Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.

Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.

We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Job overview

This position will be to enable the Trust to provide investigations including at an external site at West Swindon with staff rotation into the department at the hospital.

We have a well-established remote monitoring pacemaker service and are actively involved in research for both Echocardiography and pacing.

The post holder will independently perform and report on a range of investigations performed.

Main duties of the job

Development, Planning and Service Improvement:

1. To work in close partnership with the Cardiac Physiology Service Managers, other cardiac physiologists, and lead clinicians on a day-to-day basis.
2. To help develop and facilitate the implementation of standard operating procedures and guidelines within the department, which will support the delivery of an effective service.
3. To help undertake regular review of these guidelines and update them in line with current research, and national / local guidelines.
4. To remain current in best practice guidelines within cardiac physiology. To use this information to work with the Cardiac Physiology Service Managers in service development.

Working for our organisation

Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice:

1. To maintain an extensive knowledge and expertise in cardiac physiology.
2. To train, develop and assess junior staff members, ensuring skill maintenance and service delivery requirements are met.
3. Perform clinical investigations in line with both local and nationally agreed standards.
4. Ensure that factual reports on the results obtained from clinical investigations are issued and communicated in a timely manner to referring physicians depending on their clinical urgency.
5. Responsible for data entry, text processing and storage of data using a computer-based data entry system.
6. Support the development of new procedures and investigations and develop staff accordingly.
7. Maintain a current ILS certification.

Clinical Governance:

1. In conjunction with the Cardiac Physiology Services Manager, help ensure that an appropriate range of quality standards and performance indicators for the service are identified, implemented, and monitored.
2. Undertake clinical governance activities, such as audit, interim evaluations of the service and on-going quality improvement.
3. Implement any appropriate actions as identified through the on-going audit programme after collaborative discussion with the lead clinician and Cardiac Physiology Services Manager.
4. Dependant on experience. Undertake regular individual performance review of designated staff, ensuring each team member has agreed objectives and personal development plans which are consistent with the departments / trust service objectives.
5. Bring to the attention of the Cardiac Physiology Service Managers clinical incidents and complaints.

Please see attached job description for further details

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc Honours Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or equivalent
• Current post graduate professional qualification, :- Current IBHRE / HRUK accreditation
• Able to demonstrate on going professional development and up to date clinical practice
• Able to perform and report on:- Advanced cardiac rhythm management devices – troubleshoot and program both ICD and CRT devices according to departmental and current best practice guidelines.

• Able to work independently in other areas of cardiac physiology aside from your main interest, for example: Perform and/or assist in DSE, ESE and TOE Perform and report 3D echo and adult congenital heart disease scans. Work in CRM or cardiac catheter laboratory services
• Teaching and assessor qualification
• RCCP or HCPC registration
• Second professional post graduate Adult BSE accreditation

Experience

• Considerable post graduate experience in noninvasive cardiac investigations underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience
• Able to supervise both medical and physiology staff in training in advanced CRM, ensuring all devices are tested and programmed according to current best practice guidelines
• Financial awareness
• Knowledge of developing operational policies
• Experience leading a team
• Experience of collaborative team working

• Experience in all areas of invasive cardiac investigations underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience
• Experience of teaching and assessing invasive and/or non - invasive cardiac investigations

Knowledge

• Able to demonstrate an awareness of current issues in cardiology
• IT literate
• Possess excellent verbal and non- verbal communication

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.

Eligibility for this role requires:

• Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
• Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria

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Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

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We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

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