Job summary
An Exciting opportunity's have arisen for a qualified Echocardiographer or Highly Specialist Clinical Physiologist specialised in Echocardiography or Cardiac Rhythm Management.
You will be predominantly based on the Royal Hospital site but will provide services to Broadgreen and Aintree Hospitals. Given the nature of the department a flexible working pattern.
Applicants must either be BSE accredited or BHRS accredited and have completed either a BSc in Healthcare Science or PGCert in Echocardiography.
Applicants must have AHCS/ HCPC registration or be working towards registration [If an ETP candidate]
Main duties of the job
We are busy and dynamic department providing Cardiology services to Liverpool and the surrounding regions.
- To provide Echocardiography to inpatients and outpatients
- To perform Echocardiography independent to BSE dataset guidelines
- To report and analyse Echo results in line with BSE guidance
- To successfully line manage staff within your team with the assistance of the department manager
- To perform advanced techniques such as TOE, Exercise/ Dobutamine Echo, Bubble studies, Contrast studies and more.
For Pacing qualified individuals
- To provide routine pacemaker follow up
- To provide inpatient pacing follow up for complex devices including emergency situations involving a device
- To provide expert support during pacemaker implant
- To be train in the physiologist led LINQ implant service
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide Echocardiography to inpatients and outpatients
- To perform Echocardiography independent to BSE dataset guidelines
- To report and analyse Echo results in line with BSE guidance
- To successfully line manage staff within your team with the assistance of the department manager
- To perform advanced techniques such as TOE, Exercise/ Dobutamine Echo, Bubble studies, Contrast studies and more.
For Pacing qualified individuals
- To provide routine pacemaker follow up
- To provide inpatient pacing follow up for complex devices including emergency situations involving a device
- To provide expert support during pacemaker implant
- To be train in the physiologist led LINQ implant service
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide Echocardiography to inpatients and outpatients
- To perform Echocardiography independent to BSE dataset guidelines
- To report and analyse Echo results in line with BSE guidance
- To successfully line manage staff within your team with the assistance of the department manager
- To perform advanced techniques such as TOE, Exercise/ Dobutamine Echo, Bubble studies, Contrast studies and more.
For Pacing qualified individuals
- To provide routine pacemaker follow up
- To provide inpatient pacing follow up for complex devices including emergency situations involving a device
- To provide expert support during pacemaker implant
- To be train in the physiologist led LINQ implant service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate honours degree [1st or 2.1 class] in cardiac physiology or a relevant scientific subject
- PG cert in Echocardiography or Clinical Physiology Degree
- BSE accreditation
- Will obtain RCCP accreditation as soon as possible
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Able to work autonomously performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
Desirable
- Has experience in advanced echo techniques I.e TOE, Stress etc
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously in the planning and execution of their own work and under the guidance of their Departmental Supervisors.
- Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients.
- Good understanding of ethics and professional practice, the NHS constitution and the importance of patient-centred care.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques.
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both writing and speaking in English language
- Effective team worker
- Good active listening skills to build rapport with the listener to encourage an open discussion.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate honours degree [1st or 2.1 class] in cardiac physiology or a relevant scientific subject
- PG cert in Echocardiography or Clinical Physiology Degree
- BSE accreditation
- Will obtain RCCP accreditation as soon as possible
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Able to work autonomously performing and reporting echocardiograms
- Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
Desirable
- Has experience in advanced echo techniques I.e TOE, Stress etc
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously in the planning and execution of their own work and under the guidance of their Departmental Supervisors.
- Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients.
- Good understanding of ethics and professional practice, the NHS constitution and the importance of patient-centred care.
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques.
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both writing and speaking in English language
- Effective team worker
- Good active listening skills to build rapport with the listener to encourage an open discussion.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
