Cardiac Physiologist

Cardiac Physiologist

The closing date is 29 December 2026

There is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Cardiac Physiologist to join the Cardiac Physiology team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

We have a friendly, dynamic inter‑professional cardiology team consisting of Cardiology specialist Nurses, Clinical Physiologists and 11 Consultant Cardiologists who offer a wide range of invasive and non‑invasive services across the cardiology field to the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear area.

The department currently offers physiologist‑led exercise testing, ambulatory monitoring services and a well‑established device service including both low and high voltage device implantation (including CSP) and follow‑up of specialist devices such as ICDs and CRTs. We perform diagnostic angiography with plans to open a second PCI cath lab in the future.

We also have an extensive echocardiography service offering Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, exercise echocardiography and contrast studies.

We are a forward‑thinking department and encourage development of staff including training towards national accreditation.

• Carry out and interpret ECGs
• Provide analysis for ambulatory ECGs and blood pressures
• Carry out exercise tolerance testing
• Provide technical support during pacemaker and ILR implantation
• Develop skills in pacemaker follow‑up
• Contribute to the ILR follow‑up service

Supported to undertake specialist training resulting in national accreditation in either CRM or Echo.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

We are one of the best‑performing NHS organisations in England, with a focus on staff experience as much as patient experience.

• Participate in the delivery of a specialist clinical diagnostic service and deliver a high standard of care to all patients.
• Perform and report 12‑lead ECGs.
• Apply, remove and analyse ambulatory monitoring.
• Give technical assistance during pacemaker/ICD implantation and assist in the provision of pacemaker follow‑up clinics.
• Take lead position during technically led exercise tolerance testing.
• Under supervision, perform and report transthoracic echocardiograms.
• Assist during TOE and stress echo procedures.
• Role‑model compassionate and inclusive leadership, engaging, enabling and empowering others, using coaching to promote learning and quality improvement, and facilitating team working and collaboration within and across departments.

• BSc in Clinical Physiology or BSc Healthcare Sciences (Cardiology) or equivalent, with detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and patient assessment.
• Must be registered with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, the Academy of Healthcare Sciences or, if newly qualified, have applied and be responsible for ensuring own professional regulation and accreditation is maintained.
• Immediate Life Support (to be gained within first 6 months if not already obtained).

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
• Knowledge of or experience in quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.