Job summary
Are you an experienced congenital cardiac physiologist seeking to take your career to the next step? Are you looking for an opportunity to use your skills and experience to develop services and train the next generation of cardiac physiologists? Nottingham University Hospitals Trust are looking for an experienced, senior physiologist to lead the congenital echo service.
Due to recent expansion and development of our adult echo services we are looking for a new leader to support the team of physiologists based at our QMC campus. The successful candidate will work alongside the adult echo lead and under the supervision of the non invasive service manager and paediatric consultants to help us to continue providing high quality care to our patients through direct clinical working, service development and workforce training.
You will be highly collaborative in your approach to the role with excellent communications skills and the ability to motivate and inspire your team.
We welcome applications from very experienced congenital sonographers with relevant accreditation (BSE congenital accreditation or EACVI CHD).
Main duties of the job
Clinical work forms 60% of this post to maintain skills and contribute to service delivery. The remaining 40% of the role will involve implementing new techniques, producing and maintaining guidelines and SOPs, teaching physiologist and clinical colleagues and auditing your service.
You will also be responsible for the day to day management of the department, dealing with staff absences and appraisals alongside the adult echo lead. Although this is primarily a paediatric congenital role you will also be expected to review and advise on adult echo in the absence of the adult echo lead.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provisional of high quality echocardiography on complex patients.
Assisting clinical colleagues with secondary reviews of echo images.
Training and development of the physiologist team.
Maintaining records and audit.
Service development and planning.
Overseeing the management of equipment.
Responsibility for the day to day management of a team of physiologists, support workers and admin staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provisional of high quality echocardiography on complex patients.
Assisting clinical colleagues with secondary reviews of echo images.
Training and development of the physiologist team.
Maintaining records and audit.
Service development and planning.
Overseeing the management of equipment.
Responsibility for the day to day management of a team of physiologists, support workers and admin staff.
Person Specification
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential
- Evidence of ability to work autonomously but also as part of the echo team and wider MD
- Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and to patients
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Able to organise activities in line with clinical need
- Able to keep up with workload and deliver results in a timely manner
Qualifications
Essential
- Four years formal training in non-invasive cardiac investigations resulting in a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- EACVI or BSE Congenital Echo Accreditation
Desirable
- Postgraduate study
- Teaching or management qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years post degree experience
- Experience in supervising junior team members and medical colleagues.
- Demonstrates continuing professional development
Desirable
- Previous role as training lead
- Research experience
Person Specification
Communication and Relationship skills
Essential
- Evidence of ability to work autonomously but also as part of the echo team and wider MD
- Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and to patients
Planning and organisation skills
Essential
- Able to organise activities in line with clinical need
- Able to keep up with workload and deliver results in a timely manner
Qualifications
Essential
- Four years formal training in non-invasive cardiac investigations resulting in a BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- EACVI or BSE Congenital Echo Accreditation
Desirable
- Postgraduate study
- Teaching or management qualification
Experience
Essential
- At least 5 years post degree experience
- Experience in supervising junior team members and medical colleagues.
- Demonstrates continuing professional development
Desirable
- Previous role as training lead
- Research experience
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.
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).
Additional information
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).