Assistant Practitioner (Cardiac Physiology)

Job summary

The primary focus of the role will be to perform resting 12 lead ECGs and the fitting and removal of ambulatory ECG monitors. Additionally the post holder will support the Cardiac Physiologists in more complex diagnostic tests and will perform any associated clinical administration as well as support the reception area (as required).

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated Assistant Practitioner to join our Community non-invasive Cardiac Diagnostic Team. The main sites of work will be Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton and The Nelson Health Centre, South Wimbledon

This post holder will work with a team of Cardiac Physiologists to support and provide a non-invasive diagnostic Cardiology service. These tests include 12 lead electrocardiography (ECG), ambulatory ECG and BP monitoring and Tilt tests.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.