(**) Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

We are looking for Specialist Cardiac Physiologists to join our dedicated and friendly cardiac physiology team. We strive to ensure that a consistently high quality service is delivered to our patients, underpinned by a well-trained and motivated team. From our base in the modern Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC), we cover the whole Basildon site incorporating both tertiary and secondary care services.

This unique model of service provision spanning diagnosis to treatment pathways offers applicants an ideal opportunity to either expand skills into new areas or to develop existing skills to highly specialist levels. Applicants should be able to independently carry out and report on a range of procedures and be capable of managing their own workload. Ideally they should have knowledge and skills to support practice across a range of sub-specialties e.g echo, cath lab, device management, ECG interpretation. It is desirable that applicants have experience of a more advanced field e.g electrophysiology, interventional cath lab, complex device follow up, complex echo.

Our department prides itself on actively encouraging the continuing development of our team members, both clinically and managerially. Alongside highly experienced Heads of Department, our dedicated Training Officer supports individuals to achieve professional success as well as ensuring skills are updated as services develop. We have an excellent track record of success in BSE accreditation and HRUK / IBHRE exams.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist skills covering a range of basic and advanced procedures with practice underpinned by relevant academic attainment and practical experience. Develop highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills in advanced techniques. Participate in training and supervision of the Cardiac Physiology team. Carry out administrative duties to support management of the department.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualifications commensurate with registration with RCCP or HCPC as Cardiac Physiologist / Cardiac Clinical Scientist
• Degree in Cardiac clinical physiology

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate education equivalent to MSc level in relevant to role Cardiac Physiology subject

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous employment as a qualified Cardiac Physiologist (Band 5 or above) or completion of a recognised Cardiac Physiology training programme ( STP / ETP)
• Able to carry out unsupervised and independently report on specialist cardiac investigations - e.g transthoracic echocardiography and / or brady follow up checks.

Desirable criteria

• Prior training / experience in complex echo procedures ( e.g TOE, stress)
• Participation in an interventional lab on call rotation (pacemaker implants and Primary PCI)

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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