Healthcare Science Assistant

Healthcare Science Assistant

The closing date is 03 February 2026.

University Hospitals of North Midlands is currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role; however, UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa.

You must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the cardiology team at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands.

The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands provides cardiac diagnostic testing for inpatients, outpatients and in emergency care portals. Resting electrocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring are an essential part of our cardiology services and are the primary focus of this role.

Working across sites, including County Hospital, Royal Stoke Hospital and the Community Diagnostic Centre, the successful candidate will provide ECG clinics and arrhythmia monitoring services. In addition, this role involves assisting senior healthcare scientists in the provision of specialist cardiac clinics. The successful applicant will join an established team of 15 healthcare science assistants.

The cardiology department has an established training and development programme to provide the practical skills required for providing a range of specialist non-invasive cardiac investigations. This role will include recording ECGs, ambulatory holter monitoring hook-up, organisation of OP clinics and support for specialist cardiac diagnostic clinics led by senior healthcare scientists.

Services are provided at the newly commissioned community diagnostic centre as well as at both Royal Stoke & County Hospital sites. Candidates will need to be able to travel to each of these settings.

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.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

• Recognised qualification in ECG recording
• GCSE Science or equivalent

• Experience in a cardiac physiology department
• Experience delivering cardiac diagnostic testing
• Experience in NHS
• Evidence of recent learning in cardiac science

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, Community Diagnostic Centre, and other primary care centres in the region.

Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, Community Diagnostic Centre, and other primary care centres in the region.