Healthcare Science Assistant - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

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The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands provides diagnostic testing for inpatients and outpatients at both Royal stoke Hospital and County Hospital.

These include exercise tolerance testing, head up tilt table testing, echocardiography, pacemaker implant and follow-up, heamodynamic monitoring during invasive coronary angiography, electrophysiological testing and electrocardiography (ECG).

Resting electrocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring is an essential part of the wider service, the primary focus of this role is to support ECG services and arrhythmia monitoring services at both at the trust and in the community.

In addition to ECG, this role involves assisting senior healthcare scientists in the provision of specialist clinics. The successful applicant will join an established team of 15 healthcare science assistants.


The cardiology Department has an established training & development programme to provide the practical skills required for providing a range of specialist invasive & non-invasive cardiac investigations.

This role will

include recording ECG's, assisting in exercise tolerance & tilt testing, arrhythmia monitoring and community based ECG clinics in Stoke on Trent.

Analysis and interpretation of clinical data & providing technical reports will be required.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.


For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.


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