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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
199-NN-6721077-FM-MT
Employer
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Croydon University Hospital
Town
Croydon
Salary
拢51,883 - 拢58,544 inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/01/2025 23:59
Interview date
22/01/2025

Employer heading

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust logo

Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography

Band 7

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here:

Job overview

Come and join us at Croydon University Hospital which is part of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Applications are invited for 2 highly motivated Cardiac Physiologists specializing in echocardiography to join the Cardiology team working at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital on a rotational basis.

We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive.

A complement of 8 Cardiologists is supported by a team of Cardiac Physiologists, Assistant Practitioners and Physiologist Helpers along with a Clerical Support Team. There are also Specialist Registrars and Nurses in Arrhythmia, Heart failure and Cardiac Rehab.

Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with advanced echocardiography including stress echo (exercise and dobutamine), bubble studies and contrast echo.

A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a very well-established Pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service.

These posts provide an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic, experienced Specialist Cardiac Physiologists to deliver and help develop a high quality service. The successful applicants will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full accreditation in echocardiography e.g. BSE or equivalent is essential for the post.听

Interview Date : 22nd January 2025

Main duties of the job

To work in co-operation with the Principal Clinical Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiology Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services to Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner.

The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography and be experienced in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work closely with the echo team and be qualified to British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) accreditation standard or equivalent.

He/ She will also provide cover in the non-invasive service as appropriate and as the needs of the service dictate. In addition to clinical duties, there will be designated managerial, health and safety and educational responsibilities

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. 听Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We鈥檙e also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people鈥檚 homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children鈥檚 Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital. 听Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we鈥檙e no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

** Please see the Job Description and the听 Person Specification for听 more details on the jobs responsibilities **

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BSc Clinical Physiology, recognized precursor or equivalent qualification
  • Relevant Postgraduate profession related qualifications in echocardiography e.g. British Society of Echocardiography Accreditation or equivalent
  • Immediate or Advanced Life Support
  • Evidence of Continuing professional Development
Desirable criteria
  • Management Qualification
  • MSc Cardiology or equivalent experience
  • Professional Registration

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential criteria
  • Expert knowledge of the clinical background to specialist and highly specialist diagnostic and therapeutic, non-invasive and invasive procedures in Cardiology
  • Specialist in the field of echocardiography

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level in echocardiography providing reports for echos undertaken
  • Highly specialist practitioner/ expert resource in echocardiography
  • Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
  • Broad experience and competence maintained in all routine and specialist cardiac procedures e.g. exercise tolerance testing, ambulatory ECG/ BP monitoring, cardiac catheterisation/ PCI
  • Experience of complex echocardiography e.g. paediatric, exercise and dobutamine stress echo, transoesophageal echo, 3D echo
  • Experience of Cardiology database and image archive, Philips CVIS and ISCV
  • Experience of NHS financial processes
  • Management of personnel and associate processes

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment
  • Calmly and accurately assess a clinical situation within own area of skill and act promptly and appropriately
  • Interpret and report specialist and highly specialist procedures i.e. echo
  • Highly organized
  • Committed and patient focused
Desirable criteria
  • Computer literacy, Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
  • Teaching skills
  • To run an echo clinic autonomously
  • Achievement orientated

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amanda Rose
Job title
Principal Cardiac Physiologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02084013046
Additional information

Informal visits are encouraged and welcomed. please contact

Amanda Rose, Principal Cardiac Physiologist by e-mail [email protected]

or Julia McNicholas, Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist on 020 8401 3457,听 [email protected]