South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Echocardiographer

The closing date is 30 June 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

Due to the departments infrastructure if the successful candidate has relevant experience/competence in Cardiac Cath labs, PPCI, TAVI, CRM device implants these will be maintained and they will participate in the Cath lab on call service.

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.

Some of the duties will include:

Perform echocardiograms on both inpatients and outpatients to a high standard, at all trust sites
Provide 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

About us

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:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso 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.

Date posted

16 June 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-CDC-6677631

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

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

Desirable

oClinical/ Physical Skills
oRegistration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or other appropriate council

Experience

Essential

oAdvanced specialist knowledge of all modalities of echocardiography.
oSound decision making, analytical and judgement skills.
oAbility to foresee implications of decisions and their impact on others.
oAbility to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality work.

Desirable

oParticipating in physiology lead valve clinics.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of technical cardiology.
oSkills necessary for performing dobutamine stress echocardiography.
oExcellent interpersonal skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

oMotivated
oPositive approach to customer care

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

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

Desirable

oClinical/ Physical Skills
oRegistration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or other appropriate council

Experience

Essential

oAdvanced specialist knowledge of all modalities of echocardiography.
oSound decision making, analytical and judgement skills.
oAbility to foresee implications of decisions and their impact on others.
oAbility to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality work.

Desirable

oParticipating in physiology lead valve clinics.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

oExcellent knowledge of technical cardiology.
oSkills necessary for performing dobutamine stress echocardiography.
oExcellent interpersonal skills

Personal Attributes

Essential

oMotivated
oPositive approach to customer care

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)