Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist

Job summary

An opportunity has opened up at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) for a Highly Specialist, BSE-accredited Echo Cardiac Physiologist to join our team. This role would be ideal for a physiologist looking to take the next step in their career or who is already established at this level but would like a new challenge.

The Cardiac Investigation Unit (CIU) has recently relocated to a larger, refurbished department which has afforded us with new clinic rooms (including 2 dedicated echo & 2 multifunction echo rooms), admin spaces and staff areas. We work with state of the art Phillips machines that service both our clinics in Salisbury Hospital and soon our Community Diagnostic Centre, opening in October.

At SFT we have an excellent track record of supporting continuing professional development (including professional exams) and further academic study. We also seek to have representation at national and regional meetings.

SFT is in the beautiful city of Salisbury which is itself set in a stunning area, close to the New Forest and the coast. Salisbury has excellent transport links to Southampton, Bournemouth and beyond.

We would advise contacting us for an informal chat, at which time we can arrange a visit if you would like.

Main duties of the job

At SFT we perform transthoracic echocardiography with physiologist-led stress (exercise) echo and bubble studies. We also participate in stress (pharmacological) echo, contrast echo and TOE. In the future we hope to perform all echocardiography within the CIU department. Your main duties as a BSE qualified Echocardiographer would be to support the echo service and the upcoming CDC.

SFT also perform coronary angiography and intervention, providing a Primary PCI service during normal hours. There is also a full non-invasive service for which you may need to provide support for the provision of exercise testing (including alongside Radiology for perfusion scanning), ambulatory monitoring. We also have a full CRM service, with future plans for an EP service, in which you would be able to maintain any skills you might wish to keep up.

At this level you would be expected to participate in aspects of service management including quality assurance, service planning, workforce planning, appraisal, and daily supervision, in support of the Lead Echocardiographer and Head of CIU.

You would be expected to manage your own learning including keeping up to date with emerging evidence and current guidance, but you would be supported in doing so.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk