Cardiac Physiologist

Job description

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people's own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated 'Outstanding' and Eastbourne DGH was rated 'Good' Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Job overview

"At East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Cardiology Services we want our staff to wake up inspired to come to work, valued when at work and fulfilled when leaving at the end of the day.

Come and join us on an exciting journey of modern development, enthusiastically embracing physiology-led services, facing challenges with originality and building a team that's committed to supporting you and your career.

We are looking for 3 band 6 cardiac physiologists to join our team. We have one role in Echocardiography and two roles in Pacing/EP and catheter lab. We have a proud track record of developing physiologists into specialist roles. Newly qualified physiologists will be considered.

Main duties of the job

You will work as a band 6 cardiac physiologist at East Sussex Healthcare Cardiac Physiology Department.

As part of your role you will train and assist with ECG, Holter analysis, pacemaker/ICD implant and follow up, cardiac catheter lab procedures, exercise stress testing, tilt testing and Echocardiography.

We offer in-house training toward specialist qualification in either Pacing or Echocardiography.

Working for our organisation

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• BSc Cardiac Physiology in related science
• Voluntary registration with RCCP
• Evidence of continued professional development to post graduate diploma level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Desirable criteria

• Further education in cardiological sciences
• Academy of Healthcare sciences PTP/STP equivalence

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in performing and assessing ECG
• Previous experience of working as part of a team
• Previous experience of training students and junior members of staff

Desirable criteria

• Experience or exposure to Echocardiography, transoesophageal and stress echocardiography
• Experience or exposure to Cardiac Catheterisation/IABP as a physiologist
• Experience or exposure to temporary or permanent cardiac
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience in training staff of other disciplines

Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Our vision is to be:

• The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.

Our mission is to:

• Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.

Our strategic objectives are to:

• Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
• Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients' experiences.
• Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.

Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:

• Safe
• Effective
• Caring
• Responsive and
• Well led

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