Cardiac Physiologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) is one of the core clinical research facilities of the University of Oxford. The facility was set up by the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine with the aim to make it easy to undertake world leading cardiovascular clinical research within Oxford. Since opening in 2010 CCRF has grown rapidly to support >60 studies with >1000 participants passing through the facility each year. Projects range from multi-centre clinical trials to observational studies. The majority of studies make use of the dedicated, cutting-edge, cardiology technologies available within the facility, focused in four major areas: echocardiography, vascular assessment, exercise physiology and ambulatory/autonomic monitoring.

A major focus of CCRF is in echocardiography and the facility has a dedicated echocardiographer team, as well as state-of-the art research-dedicated echocardiography platforms, archive facilities and analysis software. CCRF now hosts the echo clinics for several large local research cohort studies and has worked with NHS Cardiology to build a dedicated NIHR-funded research nurse team. CCRF also operates successful partnerships with industry leaders developing new cardiovascular technologies. CCRF also has a major focus on performing other physiology and vascular measurements, including cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

The Oxford Research Echocardiography Core Laboratory (ORECL), operating within CCRF, provides state-of-the-art echocardiographic image interpretation and analysis. The core lab can service both academic and commercial projects from small, single investigator pre-clinical studies to large, global multi-site clinical trials.

Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties

This job includes hazards or safety-critical activities. If you are offered the post, you will be asked to complete a health questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Service, and the offer of employment will be subject a successful outcome of this assessment.

The hazards or safety-critical duties involved are as follows:

• Work in clinical areas with direct contact with patients (NOT administrative roles)

Additional security pre-employment checks

This job includes duties that will require additional security pre-employment checks:

University security screening (eg identity checks)

University Honorary contract

How to apply

Applications are made through our online recruitment portal. Information about how to apply is available on our Jobs website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply.

Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description.

As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.

You will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants)

Please address any covering letter to Members of the Selection Panel to reflect the inclusive nature of the Universitys diverse workforce

Please upload all documents as PDF files with your name and the document type in the filename.

All applications must be received by midday UK time on the closing date stated in the online advertisement.

The Medical Sciences Division

The Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching. We are the largest academic division in the University of Oxford.

World-leading programmes, housed in state-of-the-art facilities, cover the full range of scientific endeavour from the molecule to the population. With our NHS partners we also foster the highest possible standards in patient care.

For more information please visit: http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk

Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM)

The Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) within the Medical Sciences Division is one of the largest departments in the University of Oxford. Headed by Professor Keith Channon, RDM is a multi-disciplinary department which aims to tackle some of the worlds biggest health challenges by integrating innovative basic biology with cutting edge clinical research. The Department was formed in 2012 and comprises:

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM)

The Investigative Medicine Division (IMD)

The Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NDCLS)

The Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM)

The majority of research groups from the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM)

The Department has internationally renowned programmes in a range of areas, including cardiovascular sciences, diabetes and endocrinology, immunology, haematology and pathology. Our work is underpinned by excellence in molecular medicine, stem cell biology, genomics and clinical laboratory science.

The Department employs in the region of 615 staff, has around 140 postgraduate research students and has an annual turnover of around £57m of which £38m is externally funded grants and contracts.

RDM supports a culture that is inclusive and supportive of all members, including those with caring responsibilities and those who work flexibly for other reasons. We are proud to be a family friendly department, and are committed to creating a working environment that offers opportunities for working parents/carers to achieve their professional goals and develop their careers without having a detrimental effect on family life. To support this, we have a range of family friendly policies and practices including maternity, paternity and adoption leave, shared parental leave and unpaid parental leave, flexible/part-time working and scheduling meetings within core hours (9.30 a.m. -2.30 p.m.). Many of our staff work flexibly, with arrangements managed informally or formally.

The University of Oxford is a member of the Athena SWAN Charter and holds an

institutional Bronze Athena SWAN award. RDM holds a departmental Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our efforts to introduce organisational and cultural practices that promote gender equality in SET to create a better working environment for both men and women

For more information on the Department please visit: www.rdm.ox.ac.uk

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

CVM comprises approximately 170 people across a range of staff groups and locations and has a total turnover of approximately £10.5M per annum of which external grants amount to around £6.7M on a total grant portfolio of around £45M. Professor Neubauer is the Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) results the Division, together with colleagues from stroke research, received the highest quality rating of any cardiovascular medicine return in the country (53% of the Divisions work was rated in the highest category 4*, defined as 'world-leading and a further 39% was rated 3* i.e. 'internationally excellent).

The moleculargenetics and model organismprogrammes are based in laboratories at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and close links are maintained with the epidemiological work of the Clinical Trials Service Unit (CTSU) in the adjacent building (both on the Churchill site). CVMs base, together with laboratories for molecular and cellular studies, is housed in the West Wing of the John Radcliffe Hospital. Clinical research is also based at the John Radcliffe, currently largely focused around the Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (OCMR) and Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility (CCRF), with close links to the Acute Multidisciplinary Imaging and Interventional Centre

For more information please visit: http://www.cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a BSc in clinical physiology, or other relevant scientific discipline.

Experience

Essential

• BSE Transthoracic (TTE) level 2 accreditation or experience of independent echocardiography scanning and reporting, including the ability to share unexpected findings with clinicians, and to function independently in both primary and secondary care.

Desirable

• Experience using Philips echo machines and ISCV.
• Experience in performing cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
• Experience in analysing Holter ECG monitoring.
• Experience of the conduct of clinical research conducted to ICH GCP standards.
• Experience and interest in teaching.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to convey echocardiography findings in ways appropriate to both patients and professionals.
• Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with common issues within own specialist area of competence.
• Good IT skills and aptitude essential with a demonstrable ability and desire to utilise standard programmes such as Microsoft Excel or Word to a level appropriate for the requirements of research conduct on an IT based system.
• Good communication skills with staff and collaborators.

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge across the range of echocardiographic techniques including experience of advanced techniques such as 3D echo.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

University of Oxford - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Address

Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility

Level 1, John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/about/our-divisions/division-of-cardiovascular-medicine (Opens in a new tab)