Echocardiography Training Programme Trainee echocardiographer

Job summary

The trainee will work closely with the Training Lead and more senior members of staff to follow the curriculum for the Echocardiography Training Programme. The trainee will work in specified areas of the department and be responsible to the Designated Training Leads for their own work and progression through the scheme. All trainees will be expected to travel to national academic and other courses regularly throughout their training. Trainees will undertake a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography at a designated academic institution specific for the training pathway.

The trainee will undertake the full training programme in order to progress through the academic and practical elements of the training scheme. In doing so they will learn how to perform and interpret clinical and specialist scientific processes underpinned by theoretical and applied knowledge and practical experience.

Main duties of the job

The Trainee will learn how to:

• Perform and interpret routine cardiac investigations.
• Perform specialised diagnostics investigations.
• Carry out complex scientific and clinical roles, including those working directly with patients.
• Analyse and interpret and data compare investigative and clinical options.
• Initiate and undertake innovation, improvement and R&D and be involved in the education of healthcare science trainees and other learners in the workplace.
• Carry out audit to continuously improve patient care and service needs.
• Assist the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and other senior members of the team in the day to day organisation and delivery of the cardiothoracic diagnostic service.

They will be expected to complete all work-based training and assessment alongside the academic course to exit the programme with eligibility for Accreditation with the BSE and be working towards, or have achieved, registration with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS). Trainees must meet the AHCS Standards of proficiency for Healthcare Science Practitioners.

In addition, they will be expected to undertake work-based experience to enable them to communicate complex technical, scientific and sensitive information to colleagues within their department in both verbal and written forms.

About us

Ultracardiac Ltd are a regional leading provider of echocardiography services across Devon & Cornwall. Our service provision covers outpatient echocardiography in various locations, and we are a rapidly growing organisation recognised by our partners in the area for quality and effective service delivery.