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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
427-6953523
Employer
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal United Hospital Bath
Town
Bath
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust logo

Echocardiographer - ETP Trainee

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are an ambitious and enthusiastic team, providing a range of standard, community and complex echocardiography clinics including physiologist led stress echocardiography, bubble and contrast studies alongside developing physiologist led TOE services. We are also a regional centre of excellence for the assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. As a department, we are fully accredited in TTE, stress and TOE as well as training by the British Society of echocardiography (BSE).

The postholder will be trained to BSE level 2 and will obtain full BSE standard Transthoracic accreditation within the 18 months alongside obtaining a PG certificate from University of West England in conjunction with National School of Healthcare Science.

Main duties of the job

Performing standard Transthoracic echocardiograms in various inpatient and outpatient settings and producing accurate and reproducible measurements and quantification, interpreting findings to a highly competent professional standard once trained.

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Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about, learn about our , and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with and our .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description and person specification that is already attached for further detail.Ìý

Person specification

Educational

Essential criteria
  • • A 1st or 2:1 in either an undergraduate honours degree (including an integrated master’s degree) in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant scientific content) • A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) plus relevant cardiology experience and approval from the relevant HEI • A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree plus relevant higher degree excluding MSc in Echocardiography • An alternative or vocational qualification plus sufficient and relevant experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology, as evidenced by registration on the Academy for Healthcare Science Accredited Healthcare Science Practitioner Register, and approval from the relevant HEI

Clinical

Essential criteria
  • Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.

Scientific Skills

Essential criteria
  • Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.

Scientific Skills

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed co–ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye coordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Womens Staff Network

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gillian Kane
Job title
Training & Education Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01225821530