Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Cardiology Assistant
The closing date is 14 October 2025
The Cardiology department at the Bedford Hospital is seeking to recruit a Band 3 Senior Cardiology Assistant to support our existing team. We are a supportive, dynamic and friendly team, which is continuously expanding and developing the services that we offer.
Our Cardiology Assistants play a vital role in the delivery of our cardiology services, undertaking a range of clinical and clerical duties. This role will require post holders to undertake a number of non-invasive cardiology investigations, including performing 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECG's), and fitting ambulatory Holter and blood pressure monitors. The post holder will also assist in supporting Cardiac Physiologists and Cardiologists in the delivery of the echocardiography service. Training of junior members and student/trainee associate and cardiac physiologists is also required. Administrative duties, for instance, booking clinics, managing waiting lists, coding, phoning patients, distributing patient results and maintaining stock (among others) is also involved in this role.
Our service users come from a variety of cultural backgrounds; and so the successful Cardiology Assistant must be able to communicate effectively. The successful candidate will also need to be flexible to the changing needs of the department, as well as demonstrate a willingness to learn to further develop their knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job include:
* Leading and being responsible for conducting ambulatory clinics to fit ECG Holters, BP monitors and loop recorders on both inpatients and outpatients, and assisting with the collection of inpatient ambulatory monitors.
* Leading and being responsible for conducting clinics of 12-lead ECG's to high standards of quality set out by the Society for Cardiological Science and Technology (SCST). Providing a preliminary ECG analysis to identify urgent abnormalities that need to be escalated.
* Organizing and booking clinics, ensuring the waiting list for these tests is adequately managed.
* Supporting Cardiac Physiologists and Cardiologists in the delivery of the echocardiography service in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
* Maintaining adequate levels of stock and ordering materials when necessary.
* Undertaking cleaning of clinical rooms and clinical equipment as and when required/or under the instruction of a Physiologist.
* Transporting patients from Cardiology to various areas within the hospital, i.e. outpatients and inpatients in line with Trust Policies.
* Acting as a chaperone for any cardiac investigation.
* Performing general clerical duties that may be associated with the efficient running of the department area, including data entry, telephoning patients, booking clinics and dealing with post.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values are based on recruiting individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English
* BLS
* SCST Membership
Experience
* Experience working in a Cardiology Department
* Experience assisting in specialist echocardiogram lists
* Experience in ordering and maintaining stock
* Experience in managing waiting lists and booking clinics
* Experience in preliminary ECG interpretation
* Experience in leading clinics for fitting of holter monitors, blood pressure monitors, loop recorders, 12 lead ECG recordings
Knowledge
* Basic knowledge in cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
* Basic ECG interpretation
* Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
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.
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