Advanced Clinical Physiologist Echocardiography
The closing date is 14 August 2025
Job summary
An opportunity in Echocardiography has arisen within UHDB Foundation Trust, which includes QHB, RDH and the CDC. The appointed will be predominantly based at QHB, with some rotation expected across our sister sites.
We are recruiting an Advanced Clinical Physiologist/Healthcare Scientist, who shares our vision to be trusted, to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The RDH echocardiography department is BSE accredited in 3 domains - TTE, training and TOE - working towards stress echo accreditation, and has well established physiologist led exercise stress echo, bubble/LVO studies and VSC clinics.
The QHB echocardiography department undertakes regular adult TTE and TOE lists. We would ideally prefer the candidate to have some experience in valve surveillance and stress echocardiography, in order to support the set up of these new services, and potential rotation into these services at our sister sites.
We are seeking an experienced and independent adult BSE accredited echocardiography physiologist (minimum 1 year post BSE accreditation).
The successful applicant will be supported to attend regular BSE conferences and courses.
Main duties of the job
- Independently performing and reporting adult transthoracic echocardiograms.
- Experience in valve surveillance and/or stress echocardiography (desirable).
- Experience in performing and reporting other advanced diagnostic tests in non-invasive cardiology.
- Be able to assist in a range of specialised adult cardiac ultrasound investigations.
- As part of the role, you would be expected to train in advanced imaging modalities such as stress echo, 3D echo, TOE, speckle tracking and strain analysis.
- Effectively organise and prioritise own workload, dependant on clinical urgency to provide a timely, appropriate service.
- Supervision of non-BSE accredited staff - which may be from various disciplines and grades, taking responsibility for ensuring all necessary views and measurements are obtained and producing a clinical report.
- Audit and research as required by the job.
- Oversee and sign off other physiologists/doctors' reports.
- Partaking in non-invasive cardiology investigations e.g. ambulatory ECG analysis and reports.
- Rotate between QHB, RDH and CDC as required.
Closing date of applications: 14 August 2025
Interview date: 28 August 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Details
Date posted
01 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata/pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
320-MED-BUR-1677
Job locations
Queens Hospital Burton
Belvedere road
Burton-Upon-Trent
DE13 0RB
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queens Hospital Burton
Belvedere road
Burton-Upon-Trent
DE13 0RB
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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