Cardiographer - Royal Brompton Hospital - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Employer:
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Department:
Cardiac Physiology

Location:
Chelsea.

Salary:
£26,618- £28,065pa inc HCAS

Band - Cardiographer

Full Time Permanent Position

We are currently recruiting a Cardiographer in Cardiology to join our specialist team at The Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea.

Band 3 clinical roles for Cardiographers are within diagnostic Non-Invasive Cardiology, performing resting 12 lead ECGs, ECG holters and ambulatory monitor fittings.

This is a patient facing role dealing with a variety of patients from paediatrics to adults including congenital heart disease.

Non-Invasive Cardiology experience will be advantageous.

If you are someone, who is proud of their clinical abilities and share their skills, then we would like to hear from you.

These posts are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm working hours.

Job summary:

To work as a team member within cardiac physiology and without supervision record
high quality electrocardiograms (ECGs) in inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring
abnormal results are reported to clinical staff in a timely manner.
To support departmental administration as required e.g. booking of appointments,
record keeping.
To ensure appropriate maintenance of ECG machines ensuring they remain
functional and adequately stocked with consumable items e.g. paper, electrodes, etc
so as to be immediately ready for use.
To undertake further training to develop skills to perform or assist in other tasks
within cardiac physiology e.g. fitting of monitors, assisting during exercise tests.
To work to standards set by the Society for Cardiological Science and Technology
(SCST) and other relevant professional bodies.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts.

We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe.

We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.

Main tasks & responsibilities:

Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
Without immediate supervision perform diagnostic quality 12lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) in wards/departments throughout the organisation to obtain physiological data from patients of all ages and clinical condition
To undertake 'child friendly' training to acquire additional skills required in supporting paediatric clinics
Recognise signs and symptoms of lifethreatening and urgent cardiac +/respiratory abnormalities and take steps to support patients as necessary.
Communicate accurate procedure results to appropriate clinical staff.
Maintain and update as appropriate, knowledge and skills required to record and provide firstline analysis/interpretation of results
Recognise equipment faults and errors, take firstline action to correct them and report to senior staff as necessary
Contribute to the hygiene and cleanliness of equipment and work area.
Assist in activity audit and clinical data collection through maintenance of database entry and filing systems.
Assist in the stock maintenance of consumable items.
Answer enquiries from hospital staff, patients, carers, general practice and the public or direct such enquiries to more senior staff or other staff groups.
Ability to plan and prioritise patients to ensure a clinic list runs smoothly. For example accommodating inpatients into a busy outpatient clinic list and keeping patients informed where there are delays.
Advise and reassure patients and or carers before and during investigation.
Communicate complex information, e.g. test procedure, to the elderly, children and those with learning or physical disabilities.
Communicate complex information to those patients who do not understand English fully.
Provide sensitive information to the patient and or