Job summary
Cardiac Physiologist - Band 6
Contract - Permanent. Full-time 37.5 hours per week
To conduct routine cardiac diagnostic procedures:
Electrocardiography, echocardiography (performing and reporting adult echos), exercise tolerance tests.
Holter monitoring including ECG, BP and Event recording
Pacemaker checks.
Over the past 17 years the Clinical and Academic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Whittington Health has consistently been awarded a customer excellence award, the national standard for customer service excellence.
The department is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team including five Cardiology Consultants providing a diagnostic cardiovascular service to the hospital and local general practitioners. Over many years, our department has pioneered services that have bridged the divide between different parts of the National Health Service. This opportunity has become more apparent with the establishment of Whittington Health as an integrated care organisation following the merger of the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust with Islington Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Haringey PCT, becoming the first integrated care organisation (ICO) in the United Kingdom.
Main duties of the job
Perform and report adult and paediatric Echocardiograms.
Perform, supervise and report Cardiac exercise testing as a service to the hospital consultants and open access GP requests. In addition patients must be examined with relation to the contraindications of exercise testing especially when performing GP open access assessments.
Perform and report pacemaker checks.
Sometimes perform 24 hours Holter ECG, BP and event recorder monitoring, both procedure and analysis.
Record pressures and ensure the patients wellbeing during diagnostic procedures.
Train physiologist and medical staff in all areas of cardiac physiology.
Clinical admin work.
About us
Working for your organisation should read: Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The physiologist will need to perform and report adult Echocardiograms. Perform, supervise and report Cardiac exercise testing as a service to the hospital consultants and open access GP requests. In addition patients must be examined with relation to the contraindications of exercise testing especially when performing GP open access assessments.
Perform and report pacemaker checks.
Perform 24 hours Holter ECG, BP and event recorder monitoring, both procedure and analysis.
Train physiologist and medical staff in all areas of cardiac physiology.
Clinical admin work which involves maintaining the diagnostic data bases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The physiologist will need to perform and report adult Echocardiograms. Perform, supervise and report Cardiac exercise testing as a service to the hospital consultants and open access GP requests. In addition patients must be examined with relation to the contraindications of exercise testing especially when performing GP open access assessments.
Perform and report pacemaker checks.
Perform 24 hours Holter ECG, BP and event recorder monitoring, both procedure and analysis.
Train physiologist and medical staff in all areas of cardiac physiology.
Clinical admin work which involves maintaining the diagnostic data bases.
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Cardiac physiology degree or equivalent
- 2 years NHS experience in cardiac physiology
- 1 year experience in performing and reporting Echocardiograms and pacemaker checks
- Performing and reporting exercise tolerance tests
Desirable
- Some experience of independently performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Experience in supervising junior members of staff
- ILS trained
- RCCP registered
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Independently conduct and report adult TTE
- Independently conduct and report pacemaker follow ups
- Independently conduct and report ETT
- Analyse Holter monitors.
Desirable
- Have some experience in teaching cardiac physiologists, nurses and medical studants
Cardiology knowledge and practical skills
Essential
- Good understanding of all non-invasive diagnostic testing and theory behind the test.
- Trouble shooting during tests
- Good demonstration of team work and accountability
Desirable
- Knowledge of cardiac diseases and their treatments
Person Specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Cardiac physiology degree or equivalent
- 2 years NHS experience in cardiac physiology
- 1 year experience in performing and reporting Echocardiograms and pacemaker checks
- Performing and reporting exercise tolerance tests
Desirable
- Some experience of independently performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Experience in supervising junior members of staff
- ILS trained
- RCCP registered
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Independently conduct and report adult TTE
- Independently conduct and report pacemaker follow ups
- Independently conduct and report ETT
- Analyse Holter monitors.
Desirable
- Have some experience in teaching cardiac physiologists, nurses and medical studants
Cardiology knowledge and practical skills
Essential
- Good understanding of all non-invasive diagnostic testing and theory behind the test.
- Trouble shooting during tests
- Good demonstration of team work and accountability
Desirable
- Knowledge of cardiac diseases and their treatments
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
