Principle Clinical Physiologist specialising in Echocardiography
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 01 Freeman Hospital, NE7 7DN |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6146849/317-2024-14-13-DR |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic highly specialist Cardiac Physiologist to lead the ever expanding and developing Echocardiography Department supported by a passionate clinical team.
Ourinternationally renowned Cardiothoracic Clinical Board provides secondary and tertiary Cardiac and transplantation services to the North of England and beyond.
The department is split over two sites and successful applicants will be expected to work across both sites.
We are BSE accredited and very proud of our physiologist led valve clinic and are currently developing a physiologist led bubble/contract service.
Applicants must have relevant transthoracic Echocardiography experience and be British Society of Echocardiography Accredited with the ability to work independently in the performance and reporting of transthoracic Echocardiograms.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement or part time hours . If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
• Interview date: 17th April 2024
• Full and part time hours available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• As a team lead for the echo department you will be expected to work collaboratively with leaders across the Cardiothoracic Clinical Board whilst providing a high quality ultrasound service regionally.
• This will include responsibilities around training and development, non complex rota management as well as prioritising work effectively to ensure consistent service provision.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
• To lead and coordinate the echocardiography service
• To provide and develop a high quality ultrasound service to the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre in order to treat patients on both a regional and supra-regional basis.
• To specialise in displaying, interpreting and reporting independently detailed transthoracic ultrasound scans (echocardiograms) on a day-to-day basis, essential in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients across a wide range of services. To develop the regional Stress echo service and transoesophageal service.
• To train a wide variety of staff groups in the specialist techniques of diagnostic Cardiac ultrasound.
• To be flexible in working within other area when service needs demand
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Apr 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic highly specialist Cardiac Physiologist to lead the ever expanding and developing Echocardiography Department supported by a passionate clinical team.
Ourinternationally renowned Cardiothoracic Clinical Board provides secondary and tertiary Cardiac and transplantation services to the North of England and beyond.
The department is split over two sites and successful applicants will be expected to work across both sites.
We are BSE accredited and very proud of our physiologist led valve clinic and are currently developing a physiologist led bubble/contract service.
Applicants must have relevant transthoracic Echocardiography experience and be British Society of Echocardiography Accredited with the ability to work independently in the performance and reporting of transthoracic Echocardiograms.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement or part time hours . If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
• Interview date: 17th April 2024
• Full and part time hours available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• As a team lead for the echo department you will be expected to work collaboratively with leaders across the Cardiothoracic Clinical Board whilst providing a high quality ultrasound service regionally.
• This will include responsibilities around training and development, non complex rota management as well as prioritising work effectively to ensure consistent service provision.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
• To lead and coordinate the echocardiography service
• To provide and develop a high quality ultrasound service to the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre in order to treat patients on both a regional and supra-regional basis.
• To specialise in displaying, interpreting and reporting independently detailed transthoracic ultrasound scans (echocardiograms) on a day-to-day basis, essential in the diagnosis and prognosis of patients across a wide range of services. To develop the regional Stress echo service and transoesophageal service.
• To train a wide variety of staff groups in the specialist techniques of diagnostic Cardiac ultrasound.
• To be flexible in working within other area when service needs demand
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Monday 8 Apr 2024
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