Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Physiology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-24-6861182
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/01/2025
Employer heading
Head of Paediatric Cardiac Diagnostics, Principle Cardiac Physiologist
Band 8b
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
The Cardiac Department at Alder Hey is the major referral centre for children and their families with all forms of heart disease from the Northwest region including Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, North and mid Wales and the Isle of Man with a catchment area of about 8.1 million. The cardiac team provides approximately 11,000 outpatients reviews per year at Alder Hey.
The Division of Surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is seeking an experienced leader with extensive Cardiac Physiology diagnostic experience for what is a rare opportunity to be its new Head of Service.
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual with appropriate clinical experience and excellent management and leadership skills to lead on a clear strategy for the future of the department in alignment with the trusts Vision 2030. This is a full-time position within core hours Monday to Friday based onsite, with flexibility to meet the service needs. The post holder will be able to agree an individual job plan but it is envisaged that they will work clinically in their specialised area approximately 50% and 50% management.
Main duties of the job
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The post holder will have overall responsibility and accountability for the operational management of the Cardiac Physiology Department and direct line management for the lead physiologists.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ensure the provision of the entire range of cardiac investigations and interventions for elective and non-elective paediatric patients.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý To provide leadership and advice on strategic direction of Cardiac diagnostic services by contributing to the Divisions Strategic Plan. They will lead on all business development within the service and will be expected to complete complex business cases.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Accountable for the successful delivery of a highly specialist clinical service performing a range of high-quality cardiac investigations and therapeutic techniques.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Accountable for ensuring appropriate uninterrupted service provision, financial planning and budget management.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Accountable for ensuring appropriate uninterrupted service provision and ensuring robust financial planning and budget management with a focus on ensuring that the service is sustainable.
-ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Accountable for ensuring effective resource and HR management across the services ensuring appropriate capacity to meet clinical demand, with a focus on inpatient flow.
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Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.ÌýIn addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is ourÌýInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Will be responsible for the operational management and development of lead cardiac physiologists across 5 service lines: e.g. Echocardiography, Cardiac rhythm Management & Electrophysiology, CPET & Exercise Tolerance Testing, Inherited Cardiac Conditions and Research & Education.
Responsible for the safe and efficient running of diagnostic services across all service lines. Acts as the information asset owner (IAO) for clinical systems within the department.
Person specification
Experience/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Specialised technical expertise and accreditation in specialised area.
- Management experience acquired through accredited courses or experience.
- BSc in Clinical Physiology, or equivalent academic qualification/experience.
- Competent to perform a range of diagnostics within specialist field and knowledge of specialist procedures gained through accredited courses.
- Proven extensive experience working as a senior physiologist in technical cardiology.
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Project and change management skills.
- Experience in conducting audits.
- MSc level qualification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Alan Williams
- Job title
- Principle Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01512525717
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