Associate Practitioner - Cardio-Respiratory

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen in the Cardio-Respiratory Department for a qualified Associate Practitioner (or equivalent experience) who would be willing to undertake a further course to expand their knowledge further.

The role is based in Colchester Hospital however, future requirements of the role may involve rotation across our acute sites.

Main duties of the job

The role involves daily patient contact providing a range of Cardiology and Respiratory diagnostics as well as supporting highly specialist procedures such as Myocardial Perfusion and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and Exercise tests.

This role offers the successful candidate an opportunity to use and expand their existing experience in heart rhythm and ECG interpretation to support medically led exercise tests and Stress Echo and MPI whilst still maintaining your ECG and Sleep diagnostic skills. You should have a good background in Cardiology with at least 2 year's experience as a Senior Cardiographer with proven ECG recording and interpreting skills

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

28 October 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£23,949 to £26,282 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1844-22

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details of the responsibilities for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details of the responsibilities for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or Equivalent
Up to date BLS

Desirable

Relevant qualifications in ECG interpretation or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Sound background in cardiology
Proven experience within exercise testing in a supervised capacity to provide a basis for non medically led exercise testing

Desirable

Preferably SATO background

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the cardiology department and its medical terminology
Working knowledge of hospital systems such as Pathfinder
Risk factors of exercise testing
Advanced ECG interpretive skills

Desirable

Portal Pathfinder 700
Cambridge heart stress testing equipment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or Equivalent
Up to date BLS

Desirable

Relevant qualifications in ECG interpretation or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Sound background in cardiology
Proven experience within exercise testing in a supervised capacity to provide a basis for non medically led exercise testing

Desirable

Preferably SATO background

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the cardiology department and its medical terminology
Working knowledge of hospital systems such as Pathfinder
Risk factors of exercise testing
Advanced ECG interpretive skills

Desirable

Portal Pathfinder 700
Cambridge heart stress testing equipment

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.