Cardiac Physiologist - Chertsey, United Kingdom - Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Chertsey, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop skills in all areas of non-invasive Cardiology (ECG, ambulatory monitoring and reporting and physiologist-led exercise tolerance tests) and ILR or intracardiac monitor interrogation and reporting as well as future exposure and rotation through the following areas: echocardiography, pacemaker follow-ups, and cardiac catheterisation.

Rotation around a broad range of technical areas will be necessary to obtain competencies within the department and for state registration.
To competently perform interrogation and interpretation of ILR's or ICM.
To competently perform resting ECG's on adults and paediatric outpatients and inpatients.
To competently analyse basic ECGs on adults and paediatric patients.
To competently perform ambulatory ECG (24, 48, 72, 7day tests) and BP recordings.
To review and prioritise inpatient requests for cardiac investigations within ECG, ambulatory monitoring, exercise testing.
To liaise with ward and/or medical staff and ensure availability of technical staff when required in order to perform inpatient testing with lead Cardiac Physiologists.
To effectively, promptly, and professionally respond to emergency situations maintaining control and requesting assistance as necessary.
To participate in training in other disciplines when rotated through the department for ongoing professional development and maintain standards of technical competency.
To assist with the efficient running of the technical service by prioritising the daily workload where appropriate.
To deputise for the Senior Cardiac Physiologists when necessary and undertake any other duties at the discretion of the Operational Manager & Principal Cardiac Physiologist or his deputies.
To be responsible for identifying equipment faults, and directly resolve fault issues by reporting them in a timely manner to senior staff members.

Ashford and St.

Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country.

There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing.

We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

To be responsible for the daytoday running of the area in which they are working; ensuring all equipment is operational, stock levels are maintained, and that equipment and nondisposable items are cleaned according to departmental policies and procedures
To remain up to date with latest trends in clinical physiology translating these into practice and transferring this knowledge to staff within one's area of responsibility.
To assist with research studies as required.
To participate in the inhouse training and technical competency log within the department.
To participate in the training of student physiologists on rotation through the department.
To gain accreditation and join the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP).

- . To work in accordance to standards set by the Society for Cardiological Sciences and Technology (SCST) and the RCCP.

To become familiar with the use of Cerner, PAS, PRISM and any other computerised systems integral to the running of the department.
To make contact with patients via telephone to rebook appointments for DNA's each day.

Educational:

To actively participate and commit to maintaining own personal professional development, identifying educational and clinical training needs in conjunction with the Operational Manager & Principal Cardiac Physiologist and/or senior members of staff.
To ensure that own mandatory training is up to date.
To support a rigorous training programme within the department ensuring all physiologists attain state registration.

Administration:

To register patient attendances on the department's PRISM database
To book appointments onto PRISM, facilitating patient choice
To be trained in the use of Cerner / CRIS system
To carry out general clerical duties to include photocopying, filing, and faxing.
To be familiar with Cerner / PAS to track patient progression, case notes, and patient demographicand episode details.
To order portering services on the Cerner to facilitate movement of patients and/or equipment.
To collect, collate, and disseminate results to requesting doctors, secretaries,