Chief Cardiac Physiologist | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 March 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Location: | Southall, UB1 3HW |
| Company: | London North West Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6142900/337-NP-7611NR |
Summary
Due to a secondment for 13 months an opportunity has arisen for a Chief Cardiac Physiologist in Echocardiography to join our team and become an integral part of a highly motivated and enthusiastic member of our Cardiology Department.
It is essential to be BSE accredited for this role and to work alongsideour team of Cardiac Physiologists, performing and reporting Echo's, assisting in various other complex cardiac diagnostic tests, TOE's, Dobutamine/ exercise Stress Echo's, Contrast and Bubble Echo's.
Experience in performing and reporting exercise tests, analysing tapes , fitting BP monitors and ECGs is advantageous.
The hospital provides a full range of cardiology proceduresboth an inpatient and outpatient setting. In the role you will be working very closely with our team of cardiac physiologists to perform a wide range of routine and complex echocardiograms within the trust.Play a supporting role for transoesophageal echocardiograms in conjunction with our Cardiology consultant colleagues. To assist with the physiologist led service undertaking stress echocardiograms.
To report on your echo findings and adhere to the BSE guidelines.
Undertake ECG's, 24hr tape analysis, fitting BP monitors and exercise tests.
You should have relevant experience as Band 7 and possess a BSc Degree in Physiology or equivalent. Essential to be Adult echo BSE accredited.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 11 Apr 2024