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    Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Redditch, United Kingdom - Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Exciting full-time opportunity for a motivated cardiac physiologist to join our expanding echocardiography team, performing and reporting outpatient and inpatient adult echocardiograms. The role will include developing and training junior members of staff including cardiology registrars as well as developing the echocardiography service including being part of the quality assurance process. We are a supportive team who aim to always provide high level, patient focused service whist supporting our staff.

    Main duties of the job

    Thisrole is based within the Echo department and is a full time echo role

    To work as an independentpractitioner within the Cardiology team

    To be BSE accredited; to be able toperform and report own echocardiograms and to amend and validate juniorphysiologists echocardiogram reports

    Topractise with a high level of skill and autonomy a range of other cardiacphysiology procedures and be expected to perform them if requiredTo provide technical expertise,supervision, support and training to technical and medical staffTo produce technically satisfactory reportsin accordance with national and departmental communicate complex instructionsand clinical information effectively to all categories of patients, ensuringco-operation and compliance to obtain accurate technical and clinical dataTo analyse clinical information andclinical conditions during procedures, whereby judgement is required todetermine the appropriate course of action. To report all untoward events oruncertainties to the Head of Department. To work at all times in a safe andresponsible manner. To plan and prioritise personalworkloads according to daily staffing advise junior medical staff onthe availability, selection and appropriateness of test procedures

    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.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    To perform unsupervised Cardiac Ultrasoundexaminations to diagnose Cardiac abnormalities.

    To provide clinical interpretation and hightechnical expertise on Cardiac Ultrasound scans performed by self and juniormembers of staff, in accordance with the British Society of Echocardiographystandards, guidelines and departmental protocols and policies. Actingappropriately in the event of significant adverse findings, alerting physicianswhen immediate medical attention is required.

    To take responsibility to perform cardiopulmonaryresuscitation and defibrillation on patients in an emergency situation.

    Awareness of adverse clinical conditions/clinical eventsoccuring during the investigations and ensuring swift and appropriate action istaken to minimise life threatening or significant medical events.

    To be familiar with current developments in thefield of Cardiology.

    To liaise with other departments and Companiesregarding maintenance and repairs to existing equipment within the department.

    To liaise in conjunction with the Head ofDepartment, regarding evaluation of new clinical equipment.

    To be involved in the Stress Echoand TOE services and receive appropriate training if needed.

    Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

  • Significant experience as a Specialised Cardiac Physiologist
  • Highly specialised and advanced knowledge of Echocardiography
  • Desirable

  • Supervision of staff
  • Assist with the day to day running of the department
  • Teaching and development of staff
  • Qualifications

    Essential

  • Degree in Clinical Physiology or equivalent
  • British Society of Echocardiography accreditation (BSE)
  • ILS certificate
  • Desirable

  • Registration for RCCP


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