[ref. a44855817] Healthcare Science Assistant - Stoke-on-Trent
Job overview
The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands provides diagnostic testing for inpatients and outpatients at both Royal stoke Hospital and County Hospital. These include exercise tolerance testing, head up tilt table testing, echocardiography, pacemaker implant and follow-up, heamodynamic monitoring during invasive coronary angiography, electrophysiological testing and electrocardiography (ECG).Resting electrocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring is an essential part of the wider service, the primary focus of this role is to support ECG services and arrhythmia monitoring services at both at the trust and in the community. In addition to ECG, this role involves assisting senior healthcare scientists in the provision of specialist clinics.
The successful applicant will join an established team of 15 healthcare science assistants.
Main duties of the job
The cardiology Department has an established training & development programme to provide the practical skills required for providing a range of specialist invasive & non-invasive cardiac investigations. This role willinclude recording ECG’s, assisting in exercise tolerance & tilt testing, arrhythmia monitoring and community based ECG clinics in Stoke on Trent. Analysis and interpretation of clinical data & providing technical reports will be required.
Services are provided at various community settings across Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire as well as at both Royal Stoke & County Hospital Sites . Candidates will need to be able to travel to each of these settings.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE Maths & English
- Recognised qualification in ECG recording
- GCSE Science or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience in a cardiac physiology department
- Experience delivery cardiac diagnostic testing
- Evidence of recent learning in cardiac science
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