Job summary
The technical cardiology team for Norfolk and Norwich university hospital are recruiting for a senior cardiac physiologist in echocardiography to join their dedicated team under our new management. You will be based on the main hospital site at Colney Lane, Norwich, whereby be part of a service that offers range of cardiac services including acute cardiology ward, angiography suite, dedicated coronary care unit which is the PPCI centre for Norfolk as well as being the Norfolk Heart Attached centre.
Our values of People Focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence - PRIDE - are important to us and here is our they relate to our work:
As a senior cardiac physiologist, people are at the heart of what you will do. Our department manages a large non-invasive workload including ambulatory monitoring, pacemaker, and loop recorder follow-up work as well as echocardiography in the form of TTE, TOE, stress echo, and congenital heart disease. You will lead our patient focus service who deliver 18,000 transthoracic echocardiograms annually, stress echo and transoesophageal echo services. We are seeking a colleague, with support from 2 specialist cardiologists and 24 consultants across the service, who can understand the complex nature of the services we provide and how important this is to improving our patients.
Main duties of the job
With our department covering a range of procedures and services as mentioned but working with the wider multidisciplinary team and other hospitals. We require you to provide excellence in your communication and teamwork with a personable, approachable, and respectful manner to both individuals of our wider cardiology team and our patients and visitors.
Our aim is delivering a high-quality service for all patients within your sphere of influence and perform to the level of an independent practitioner within our specialised technical cardiology field. There is the aim for this role to provide clinical and managerial leadership and support all our staff including providing support and guidance to develop our staff. Experience working in a similar role or those working within echocardiography are appreciated as well as those with transferable skills and experience. Please refer to the job description and person specification for more detailed information.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide quality care and accurate diagnostic data, maintaining a high standard and acting as a role model for others.
- To participate in, and have a working knowledge of, all aspects of the technical services provided by Cardiology.
- To work without direct supervision in the area of invasive Cardiology.
- To carry out all procedures, in accordance with agreed Trust and Departmental guidelines and protocols. This will include the production of a written report on authorised procedures and undertaking technician supervised exercise testing.
- To ensure that patients and, where appropriate their relatives or representatives, have a clear understanding of procedures to be undertaken.
- To liaise, communicate and maintain professional relationships with patients, relatives, and other staff groups effectively.
- To maintain expertise in Cardiac Resuscitation procedures in accordance with agreed and established policies.
- Implement effective assessment and delegation of workload to more junior members of staff.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide quality care and accurate diagnostic data, maintaining a high standard and acting as a role model for others.
- To participate in, and have a working knowledge of, all aspects of the technical services provided by Cardiology.
- To work without direct supervision in the area of invasive Cardiology.
- To carry out all procedures, in accordance with agreed Trust and Departmental guidelines and protocols. This will include the production of a written report on authorised procedures and undertaking technician supervised exercise testing.
- To ensure that patients and, where appropriate their relatives or representatives, have a clear understanding of procedures to be undertaken.
- To liaise, communicate and maintain professional relationships with patients, relatives, and other staff groups effectively.
- To maintain expertise in Cardiac Resuscitation procedures in accordance with agreed and established policies.
- Implement effective assessment and delegation of workload to more junior members of staff.
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology, Cardiology. BSc Healthcare Science (Cardiology) or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at basic grade level and further significant experience of working in a Cardiac Catheter lab.
Skills
Essential
- Experience of a specialised area, Invasive Cardiology. You must be able to work as an independent practitioner in the Cath. Lab undertaking Angioplasty and a full range of diagnostic techniques without supervision.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology, Cardiology. BSc Healthcare Science (Cardiology) or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at basic grade level and further significant experience of working in a Cardiac Catheter lab.
Skills
Essential
- Experience of a specialised area, Invasive Cardiology. You must be able to work as an independent practitioner in the Cath. Lab undertaking Angioplasty and a full range of diagnostic techniques without supervision.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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).
