Employer Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Wythenshawe Hospital Town Wythenshawe Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59
Expert Lead Cardiac Physiologist - Inherited Cardiac Conditions
Band 8a
Job overview
Expert Lead Cardiac Physiologist in Inherited Cardiac Conditions
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed, dynamic individual to join the department.
The applicant must currently be working as an expert independent clinical practitioner who provides clinical expertise at an expert specialist level. Candidates will be required to assist the departmental management team in providing strategic management leadership. Applicant’s must have the ability to work under pressure and be able to prioritise their own workload, as well as work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality diagnostic service and educational at both undergraduate and post graduate level.
This position offers excellent developmental opportunities and requires the individual to be a positive driver for change within cardiac diagnostic services at Wythenshawe Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Provide leadership and development for all practitioners in the Clinical physiology department within the Cardiac Diagnostic Centre.
As an expert in the field provide advice to external institutions, inclusive of primary care and all professional bodies within Cardiology.
Exercise initiative and judgement in solving problems and making decisions that affect own areas of work recognising when there is a need to refer problems to Senior Management or Consultant staff.
Independently collates complex clinical information from multiple sources to determine optimal procedure methodology
Independently selects sets-up & operates complex medical equipment as indicated for each procedure
Independently obtains analyses complex data, performs complex calculations, determines interpretation and independently compiles accurate written complex technical reports for case notes
Communicates independent interpretations of complex technical & physiological data to guide physicians throughout high risk provocative procedures (e.g. during cardiac imaging procedures)
Analyses highly complex data, performs complex calculations, determines interpretation and independently compiles accurate written complex technical reports for case notes
Regularly supervises individuals working/observing in the clinical environment including visitors from other trusts and organisation.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk .
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc Clinical Cardiac Physiology/ BSc in Healthcare Science cardiology or qualifying equivalent qualification
* MSc or equivalent expertise at this level
* Teaching qualification (T4T, D32)
Experience
* Echocardiography experience at Band 7 Advanced specialist level post basic experience in technical cardiology
* Experience of managing a cardiology department or an area of cardiology in a large tertiary centre inc organisational and personal management
* Practical & formal teaching of Cardiac Physiologists and other HCSs
* Organisation/provision of education/training courses at a regional level
* Multi-disciplinary team work
* Tertiary cardiac physiology practise
* Invasive cardiac physiology practise
* Participation in cardiac research
Knowledge
* High level knowledge of a wide range of cardiac physiology diagnostics/interventions
* Understands the role of cardiac physiology within the NHS
* Understands the organisation of the NHS
* Recognises the implications of the NSFs, NICE, Occupational standards and other applicable NHS directives
* Expert specialist knowledge of Cardiac Imaging
* Knowledge of a wide range of tertiary diagnostics/ interventions
* Knowledge of Electronic Staff Register
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Janet Fallon Job title Principal Cardiac Physiologist Email address janet.fallon@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 291 4639 Additional information
Keith Pearce Principal Cardiac Physiologist
keith.pearce@mft.nhs.uk
Andrea Arnold Principal Cardiac Physiologist
andrea.arnold@mft.nhs.uk 0161 291 4613
Janet Fallon Principal Cardiac Physiologist
janet.fallon@mft.nhs.uk 0161 291 4639
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