Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist/Clinical Scientist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated, ambitious and experienced Healthcare Scientist to join our skilled Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. This is an excellent chance to work in a dynamic, progressive department which is committed to supporting the development and implementation of best clinical practice.

Our CRM service has approximately 5500 patients under in-clinic and remote follow-up within the region, so provides a stimulating Tertiary environment. During COVID-19 we were proud to have delivered home monitoring to >95% of our patients across 5 device manufacturers at speed, to maintain patient safety and provide important reassurance. This allowed an interesting opportunity to expand our remote monitoring services and adapt our follow-up service.

We actively support formal educational programmes, participation at CRM and Healthcare Scientist events and flexible working is available to support a work life balance.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will lead the remote monitoring service, working closely with the Clinical Service Manager for the day-to-day management of the service and also the forward planning, improvement and development of CRM.

This stimulating role will allow the post holder to work across CRM services and drive safe and effective remote device care and clinical monitoring by engaging the whole multidisciplinary team. Our vision is to embed vital clinical data and device therapy summaries into the patient digital health record through implementation of an integrated, automated digital system. The post holder will be a key member of the project team.

Excellent communication skills are required to work alongside experienced and friendly multidisciplinary colleagues, although we are keen to promote and support autonomous advanced practice. Leadership qualities are essential to help the department effectively deliver service demands and drive advancement for the new digital era of CRM.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK. We perform a wide range of simple and complex device implants and provide an out-of-hours on call physiologist service. The successful applicant will join a team of over 120 staff members, including over 80 Cardio-Respiratory Healthcare Scientists. You will work closely with expert colleagues across the Cardio-Respiratory Clinical Physiology department and develop your own knowledge and skills at the same time.

At LTHT, we aim to be a fair and supportive hospital with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other Trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

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Date posted

13 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9298-CRS-047

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Principal Duties and Areas of Responsibilty

Clinical Duties

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of own work, including the management of patients in your care.

Participates in rotational requirements within the cardiorespiratory department in non-invasive and respiratory services where required. On call and 24/7 provision of acute emergency services may be required (e.g Cardiac Catheter Labs and/or Implantable Cardiac Devices) . Demonstrating a high level of autonomy, often giving advice to medical staff with limited specialist knowledge thus directly influencing patient care outcomes.

Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation.

Gives lead specialist advice during highly complex situations where analytical judgement is required to all other members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant physicians.

Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by their Line Manager.

Lead Specialist in own clinical field. Implements change in own specialist area based on own experience and evidence based practice.

Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE guidelines.

Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental policies and those recognised by international organisations e.g. American Heart Association, Heart Rhythm Society - UK , Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology, and Academy for Healthcare Science

Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care for patients, including: negotiating, reassurance, empathy, and persuasiveness.

Communicates sensitive information about routine and complex investigations to patients and relatives/carers including children and those with learning and/or physical disabilities.

Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive, technical equipment which process, create, update and store information.

Performs / provides factual reports on a number of the following investigations on a region-wide range of patients including acutely ill paediatric and elderly patients and those with a range of physical and learning disabilities:

- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing

- Physiologist led Exercise Tolerance Testing (ETT)

- Complex Permanent Pacemaker (PPM) implantations

- Complex Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) implantations

- Temporary pacemaker insertions

- Complex PPM/ICD lead extractions

- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

- Advanced ambulatory monitoring techniques

- Cardiac ultrasound imaging (TTE)

- Advanced haemodynamic assessments/calculations

- Cardio-pulmonary ETT

- Complex Electrophysiology studies and 3D mapping studies

- Therapeutic radiofrequency ablation

- Physiologist led PPM and ICD follow-up

- 12 lead electrocardiographs (ECGs)

- Application and analysis of ambulatory ECGs

- Application and analysis of ambulatory blood pressure (BP)

- Exercise testing under Medical supervision

- Routine cardiac angiography and haemodynamic assessment

- Full pulmonary function testing

- Mannitol challenge testing

- Fitness to fly assessments

- Capillary blood gases

- Respiratory muscle assessments

- Field exercise tests

- Sleep physiology analysis and CPAP.

Reports equipment faults in accordance with departmental policy.

Demonstrates personal duty of care for safe use of expensive and highly complex equipment. Is responsible for ensuring that others are fully trained in the safe use of such equipment within their specialist area.

Responsible for maintenance of stock levels by ordering from pre-agreed tender schedules and by seeking new resources as service demands change.

Responsible for day to day security of expensive equipment, e.g. portable devices.