Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist

Job description

Job summary

We're looking for a skilled Band 7 Echocardiographer to join our growing Cardiac Physiology team in Nottingham.

You'll deliver high-quality echo services, support advanced imaging, and help develop junior staff. If you're BSE accredited and want to make a real impact in a supportive, forward-thinking department, we'd love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to hear from those with experience or interest in congenital echo.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

As a highly specialised physiologist your main duties will be the provision of high quality echo studies ranging from standard TTE to advanced techniques such as stress echo and congenital echo.

You will also play an active role in the training program at NUH, providing quality practical and theoretical teaching to junior team members and clinical colleagues.

As a band 7 physiologist you will assist the echo leads and head of service in daily management of the team and act as a role model for colleagues.

This is a Trust wide post and the successful candidate will be expected to work at both our hospitals and the Nottingham CDC. You will also be required to participate in the provision of the out of hours emergency echo service across both sites.

About us

The echo team at NUH are a friendly, experienced and highly skilled group of physiologists with a wide range of experience in different echo specialities. We are supported by our team of adult imaging and paediatric consultants and work closely with them to provide and develop a high quality service.

The department holds twice weekly consultant led review meetings, bi monthly time out sessions for CPD and a yearly BSE accredited echo training day. You will also be supported to attend national courses and conferences.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing basic and advanced transthoracic echo reports to a high standard.

Training of junior team members and clinicians.

Experience in a range of diagnostics is desirable in order for you to support and advise colleagues when required.

Please see job description for full details of the role responsibilities.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Providing basic and advanced transthoracic echo reports to a high standard.

Training of junior team members and clinicians.

Experience in a range of diagnostics is desirable in order for you to support and advise colleagues when required.

Please see job description for full details of the role responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential

• Achieved Qualifications/years experience

Desirable

• MSc/MSCT

Post Graduate Qualification

Essential

• BSE or equivalent

Management experience

Essential

• Evidence/demonstrated first line management experience.

Desirable

• Management qualification

Continued Prof Development

Essential

• Evidence/demonstrated CPD
• Advanced echo experience

Person Specification
Qualifications/Experience

Essential

• Achieved Qualifications/years experience

Desirable

• MSc/MSCT

Post Graduate Qualification

Essential

• BSE or equivalent

Management experience

Essential

• Evidence/demonstrated first line management experience.

Desirable

• Management qualification

Continued Prof Development

Essential

• Evidence/demonstrated CPD
• Advanced echo experience

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address

Trust Wide

Hucknall Road, Nottingham

Nottingham

NG5 1PB

United Kingdom

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