Job Description:
Vacancy: Specialist Senior Echo Physiologist
Department: Cardiac Services
Location: East London
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time / 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £Competitive
This is an exciting opportunity to lead our outpatient cardiology services, delivering patient centred pathways in a purpose-built Specialist Diagnostics & Dental Centre. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities including MRI, CT, X-ray, and mammography, the centre will deliver a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services across multiple specialities.
As a Specialist Senior Echo Physiologist at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.
Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.
About the centre
The Centre's secondary care services including muscle, bone and joint, orthopaedics, pain and spinal, dental and maxillofacial, breast and gynaecology, dermatology, cardiac, musculoskeletal, spinal, and urology, ENT, and will be able to perform procedures onsite. The centre provides rapid-access to numerous specialities.
How you'll make things happen:
1. You'll be a highly specialist echo physiologist (a clinical subject matter expert), with a pivotal role in establishing and embedding clinical services, creating pathways and processes that deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
2. You’ll be a visible leader driving clinical excellence, governance, and innovation while supporting the seamless transition of patients across care pathways within Bupa’s London network.
3. You'll lead a small team of Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiac Associates, whilst ensuring the delivery of high-quality cardiac diagnostic services, including echocardiograms, ECGs, stress tests, and BP And Holter monitoring.
4. You'll also oversee the performance and operational delivery of the cardiology service, working closely with stakeholders in both primary and secondary care within Bupa to drive efficiency and maintain exceptional standards of care.
5. Additionally, you will foster strong relationships with referring clinicians and hospital departments, both internally and externally, and play an active role in expanding and enhancing the service.
6. You'll also support diagnostic and secondary care sites across London when required.
You will have the following :
7. Able to perform transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) in accordance with British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) standards. Independently acquire and interpret echocardiographic images, producing comprehensive reports for referring clinicians.
8. To perform and interpret 12 lead ECGs; Fit, removal and analysis of 24 hour Holter/BP monitors.
9. Auditing
10. Significant leadership capabilities in a senior role.
What you’ll bring:
11. BSc (Hons) in Clinical Cardiac Physiology or BSc in Healthcare Science (Cardiac Physiology) or PTP equivalence (ESSENTIAL)
12. Transthoracic (TTE) Level 2 accreditation by British Society of Echocardiography or Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography Certification by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) ( ESSENTIAL)
13. Evidence of maintaining relevant Continuing Professional Development ILS - Immediate Life Support Course (ESSENTIAL)
14. Stress Echocardiography Accreditation by British Society of Echocardiography MSc in a Cardiac Physiology related subject or STP equivalence in Cardiac Imaging (DESIREABLE)
15. Appropriate clinical experience post qualification. (ESSENTIAL)
16. Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through training as a Clinical Physiologist. (ESSENTIAL)
Benefits:
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
17. Payment of Professional Registration fees
18. Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
19. Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
20. An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
21. Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
22. Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
23. Various other benefits and online discounts
24. Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
25. Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.