Main area Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 22 months (Compressed Hours working 4 days in 7) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 214-MED-7255981
Employer Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings Mill Hospital Town Sutton in ashfield Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/08/2025 23:59
Cardiovascular Assistant Technical Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting career in healthcare?
TheCardiovascular Departmentat Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering a fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Cardiovascular Assistant Technical Officerfor thePacing Service.
TheCardiorespiratory and Vascular Department is part of a 900-bed acute healthcare trust employing over 3,200 staff. We deliver a wide range of highly specialised and complex cardiac, respiratory and vascular investigative procedures, producing detailed factual reports to support clinical decision-making.
We are an integral part of the medical team treating cardiac and respiratory disorders, and we monitor treatment effectiveness throughClinical Physiologist–led clinics.
Our services include:
* ECG provision atKing’s Mill Hospital
* ECG and Phlebotomy services atMansfield Community HospitalandAshfield Community Hospital
We arecommitted to your development. Our department has an excellent reputation for supporting staff through career progression and apprenticeships, offering you the opportunity to build a fulfilling career in healthcare.
Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow your expertise, we’ll support you every step of the way.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Relevant theoretical/practical/technical knowledge to underpin the investigative procedures undertaken within the department
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
* Basic Computer literacy skills
* BLS
* Part 1 ASCST or ECG certificate (SCST) certificate or equivalent knowledge and experience
* European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Further Training
* Participates in Continued Development
Experience
* Managerial / Clerical Experience
* Clinical experience in the NHS
* Experience in a cardiac Department
* ECG Experience
Contractual Requirements
* 37.5 hours per week
* Annual attendance at Trust Fire Lecture
* Annual update on Manual Handling
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process. Applications, including personal statements and behaviour examples, must be truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271.
Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applicationsand that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email sfh-tr.recruitmentqueries@nhs.net
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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 Dominique Dykes Job title No Email address Dominique.dykes@nhs.net Telephone number 01623 622515 Additional information
David Henton Clinical cardiac science and physiology diagnostic services manager David.Henton@nhs.net Ext 6556
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