Senior Cardiac Physiologist - Cardiac Rhythm Management

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Senior Cardiac Physiologistwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients

Lister Hospital is home to two state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheter Labs, offering a full range of interventional procedures and device implantations. We are committed to continually expanding our services and advancing the scope of practice to enhance both our physiologists' roles and patient care experience.

Our current invasive physiology team is small but dynamic & growing. The team includes three accredited Band 7 Physiologists, two Band 6 Physiologists in training, three Band 5 Physiologists gaining experience across all aspects of invasive cardiology, two apprentices, and one team member pursuing the equivalence pathway for registration. We actively encourage and support all invasive Physiologists to achieve device-based accreditation.

We take great pride in providing exceptional training and support, fostering a collaborative environment where every voice is valued and respected. Development is at the heart of our culture, with resources available to support attendance at national and international conferences, helping you to become the best version of yourself.

If you're passionate about advancing your career in invasive cardiology and thrive in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we'd love to hear from you.

A Recruitment and Retention package of 12.5% is offered for this position.

Main duties of the job

Promote high standards of professional practice and high quality care and delivery within Trust and departmentfollowing departmental policies, protocols and guidelines.

Demonstrate established clinical skills and knowledge in caring for cardiology patients.

Be a competent practitioner in invasive cardiology, able to independently perform routine and complex diagnostic invasive procedures and ambulatory cardiac investigations without supervision.

Supervise and train other cardiac physiologists

Monitor and maintain quality of services within invasive cardiology & device management.

Willingness to develop further specialist and advanced practical skills.Assist in managing resources efficiently and effectively, ensuring the smooth running of a quality service.

To actively encourage and develop a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac care.

To maintain an interest in the profession, and knowledge of new techniques and protocols; attending courseswhere necessary, in line with the services demands.

Remain professional at all times, liaise with other clinical teams and maintain good public relations on a one to one basis with the general public and other interest groups.

Demonstrates empathy when dealing with patients in distressing conditions

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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