Job summary
Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist- Rhythm Management
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
Interview Date: 27th August 2025
Specialise in rhythm management providing full technical analysis and interpretation of results for medical staff, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Participate in specialist complex devices clinics. There maybe a requirement to rotate through the Community Diagnostic Centres at Rochester Healthy Living Centre and Sheppey Community Hospital as well as the acute site.
Main duties of the job
Specialise in complex rhythm management providing full technical analysis and interpretation of results for medical staff, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Device specialists will manage and run complex device and pacemaker clinics, identifying patients who require cardiologist review. Adapt programmes, in accordance with the guidelines of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group, and without medical supervision, making complex judgements to ensure that any patient who is unwell is assessed, diagnosed and referred as required.
Undertake all basic investigations to diagnose heart disease, and produce factual reports as required.
Make judgements on the severity of results, ensuring medical staff are informed immediately of any life threatening or urgent investigation results.
Our values areBold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake the range of highly complex investigations and produce full technical analysis and interpretation of results.
Ensure that all the correct procedures for dealing with urgent and non-urgent results are adhered to, supporting the junior staff at all times.
Participate and/or take the lead as a member of the resuscitation team if required when an emergency occurs in the department.
Complete trial evidence in accordance with trial protocols.
Performance and Review.
Responsible for the writing own reports of investigations on the department database.
Supervise and oversee the writing of reports of more junior staff
Make appointments for investigations as required.
Participate in individual performance review
Attend regular Echo meetings and assist with the organisation of these.
Service Planning
Assist with the implementation of new services as required
Take part in the implementation of any research based policies as required.
Clinical Governance/Quality
Support the achievement of quality projects
Participate in Echo audits and feedback results to Physiologists and Cardiologists
Participate in training of students and more junior staff in all aspects of the work of the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Undertake the range of highly complex investigations and produce full technical analysis and interpretation of results.
Ensure that all the correct procedures for dealing with urgent and non-urgent results are adhered to, supporting the junior staff at all times.
Participate and/or take the lead as a member of the resuscitation team if required when an emergency occurs in the department.
Complete trial evidence in accordance with trial protocols.
Performance and Review.
Responsible for the writing own reports of investigations on the department database.
Supervise and oversee the writing of reports of more junior staff
Make appointments for investigations as required.
Participate in individual performance review
Attend regular Echo meetings and assist with the organisation of these.
Service Planning
Assist with the implementation of new services as required
Take part in the implementation of any research based policies as required.
Clinical Governance/Quality
Support the achievement of quality projects
Participate in Echo audits and feedback results to Physiologists and Cardiologists
Participate in training of students and more junior staff in all aspects of the work of the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- BSE accreditation is essential
- RCCP or equivalent
- ILS
- ASCST
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert in Echocardiography
- Able to use all internal IT systems
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Minimum of 3 years as a qualified physiologist
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent patient manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- BSE accreditation is essential
- RCCP or equivalent
- ILS
- ASCST
Knowledge
Essential
- Expert in Echocardiography
- Able to use all internal IT systems
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Minimum of 3 years as a qualified physiologist
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent patient manner
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
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).
