Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a large tertiary cardiac centre in Oxfordshire at the John Radcliffe Hospital and The Horton General Hospital in Banbury as well as the in the community.
Our Cardiac Physiology department has over 60 highly specialised staff that carry out a multitude of cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures in our dedicated heart centre.
Our goals are to deliver high quality, evidence based holistic care to Cardiac Patients.
To positively promote and implement the unit vision
To promote a collaborative approach to care
Demonstrate a commitment to professional and personal development, developing your own skills clinically and in leadership/mentorship, facilitating the learning of others.
Main duties of the job
Undertake without immediate supervision, a full range of diagnostic cardiac clinical physiology procedures eg. Ambulatory Monitoring, ECG, Echocardiography, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Cardiac Angiography procedures, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Rhythm Management proceduresAssist in the delivery of treatment for heart disease including rapid access chest pain clinic, percutaneous coronary intervention and implantable devices. Participate in the emergency on-call rota.
Provide training and mentor support to undergraduate and other junior staff programmes.
Single-handed or as part of a team, undertake clinical procedures on neonates, children and adults
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop management skills, and promote opportunities for self and others.
To maintain the professional profile of the unit and facilitate communication links with other departments.
To adhere to Trust, Directorate and unit policies, protocols and guidelines.
To actively participate in projects that develops staff and the unit profile.
To support the introduction of the Trust and department agenda for Clinical Governance.
Undertake without immediate supervision, a full range of diagnostic cardiac clinical physiology procedures eg. Ambulatory Monitoring, ECG, Echocardiography, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Cardiac Angiography procedures, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Rhythm Management procedures
Assist in the delivery of treatment for heart disease including rapid access chest pain clinic, percutaneous coronary intervention and implantable devices.
Participate in the emergency on-call rota.Provide training and mentor support to undergraduate and other junior staff programmes.
Single-handed or as part of a team, undertake clinical procedures on neonates, children and adults.
To be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients and his/her relatives without direct supervision according to level of competency.
To develop skills at interpreting complex clinical information, responding to changes promptly and appropriately and developing specialised plans of care for cardiac patients.
To recognise the Cardiac Physiologists role in health education and incorporate this function within clinical practice.To demonstrate use of effective and compassionate communication skills when dealing with patients and their families and to promote effective collaboration within the multidisciplinary team.
To demonstrate and promote a patient-centred style of practice.
To develop and expand within the role, with training, support and supervision, to be able to care for their patients holistically and to meet the clinical needs of the unit and show a commitment to learning.
To be aware of own limitations and developmental needs and actively seek to address these with support from mentor and the individual performance review process.
Contributes to the development, evaluation and audit of specialist protocols and guidelines.
To participate in and support research projects undertaken in the clinical area.
To respond promptly to emergencies by taking immediate action, requesting assistance /support as indicated, maintaining control and assisting with the support of the patient/relatives and junior staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop management skills, and promote opportunities for self and others.
To maintain the professional profile of the unit and facilitate communication links with other departments.
To adhere to Trust, Directorate and unit policies, protocols and guidelines.
To actively participate in projects that develops staff and the unit profile.
To support the introduction of the Trust and department agenda for Clinical Governance.
Undertake without immediate supervision, a full range of diagnostic cardiac clinical physiology procedures eg. Ambulatory Monitoring, ECG, Echocardiography, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Cardiac Angiography procedures, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Rhythm Management procedures
Assist in the delivery of treatment for heart disease including rapid access chest pain clinic, percutaneous coronary intervention and implantable devices.
Participate in the emergency on-call rota.Provide training and mentor support to undergraduate and other junior staff programmes.
Single-handed or as part of a team, undertake clinical procedures on neonates, children and adults.
To be responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients and his/her relatives without direct supervision according to level of competency.
To develop skills at interpreting complex clinical information, responding to changes promptly and appropriately and developing specialised plans of care for cardiac patients.
To recognise the Cardiac Physiologists role in health education and incorporate this function within clinical practice.To demonstrate use of effective and compassionate communication skills when dealing with patients and their families and to promote effective collaboration within the multidisciplinary team.
To demonstrate and promote a patient-centred style of practice.
To develop and expand within the role, with training, support and supervision, to be able to care for their patients holistically and to meet the clinical needs of the unit and show a commitment to learning.
To be aware of own limitations and developmental needs and actively seek to address these with support from mentor and the individual performance review process.
Contributes to the development, evaluation and audit of specialist protocols and guidelines.
To participate in and support research projects undertaken in the clinical area.
To respond promptly to emergencies by taking immediate action, requesting assistance /support as indicated, maintaining control and assisting with the support of the patient/relatives and junior staff.
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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).
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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).
