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Cardiac Physiology Assistant | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 05 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,615 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro-rata if LTFT) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2024 |
| Location: | LONDON, N18 1QX |
| Company: | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6589171/393-NMUH-1625 |
Summary
The Cardiac physiology service is an integral and vital part of Cardiology, assisting in the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiac conditions. We assist our cardiologists with a range of diagnostic tests as well as assisting the wider cardiac physiology team. The department also offers ECHO, pacemaker follow up checks and invasive cath lab procedures as part of our service. The post holder will assist in delivering these tests as part of the multidisciplinary team
The role of the cardiac physiologist assistant is to deliver a range of diagnostic investigations including performing 12 lead ECGs, ambulatory ECGs and blood pressure monitors and assist the cardiac physiologists with performing exercise tolerance tests including stress echo exercise. The individual will have to deal with a variety of patients both on inpatient and outpatient settings. Training in relevant tests will be provided to develop skills.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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· Perform Electrocardiograms (ECGs) for both inpatients and outpatients.
· Able to use mobile equipment to perform 12 lead ECG recordings on the wards.
· Perform 12 lead ECG recordings in the Cardiology Department following GP and/or clinical referrals
· Be responsible for following departmental ECG guidelines.
· Understand fully the indications for ECG and the limitations of its use.
· Assist in reporting of ECG results with some comparisons to previous tests.
· Assists cardiac physiologists in providing the exercise ECG tests.
· Perform manual blood pressure recordings- training will be provided
· Care for inpatients throughout the time of the technical procedure in accordance with the Trust’s Health and Safety and Infection Control policies.
· Care for outpatients throughout the time of the technical procedure in accordance with the Trust’s Health and Safety and Infection Control policies.
· . Perform ambulatory ECG and BP recordings:
· Learn through in-house training how to attach 24 hour and long term monitors and download ambulatory results as necessary.
· Assisting in accurate and timely recording of all patient activity.
· Assist in the general admin duties of the department
· Assist in relevant stock control.
· Maintaining the equipment in a clean and satisfactory condition and reporting any faults when they occur to the Lead Cardiac Physiologist
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Sep 2024