Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist, Echo
The closing date is 12 June 2025
Job summary
Due to expansion of our Echocardiography service we have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly team. Predominantly the role is to independently perform and report echocardiograms according to the BSE guidelines, providing high level technical reports, help with the training of junior members of staff along with other duties depending on service needs. All applicants will be expected to have BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent. HCPC registration or RCCP registration (or eligibility to join) is essential. Full BSE accreditation (or European equivalent).
Main duties of the job
To work as an independent practitioner within the Cardiology team.To be BSE accredited; to be able to perform and report own echocardiograms and to amend and validate junior physiologists echocardiogram reports.To practise with a high level of skill and autonomy a range of other cardiac physiology procedures and be expected to perform them if required.To provide technical expertise, supervision, support and training to technical and medical staff.To produce technically satisfactory reports in accordance with national and departmental standards.To communicate complex instructions and clinical information effectively to all categories of patients, ensuring co-operation and compliance to obtain accurate technical and clinical data.To analyse clinical information and clinical conditions during procedures, whereby judgement is required to determine the appropriate course of action.To visual and verbal risk-assess every patient prior to carrying out any clinical investigations.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Details
Date posted
29 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
C9365-25-0476
Job locations
Kidderminster General Hospital
Bewdley Road
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY116RJ
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Kidderminster General Hospital
Bewdley Road
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY116RJ
Employer's website
https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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