[ref. x04817824] Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiographer)

Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.

Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.

We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.

Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon

Job overview

Band 7 Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

Vacancy: 1 x part time (18.75 hours per week)

Applications are invited for a highly motivated echocardiographer to join the Cardiology Department at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. The successful candidates will work at both Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre on a rotational basis.

We are a very busy department providing a wide range of investigations both invasive and non-invasive.

A complement of 8 Cardiologists is supported by a team of cardiac physiologists, assistant practitioners, specialist registrars and specialist nurses along with a dedicated clerical team.

Adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography is regularly performed along with complex echocardiography (stress echo/ transoesophageal echo/ contrast and bubble studies).

A full range of non-invasive and invasive procedures are performed within the department and there is also a well established pacemaker, ICD and CRT implant and follow-up service.

This post provides an exciting opportunity an enthusiastic experienced Cardiac Physiologist to join our team and help deliver a high quality service for our patient population.

The successful applicant will have BSc. Clinical Physiology, HNC MPPM or equivalent. Full British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic echo accreditation or recognized equivalent is essential for this post.

Main duties of the job

To work in co-operation with the Principal Cardiac Physiologist and Cardiac Imaging Consultant, as part of the team that provides Cardiac Physiology Services within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in a timely, efficient, high quality, equitable and cost effective manner.

The post holder will be a specialist in the field of echocardiography with experience in all other areas of non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing. He/ she will work predominantly in echo and hold transthoracic echo accreditation by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) or equivalent.

In addition to clinical duties, he/ she will have designated managerial/ educational responsibilities as the needs of the service dictate.

Working for our organisation

Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding this vacancy.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• BSc Clinical Physiology, recognized precursor or equivalent qualification
• Relevant Postgraduate profession related qualifications in echocardiography e.g. British Society of Echocardiography Accreditation or equivalent
• Immediate or Advanced Life Support
• Evidence of Continuing professional Development

• Management Qualification
• MSc Cardiology or equivalent experience
• Professional Registration

Knowledge and Understanding

• Expert knowledge of the clinical background to specialist and highly specialist diagnostic and therapeutic, non-invasive and invasive procedures in Cardiology
• Specialist in the field of echocardiography

Experience

• Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level in echocardiography providing reports for echos undertaken
• Highly specialist practitioner/ expert resource in echocardiography
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Broad experience and competence maintained in all routine and specialist cardiac procedures e.g. exercise tolerance testing, ambulatory ECG/ BP monitoring, cardiac catheterisation/ PCI
• Experience of complex echocardiography e.g. paediatric, exercise and dobutamine stress echo, transoesophageal echo, 3D echo
• Experience of Cardiology database and image archive, Philips CVIS and ISCV
• Experience of NHS financial processes
• Management of personnel and associate processes

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment
• Calmly and accurately assess a clinical situation within own area of skill and act promptly and appropriately
• Interpret and report specialist and highly specialist procedures i.e. echo
• Highly organized
• Committed and patient focused

• Computer literacy, Windows, Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.
• Teaching skills
• To run an echo clinic autonomously
• Achievement orientated