Highly Specialist Lead Cardiac Physiologist Invasive Cardiology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’.Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS.We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Cardiac Physiologist working independently in Invasive Cardiology? Would you like to be part of a dynamic, highly skilled, forward thinking team, working in the centre of London opposite the Houses of Parliament? We are looking to recruit a qualified Cardiac Physiologist/Clinical Scientist to lead our Invasive Cardiac Physiology team.
This role is in receipt of short-term Recruitment and Retention Premia (RRP) of £5275. This supplementary payment will end on 31st March 2025, with standard consideration of annual renewal. You will be notified accordingly of any changes to this premium and receive the appropriate notice of the change, in line with Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
Main duties of the job
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident Cardiac Physiologist with excellent invasive Cath Lab skills to expand their practice in all areas of interventional and structural Cardiology and expand into a leadership and management role.
The individual will work within, and lead the physiologist team to provide support for all cardiac catheter procedures including on-call 24/7 Primary angioplasty in acute MI (PAMI) service.
We frequently manage patients with congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions and work closely with our colleagues at the Evelina children’s hospital, which offers another dimension to cardiac rhythm management.
We are part of an expert Cardiovascular Department working with world renowned Consultants involved in cutting edge techniques and research programmes as part of ‘Kings Health Partners’, one of only 5 academic health science centres within the UK, in which physiologists are fully integrated.
At Guys and St Thomas’ we strongly Promote Good Clinical Practice and Quality Assurance, and this is endorsed by supporting staff through the HCPC equivalence process, as well as the HSST program, which we currently have staff members completing.
Working for our organisation
The Cardiovascular department is based on both the Guys’ and St. Thomas’ Hospitals sites. We provide a full range of cardiac diagnostic services and investigations expected of a large tertiary centre including an electrophysiology, echocardiography, cardiac surgery and paediatric cardiology.We are at the forefront of cardiovascular technology and are international leaders in some areas. Cardiac Physiology is in integrated service in the multidisciplinary team and actively contributes to research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To perform the duties of a highly specialist independent practitioner in the environment of the Cardiac Cath Labs. This will include the use of the departmental IT system, (EPIC) to record all aspects of the service and to perform and record cardiac haemodynamic and electrophysiological measurements during these procedures.
Specific areas include, but not restricted to:
- Coronary pressure Wire studies
- Intra vascular ultrasound (IVUS)
- Laser angioplasty
- Rotational atherectomy
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Intra aortic balloon counter pulsation
- Transcatheter aortic valve implant (TAVI)
- Aortic & mitral valvuloplasty
- Mitral-Clip procedures
- ASD, PFO and other structural heart disease cases
- Impella
- CTO PCIs
To ensure that all clinical duties are carried out in such a manner as to ensure safety and compliance with any locally agreed protocols. To train and support junior staff, and students (PTP and STP) during their Cath Lab rotations. Manage a small team of physiologist and perform managerial roles including annual PDRs and training, supported by senior Cardiac Physiology Management team.
To act as an expert clinical role model and resource to staff in order to optimise quality of care delivery through facilitation of evidence based/best practice care.
To demonstrate a high level of clinical competence in the care of cardiac patients and to support, develop and supervise staff in gaining clinical competence and confidence.
To demonstrate use of highly advanced communication skills to support patients and families, to manage conflict promptly and effectively, and to support and promote effective working relations within the multi-disciplinary team, Directorate and Trust.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level interventional cardiac procedures
- Experience of staff and budget management
- Experience of providing training & Assessment
- Stock management
- Excellent analytical ability
- Experience of on-call PAMI service
Skills
Essential criteria- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Able to build teams and work comfortably and effectively in a team environment
- Able to contribute to research based activities.
- Committed, highly organised and Patient focused
- Ability to undertake research based activities as investigator
Knowledge/ Qualifications
Essential criteria- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Hold an ILS certification
- Evidence of post graduate study in clinical or management area
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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