Lead Cardiac Physiologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

WHO ARE WE?

• We are Circle Health Group.

• We are the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year.

• We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare.

• We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation.

WHO ARE YOU?

• You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained.

• You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction.

• You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

• You work alongside and support the departmental team leaders & Clinical Services Manager - Cardiology in providing high quality healthcare and technical expertise.

• You work in accordance with the standards set by the Society for Cardiological Science & Technology, the British Cardiac Society and the company.

• You provide efficient and effective cardiology in the inpatient, day case and outpatient setting.

• You lead the team to deliver care that helps improve the health of the individual and wider community, demonstrating compassion through effective relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity.

• You plan and perform, with guidance, a wide range of Cardiac Catheter lab procedures to a high level of competence, these include coronary angiography, angioplasty, pacemaker and ICD implantation and electrophysiology, when trained to do so.

• You plan, perform and interpret, with guidance, a range of investigations to a high level of competence for all other Cardiology investigations, including ECG, Holter monitoring, BP monitoring, exercise testing etc.

• You comply with all relevant mandatory training.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

• Current knowledge of a range of clinical specialties and developments in clinical practice.

• Experience of customer care, including interacting with customers in challenging situations.

• Previous experience working within the acute healthcare sector.

• Degree in Clinical physiology or equivalent / ONC / BTEC in physiological measurement and medical physics.

• Device Qualification.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU?

• You are a great communicator with different people at different levels.

• You are an excellent judge and decision maker.

• You are a highly effective problem solver.

• You are proactive and driven to succeed.

• You are punctual, committed and reliable.

• You are flexible and adaptable.

• You are committed to lifelong learning.

WHAT ELSE?

• This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments.

• You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act.

• You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current knowledge of a range of clinical specialties and developments in clinical practice.
• Experience of customer care, including interacting with customers in challenging situations.
• Previous experience working within the acute healthcare sector.
• Experienced Clinical Lead.
• Degree in Clinical physiology or equivalent / ONC / BTEC in physiological measurement and medical physics with a BSE qualification.
• Device Qualification.
• Ability to perform cardiac echocardiography (echo) scans.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Circle Health Group

Address

Clementine Churchill Hospital

Sudbury Hill

Harrow

Middlesex

HA1 3RX

Employer's website

https://www.circlehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)