Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cardiovascular Assistant Technical Officer

The closing date is 22 April 2026

Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting career in healthcare?

The Cardiovascular Department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering a fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Cardiovascular Assistant Technical Officer for the Pacing Service.

The Cardiorespiratory and Vascular Department is part of a 900-bed acute healthcare trust employing over 3,200 staff. We deliver a wide range of highly specialised and complex cardiac and vascular investigative procedures, producing detailed factual reports to support clinical decision-making.

We are an integral part of the medical team treating cardiac disorders, and we monitor treatment effectiveness through Clinical Physiologist-led clinics.

Our services include:

  • ECG provision at King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield CDC and Newark Hospitals
  • Echo Services at Kings Mill, Mansfield CDC and Newark Hospitals

We arecommitted to your development. Our department has an excellent reputation for supporting staff through career progression and apprenticeships, offering you the opportunity to build a fulfilling career in healthcare.

Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow your expertise, we'll support you every step of the way.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details

Date posted

10 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Reference number

214-MED-7800393

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Relevant theoretical/practical/technical knowledge to underpin the investigative procedures undertaken within the department

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • Basic Computer literacy skills
  • BLS
  • Part 1 ASCST or ECG certificate (SCST) certificate or equivalent knowledge and experience
  • NCQ Level 3 Health

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience in performing routine investigations
  • Communication skills

Desirable

  • Experience in training

Further Training

Essential

  • Participates in Continued Development

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Annual attendance at Trust Fire Lecture
  • Annual update on Manual Handling
Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Relevant theoretical/practical/technical knowledge to underpin the investigative procedures undertaken within the department

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • Basic Computer literacy skills
  • BLS
  • Part 1 ASCST or ECG certificate (SCST) certificate or equivalent knowledge and experience
  • NCQ Level 3 Health

Desirable

  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience in performing routine investigations
  • Communication skills

Desirable

  • Experience in training

Further Training

Essential

  • Participates in Continued Development

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Annual attendance at Trust Fire Lecture
  • Annual update on Manual Handling

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Cardiac Physiologist

Nicola Sutcliffe

nicola.sutcliffe@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

10 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Compressed hours

Reference number

214-MED-7800393

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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