Job summary
Exciting opportunities have arisen for band 7 Physiologists who are BHRS (or equivalent) qualified or Band 6 Physiologists looking for promotion, with suitable experience in either area, to assist in the planning and delivery of a specialised Cardio Respiratory service to the Trust.
You will be an effective member of the Cardio Respiratory team providing a high standard of Cardiac Physiological Services and excellent patient care.
We are now in our state of the art department encompassing over 20 clinical rooms. Purpose built pacemaker follow up rooms and a 'sterile' LINQ implant room. Being located on the emergency floor, adjacent to our acute cardiac unit and coronary care. The trust treats acutely unwell patients from across the region on our intensive care floor, as well as specialising in enhanced cardiac imaging/ MRI.
The successful candidate may enlist to be enrolled in a 9 day rolling working pattern between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
It is expected that the department will move to 7 - day working in the near future with the possibility of on call commitments.
Main duties of the job
The Pacing/ Rhythm management team provide:
- Daily follow up clinics
- Remote follow up,
- A busy Brady implant service
- Physiologist lead ILR implant service.
- We are in the process of establishing a Physiologist ILR explant service.
- Services to an acute A&E department including unwell complex device patients
- A busy GP open access ECG reporting service, providing complex reports to GPs and other AHPs
As a band 7 you will be a designated line manager to junior staff, completing performance and pay appraisals. There are opportunities to help lead service development as a deputy service lead.
All candidates should be RCCP / AHCS/ HCPC registered
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertakes independently advanced Cardiac investigations and therapy.
- Undertake direct patient contact physiology procedures
- Analyse, interpret, and report complex clinical data (e.g. Ambulatory Monitoring) taking necessary departmental procedure when diagnosing an unexpected event liaising/advising with medical staff.
- To follow up and appropriately manage patients with implantable cardiac devices
- To document all investigations and or adjustments correctly.
- To maintain your professional development to be up to date with new device techniques/ advances
- Assist the implanting consultant in pacemaker implantation, performing initial checks etc
- To learn the techniques involved in LINQ implantation and explants
- Lead and supervise within RACPC and ETT areas, including obtaining patient consent. Advises the appropriate clinician when necessary.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertakes independently advanced Cardiac investigations and therapy.
- Undertake direct patient contact physiology procedures
- Analyse, interpret, and report complex clinical data (e.g. Ambulatory Monitoring) taking necessary departmental procedure when diagnosing an unexpected event liaising/advising with medical staff.
- To follow up and appropriately manage patients with implantable cardiac devices
- To document all investigations and or adjustments correctly.
- To maintain your professional development to be up to date with new device techniques/ advances
- Assist the implanting consultant in pacemaker implantation, performing initial checks etc
- To learn the techniques involved in LINQ implantation and explants
- Lead and supervise within RACPC and ETT areas, including obtaining patient consent. Advises the appropriate clinician when necessary.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- Registered with RCCP
- UKRC ILS
- ALS
- Post graduate qualification BSE/ARTP/BHRS/IBHRE
Desirable
- University Assessor qualification
- ASCST and/or MSCST
Experience
Essential
- Specialist post graduate experience within clinical cardiology or respiratory undertaking a range of invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Responsible for training others.
- Evidence of CPD/portfolio from a range of cardiology sources
Desirable
- Significant proportion of experience spent in non-invasive, invasive cardiology procedures or respiratory physiology.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good Communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Reasonable IT skills
Desirable
- Management Skills
- ECDL Certificate
- Partial knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- Registered with RCCP
- UKRC ILS
- ALS
- Post graduate qualification BSE/ARTP/BHRS/IBHRE
Desirable
- University Assessor qualification
- ASCST and/or MSCST
Experience
Essential
- Specialist post graduate experience within clinical cardiology or respiratory undertaking a range of invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Responsible for training others.
- Evidence of CPD/portfolio from a range of cardiology sources
Desirable
- Significant proportion of experience spent in non-invasive, invasive cardiology procedures or respiratory physiology.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- Good Communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Reasonable IT skills
Desirable
- Management Skills
- ECDL Certificate
- Partial knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
