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    Trainee Echocardiographer - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Here at South Tees Hospital NHS Trust we have an exciting opportunity for an 19-month fixed term full-time training post in Echocardiography. This is part of the Echocardiography Training Programme (ETP) developed by the National School of Healthcare Science and funded by Health Education England.

    This training programme will give the successful candidate the opportunity to work and train in a large tertiary centre and complete both work based and academic learning. Whilst on the programme trainees will complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Echocardiography and work towards British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) level 2 Adult Transthoracic accreditation. For more information, please see the NSHCS website:

    The Echocardiography Unit is a large busy department split across multiple sites, with the largest site being the James Cook University Hospital. In addition, we work at number of external community clinics across Teesside, the successful candidate will be expected to work across sites and provide their own transport to and from all sites.

    Main duties of the job

    The James Cook University Hospital is a leading innovative regional centre for Cardiology and offers a variety of diagnostic examinations, interventions and surgery for a wide range of cardiac diseases. Our hospital aims to develop the future workforce for Cardiac Physiologists and Healthcare Scientists.

    Our small, dedicated Echocardiography department is run by accredited BSE Echocardiographers, alongside 3 Consultant Cardiologists with a special interest in Echocardiography. The department has already appointed three STP students post qualification, one who is currently working towards their BSE Transoesophageal Echo (TOE) Accreditation. We also have three additional members staff attempting to achieve their STP equivalence. The department boasts a robust training programme for current and prospective students and has successfully trained previous students to achieve their BSE level 2 adult accreditation with a dedicated Echocardiography Lead for Teaching and Training. In addition, we are a friendly, welcoming team with ambition If you are passionate about Echocardiography, we would love to hear from you

    To be eligible for the ETP, all applicants must meet the following requirements:

  • A 2:2 in relevant health/science degree plus relevant cardiology experience and approval from the relevant HEI.

    • This vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

    About us

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to

    Explore leadership within the NHS

    Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

    Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

    Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

    After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • A 2:2 in relevant health/science degree plus relevant cardiology experience and approval from the relevant HEI.

    • Desirable

  • oA 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology/relevant scientific degree (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Biology, or Sports Science)

    • Knowledge & Skills

    Essential

  • Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
  • Has a committed, in-depth interest in Echocardiography and its application to direct clinical care of patients in a clinical environment.

    • Personal Attributes

    Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both writing and speaking in English
  • Good personal organisational skills
  • Effective team worker, willing to adopt a role working in collaboration with others.
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