Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Physiologist - Echocardiography

The closing date is 29 August 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen at Broomfield Hospital for someone to join our friendly team as a Chief Cardiac Physiologist in our Cardiac Department that undertakes a variety of Cardiac diagnostic tests providing both an inpatient and outpatient service in which you will be based in either our PFI wing where we have the latest, most up to date equipment and facilities or the newly built Community Diagnostic Centre.

We are looking for a highly specialist Physiologist who is able to undertake Echocardiography, BSE qualification is essential. We are as BSE accredited department, we perform a range of Echocardiography services including Physiology led stress echocardiography and Physiology led valves clinics.

This is a permanent post and full time, 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to work as part of a multidisciplinary team assisting the Senior Chief and Principal Cardiac Physiologists to ensure the provision of high quality cardiac services and assisting with the day to day supervision of staff and be a specialist in Echocardiography.

You will take responsibility for junior staff in the absence of senior staff, the medical staff training in Echocardiography, provide managerial support to the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and provides clinical expertise in a broad range of investigations/procedures.

You will take an active role in the education, training and development of all junior staff, working closely with the training lead and ensure training continues in absence of the training lead.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Date posted

21 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

390-CSS-BR-9751

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a highly specialist Physiologist who is able to undertake Echocardiography, then we want to hear from you?

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a highly specialist Physiologist who is able to undertake Echocardiography, then we want to hear from you?

Please see the attached JD for further details of this exciting role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc in Healthcare Science or equivalent
RCCP registration
BSE Accreditation

Desirable

ALS qualification
BSE assessor

Experience

Essential

Significant experience as a Cardiac Physiologist in all areas of Cardiac Physiology, with further experience as specialist echocardiographer
Experience within a band 6 position for at least three years
Experience of training staff in echocardiography.
Able to perform Cardiology tests unsupervised

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc in Healthcare Science or equivalent
RCCP registration
BSE Accreditation

Desirable

ALS qualification
BSE assessor

Experience

Essential

Significant experience as a Cardiac Physiologist in all areas of Cardiac Physiology, with further experience as specialist echocardiographer
Experience within a band 6 position for at least three years
Experience of training staff in echocardiography.
Able to perform Cardiology tests unsupervised

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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