Cross Site ECHO Physiologist Lead

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Cardiology Investigations Unit for a Physiologist Cross Site Lead. The role will be providing a specialist clinical knowledge and skills in a broad range of cardiac diagnostic testing, invasive and non-invasive for both in-patients and outpatients across all sites. The Lead Physiologist will perform and report on a range of highly specialist cardiac ultrasound scans, provide expert advice in this specialist area to a range of healthcare professionals and managers.

You will be required to manage, on a day-to-day basis a team of advanced and specialist cardiac physiologists who deliver echocardiograph services at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Clinical

  • Act as lead clinician for the delivery of a comprehensive echo service for patients with diverse clinical needs within a highly specialist area. Demonstrate a high standard of technical proficiency in a wide range of techniques - using initiative to deviate from policy when required.
  • Apply advanced practical and theoretical knowledge to perform, analyse and interpret cardiac ultrasound scans to a high level of competence and to write high quality clinical reports.
  • Monitor and respond to changes in patient's clinical status, initiate remedial action where necessary, and act accordingly when exposed to distressing or emotional circumstances when dealing directly with patients, relatives, and carers.
  • Provide support and assistance to colleagues dealing with difficult and conflicting situations including those that are of a clinical nature.
  • Review echo studies and reports performed by others and provide highly specialised advice on interpretation and reporting.
  • Keep up to date with developments in the field of echocardiography.
  • Review, prioritise and plan inpatient requests for echo investigations, liaising with ward staff and clinicians to ensure availability of technical staff and resources.
  • Responsible for assessing, implementing, and adapting to new clinical techniques and technologies.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Date posted

25 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£52,963 to £59,360 a year Per annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SL097-A

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Theres never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the countrys largest and most respected Trusts - We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough, and we also provide integrated community services to North East Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath in partnership with Virgin Care Services.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We also run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter.

Recently we have invested £150m in new facilities to create the best environments for our patients and staff. Our projects include new state-of-the-art Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park and a newly planned care hospital in Ascot.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other. So whether you use our services or are just visiting you can expect us to be Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, youll feel at home at Frimley Health. Whether you want to broaden your expertise, strengthen your skills or make the move into management. Its one of the reasons our staff consistently rate us among the best places to work in the NHS.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Theres never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the countrys largest and most respected Trusts - We have three main hospitals: Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough, and we also provide integrated community services to North East Hampshire, Farnham and Surrey Heath in partnership with Virgin Care Services.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We also run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter.

Recently we have invested £150m in new facilities to create the best environments for our patients and staff. Our projects include new state-of-the-art Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park and a newly planned care hospital in Ascot.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other. So whether you use our services or are just visiting you can expect us to be Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, youll feel at home at Frimley Health. Whether you want to broaden your expertise, strengthen your skills or make the move into management. Its one of the reasons our staff consistently rate us among the best places to work in the NHS.

Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

  • Clinical physiology degree or equivalent in experience including specialist courses.
  • British Society of Echocardiograph Accreditation / qualification (BSE)
  • MSc or equivalent level of experience
  • Extensive echo experience at highly specialist level Proven experience of staff training and assessment Proven experience of managing teams
  • Substantial experience in cardiology, significant experience at a senior level.
  • Experience in cardiology, teaching, training, and assessment.

Desirable

  • Management qualification / Training & Assessing qualification.
  • NVQ in Leadership / Management or willing to work towards.
  • ILS
  • Experience of budgeting and stock control
  • Understanding of stress, TOE, valve, and contrast echo
Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

  • Clinical physiology degree or equivalent in experience including specialist courses.
  • British Society of Echocardiograph Accreditation / qualification (BSE)
  • MSc or equivalent level of experience
  • Extensive echo experience at highly specialist level Proven experience of staff training and assessment Proven experience of managing teams
  • Substantial experience in cardiology, significant experience at a senior level.
  • Experience in cardiology, teaching, training, and assessment.

Desirable

  • Management qualification / Training & Assessing qualification.
  • NVQ in Leadership / Management or willing to work towards.
  • ILS
  • Experience of budgeting and stock control
  • Understanding of stress, TOE, valve, and contrast echo

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Operations Manager for Specialist Medicine

James Horton-Bussey

j.horton-bussey@nhs.net

07769366157

Date posted

25 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£52,963 to £59,360 a year Per annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SL097-A

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


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