Assistant Practitioner Cardiac Physiology

Job summary

Assistant Practitioner Band 4

We are looking for enthusiastic, committed, dynamic individuals to join our Team at Manchester Foundation Trust who will rotate between sites to provide Cardiac Diagnostic Services both in a hospitaland the community setting.

The department offers a full spectrum of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic investigations and is committed to developing staff and actively developing new roles for service provision.

Our mission is to improve the health/quality of life for our patients by building an organisation that develops and invests in the individuals that work here and this can only be achieved with the recruitment of the right people.

Any enquiries are welcomed and if you wish to arrange an informal visit of the department do not hesitate to contact us.

Main duties of the job

• Under direction assist qualified Cardiac Physiologists to perform all aspects of Non Invasive Cardiac Diagnostic services and to provide some aspects in the community.
• To undertake a range of duties, which involve direct patient care as directed by healthcare professionals.
• To be aware of and assist in meeting the psychological, social, physical and spiritual needs of all patients.
• Discuss with patients issues relevant to their diagnostic investigations.
• Actively participate in the diagnostic investigations which form part of the patient's care and treatment plan written by healthcare professionals.
• To develop new skills so as to enhance patient diagnosis.
• Practices a range of non-invasive cardiac procedures & performs first-line interpretations.
• Recording & First-line Reporting Resting ECG.
• Multi-modality Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring Hook-up.
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Hook-up.
• Patient preparation & physiological monitoring during cardiac & cardiorespiratory exercise tests.
• Assist in Linq implants and communication with patient around remote monitoring.
• Maintain accurate written patient records.
• Contribute towards the maintenance of local and Trust wide standard of care.
• To undertake and assist in the organisation of the day to day running of service.
• Contribute towards ongoing quality of service and care, identifying any risk issues in relation to the patients' health and social care.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programs. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.