Highly Specialised Invasive Cardiac Physiologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Invasive Cardiac Clinical Physiologist to join our Pacing Team. We have five Consultant Cardiologists and currently serve a population of approximately 390,000. The Cardiac Catheter Suite and Pacing Service is based at Royal Preston Hospital. We also provide a pacing service for in-patients across site at Chorley District General Hospital. You should therefore have a flexible attitude and the willingness to travel between sites, if required. We require an enthusiastic individual to be jointly responsible for the day-to-day running of the invasive service, including CIED interrogations, bradycardia pacemaker implants, internal loop recorder implants and coronary angiograms. You will need to undertake routine, complex and specialised procedures, providing and recording accurate results. You should be self-motivated, well organised with excellent communication skills, work well within a team and on own initiative and have the ability to prioritise and use your own initiative

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• To take a lead in maintaining high professional standards of technical competency in the provision of all invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations, actively participating in the day-to-day delivery of the pacing service and Implantable Devices Service , in co-operation with the Cardiologists
• Perform a wide range of non-invasive Cardiac investigations, for example ECGs, BP, Holter Monitoring, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Device downloads and device re-programming.
• To provide highly specialist technical support during pacemaker implantation, generator replacement, pacemaker lead extraction, internal loop recorders and associated procedures.
• To work autonomously in single and dual chamber pacemaker and implantable loop recorder follow up checks, documenting results and accounting for programming changes and making decisions about further diagnostic investigation or intervention as required.
• To communicate with patients and partners before and after device implantation to explain the implications /limitations of therapy, and complications.
• To be responsible for ICD follow up / implantation and troubleshooting.
• To help support the Radiotherapy service with pacemaker checks

About us

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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