To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and risk management and to apply to the work situation.
Organisational:
* To work in accordance with Trust and department policies and standards.
* To ensure that own practice meets the required professional standards of specialist expertise.
* To attend mandatory training sessions as determined by the Trust.
* To record activity by updating databases to enable performance monitoring.
Relationships
Internal:
* Department colleagues
* Patients and relatives
* Directorate managers
* Consultants and teams
* Ward managers and staff
* Finance and purchasing managers
* Stores and housekeeping
* PALS
* Information
* Complaints
External:
* Patients and relatives/carers
* CCG
* GPs within locality
* Voluntary/ charitable organisations
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Traing
* BSC in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or equivalent APEL and ONC, plus HNC in Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement (MPPM)
* Master level degree or equivalent qualification in Healthcare Science
* Accreditation with BSE or BHRS
* p of the Society for Cardiological Science and Technology (MSCST)
* HCPC registered
* Intermediate Life Support
* Mary Seacole NHS Leadership Award or equivalent
* DClinSci or PhD
Experience and Knowledge
* Extensive experience in a formal leadership role within an NHS Hospital Trust
* Experience as an independent practitioner across the range of routine and specialised investigations and therapeutic interventions, such as but not limited to o 3d Echo o Stress echo and TOE
* Evidence of clinical research and audit
* Developing and implementing training packages
* Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
* Experience with governance, QA and/or complaint management
* Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing toward local and national policies
* Experience of Improving Quality in Physiological Services (IQIPS) accreditation process
Skills and Abilities
* Day-to-day local rota management
* Comprehensive leadership and management abilities
* Self-disciplined and self-motivated
* Ability to manage and lead team in emergency situations
* Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices including research and audit
* IT competency
* Excellent communication skills written and verbal
* Excellent analytical and influencing skills
* Able to prioritise workload as changes occur and to simultaneously focus on a particular task to meet set deadlines
* To be able to assist patients to dress and undress
* To be able to push, maneuver and assist patients to transfer from wheelchair to examining couch
* To be able to deal sensitively with anxious patients and relatives attending the department for tests and to answer patient complaints/ queries.
* To be able to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances
* To be able to deal with and advise on personal and professional staff issues.
* To be able to apply concentration in the interpretation and analysis of test data and results, together with a high level of concentration during patient test procedures.
* To be able to concentrate for prolonged periods when producing service reports, business cases and planning.
Personal Qualities
* Professional manner
* To demonstrate the ability to lead and organise a team of staff
* To be able to combine the demands of leading a team with the commitment to clinical input
* Ability to form positive working relationships
* To demonstrate the ability to facilitate changes in practice
* Flexible and reliable
* Good previous health record
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.
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum (dependant on experience)
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