Trainee Cardiac physiologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a trainee cardiac physiologist with a keen interest in echocardiography at London North West University Hospital Trust. We are pleased to offer a full time post to work within our multi-disciplinary team. Applicants require a BSc in Cardiac Physiology or equivalent and eligible for BSE registration, RCCP /AHCS or equivalent is required. This post will work alongside, under the supervision of the specialist leads to enable us to co-ordinate a quality service.

Previous NHS experience is essential.

Main duties of the job

This is a trainee post for a cardiac physiologist to mainly specialise within echocardiography. We currently undertake a wide variety of non-invasive and invasive tests including ECG, Ambulatory Monitoring, Tilt Table Testing, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Echocardiography (including Dobutamine and Exercise Stress Echo, Transoesophageal, Contrast and Bubble Studies, Specialist Valve Clinics, Advanced Imaging including Speckle Tracking and 3-D Echocardiography and Research), Cardiac Catheterisation and Permanent Pacing; both implant and follow up.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.