Assistant Technical Officer, Cardiac Investigations - Larbert, United Kingdom - NHS Forth Valley
Description
There is an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiac Physiology Team at NHS Forth Valley. We are looking for an additional Assistant Technical Officer ( ATO ) to join our friendly and experienced team.
The service has eleven consultants with clinical expertise in Cardiac Rhythm Management ,EP ,Heart Failure and Cardiac imaging including CT .The Physiology staff include ten Band 7 staff members and three Band 6 staff members that are highly enthusiastic and well experienced. We currently have 2 trainee students and 4 Assistant Technical Officers. .
The Cardiac Investigations Department provides routine diagnostic procedures. Electrocardiography service, Holter monitors, Event recorders, Ambulatory monitoring analysis, Exercise Tolerance tests, and Implantable Loop Clinics. The Echocardiography service at currently provides TTE, TOE, Stress and Contrast studies.
The Cardiac Rhythm Management Service has a large implant and follow up service including pacemakers , ICD ,CRTP/D, and SICD. The CRM team have implanting ILR physiologists. We have approximately have one thousand patients on home monitoring .
The successful applicant will perform 12 lead ECG's and the application of Holter and event monitors on in and outpatient adults. You will also assist senior staff in Cardiac Investigations and be expected to work to local guidelines and policies..
Previous experience would be advantageous in a hospital or patient facing environment. This post will be for 11.25 hours over three mornings Monday – Wednesday with a provisional start date of the end of June 2024.
Applicants will be required to have relevant experience in patient care. Previous ECG experience would be advantageous.
Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a new, modern district general hospital and the Forth Valley region is situated in the Scottish central belt with easy access to the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling.
We support a broad range of both clinical and non-clinical educational activities.