Echocardiographer

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and proficient individual who is trained within the field of Echocardiography and holds up to date BSE accredited in Adult TTE.

The successful candidate will be employed on at Band 7 and will be expected to complete internal departmental competencies.

This is an unrivalled opportunity to work at the leading edge of cardiac technology and patient care in a dynamic and innovative environment. Working with state-of-the-art echocardiographic equipment in a fully digital lab you will have the opportunity to work in all aspects of echocardiography, including 3D, in one of the North's leading cardiac centres.

The department offers a range of imaging procedures/clinics such as Transthoracic, TOE, DSE, Dedicated Oncology Monitoring Clinic and CRT optimisation.

As a leading tertiary centre, we offer and encourage extended roles at present these are within Research and Audit. Echocardiographers are supported through the clinical skills assessment course for the Physiologist lead valve clinics, They provide image support within our well established Structural Heart disease program (TAVI and Paravalvular closure ). Along with Physiologist led TOE and Exercise Echo.

Due to the departments infrastructure the successful candidate will also be expected to become competent to rotate through cardiac Cath labs, PPCI, TAVI, CRM device implants and to participate in the Cath lab on call service.

Main duties of the job

Perform echocardiograms on both inpatients and outpatients to a high standard, at all trust sitesProvide clear and accurate reports on echocardiograms.Ensure that reports generated by non-specialist cardiac physiologists and cardiology registrars are comprehensive, clear and accurate.Play an active role in the supervision and training of medical and technical staff in all areas of echocardiography.To join with our imaging cardiologists and Operational lead in echography in developing high quality echocardiography across the trust.Extended role development - contrast and stress echocardiography, TOE,CRT, 3D, simple SCHD and specialist valve clinics, specialist cath lab support for TAVI and structural heart disease procedures with possible development into MRI, Physiology lead TOE and Paediatric clinics.To facilitate training and accreditation of technical and trainee medical staff to contribute significantly to regular echo review meetings.To drive a high-quality service across the trusts hospitals by developing scanning and reporting to a standard templateLiaise with other physiologists to facilitate a seamless programme of care to patients and service to medical staff.competent to rotate through cardiac Cath labs, PPCI, TAVI, CRM device implants and to participate in the Cath lab on call service

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

About us

The Echocardiography Unit is a large busy department split across 2 sites, the James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage. In addition, we work at number of external community clinics.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a large tertiary referral centre for cardiothoracic services. There are 17 Cardiologists (2 based within the Cardiology Unit at the Friarage) 7 Surgeons,35 Cardiac Physiologists and 20 support staff across two sites providing an efficient and high-quality service to patients. We currently have (8) dedicated echo rooms within the Trust, 2 of which are designed to perform stress and exercise echocardiography.

The departments on both sites are equipped with state-of-the-art technology which allows us to take both secondary and tertiary referrals. Additional services provided by the units include cardiac rhythm management device follow up along with a full range of non-invasive cardiology diagnostics including ECGs, ambulatory ECG, BP and extended ECG monitoring, exercise tolerance tests and rapid access chest pain clinic.

Date posted

20 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CARDIO-6829857-A

Job locations

The James Cook University hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Leadership and Improvement Training

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

Person Specification

Qualifiations

Essential

oBSc (Hons) in a science subject or equal
oBSE accreditation in adult echocardiography.

Desirable

oClinical/ Physical Skills

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of technical cardiology.
oAbility to perform and report adult transthoracic echocardiograms.
oSkills necessary for performing dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Experience

Essential

oAdvanced specialist knowledge of all modalities of echocardiography.

Person Specification

Qualifiations

Essential

oBSc (Hons) in a science subject or equal
oBSE accreditation in adult echocardiography.

Desirable

oClinical/ Physical Skills

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of technical cardiology.
oAbility to perform and report adult transthoracic echocardiograms.
oSkills necessary for performing dobutamine stress echocardiography.

Experience

Essential

oAdvanced specialist knowledge of all modalities of echocardiography.

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.