Job summary
Join our dynamic and forward-thinking Echocardiography team and take your career to the next level.
We are an ambitious, enthusiastic and highly skilled department delivering a wide range of echocardiography services -- from standard and community clinics to complex specialist studies. Our physiologist-led services include stress echocardiography, bubble and contrast studies, and we are expanding into physiologist-led TOE. We are also proud to be a regional centre of excellence for the assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension.
As a fully accredited department (TTE, Stress and TOE) and a recognised British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) training centre, we offer a supportive environment where you can develop advanced skills and gain nationally recognised qualifications.
In this role, you will be supported to train to BSE Level 2 and achieve full BSE Transthoracic Echocardiography accreditation within 18 months. You will also complete a Postgraduate Certificate with the University of the West of England, delivered in partnership with the National School of Healthcare Science.
If you're enthusiastic, motivated and ready to join a progressive team committed to excellence in cardiac diagnostics, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Performing standard Transthoracic echocardiograms in various inpatient and outpatient settings and producing accurate and reproducible measurements and quantification, interpreting findings to a highly competent professional standard once trained.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the detailed job description and person specification that is already attached for further detail.
Person Specification
Educational
Essential
- o A 1st or 2:1 in either an undergraduate honours degree (including an integrated master's degree) in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant scientific content) o A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) plus relevant cardiology experience and approval from the relevant HEI o A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree plus relevant higher degree excluding MSc in Echocardiography o An alternative or vocational qualification plus sufficient and relevant experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology, as evidenced by registration on the Academy for Healthcare Science Accredited Healthcare Science Practitioner Register, and approval from the relevant HEI
Clinical
Essential
- Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
Scientific Skills
Essential
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
Scientific Skills
Essential
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye coordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques.
Person Specification
Educational
Essential
- o A 1st or 2:1 in either an undergraduate honours degree (including an integrated master's degree) in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant scientific content) o A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) plus relevant cardiology experience and approval from the relevant HEI o A 2:2 undergraduate honours degree plus relevant higher degree excluding MSc in Echocardiography o An alternative or vocational qualification plus sufficient and relevant experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology, as evidenced by registration on the Academy for Healthcare Science Accredited Healthcare Science Practitioner Register, and approval from the relevant HEI
Clinical
Essential
- Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
Scientific Skills
Essential
- Good IT skills and knowledge of common computing packages for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
Scientific Skills
Essential
- Highly developed co-ordination skills with good dexterity and hand-eye coordination and those skills required for the performance of fine analytical techniques.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
