Band 6 Senior Clinical Physiologist

Job summary

We are looking for a band 5 Cardiac Physiologist who is ready to progress into a band 6 Senior Cardiac Physiologist post based in our friendly but busy department at Solihull Hospital, which is part of the University Hospitals Birmingham trust.

The department incorporates a broad range of invasive and non-invasive procedures, both routine and complex. There is echocardiography including stress Echocardiography, Transoesophageal Echocardiography, and physiologist led bubble and LVO contrast Echocardiography. ETT, tilt testing, Holter and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. We have physiologist-led services such as RACPC and ILR implants / explants in place. There is access to further development across the other sites.

You will have opportunities to develop through rotation in all areas of the department and the chance to utilise your knowledge and experience to develop and train other staff and students.

There will be some rotation across sites required including Heartlands hospital to assist with the PCI service including on-call and may require rotation to the Washwood Heath diagnostic hub.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a candidate who is able to work as an independent practitioner working on their own initiative in the areas of cardiac catheter lab - to include primary PCI, brady pacing follow up and implant, exercise testing, HUTT ( Head up tilt testing) and holter analysis.

The successful candidates must have a special interest in either pacing or echocardiography.

The applicant should have a BSc in Clinical Cardiac Physiology (or equivalent) and be willing to work towards or achieved BSE or BHRS accreditation.

It is important that the applicant has a good working knowledge of all procedures and is willing to work flexibly in both the invasive and non-invasive aspects of the service as necessary.

If you are patient focussed, enthusiastic and highly motivated, then we'd like to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be joining a compliment of experienced clinical physiologists and will benefit from a supportive and happy working environment.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Solihull Hospital

Lode Ln

Solihull

West Midlands

B91 2JL

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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