Specialist Cardiac Physiologist; Echocardiography

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For All Enquiries Please Contact Gareth Hepton (Echo Team Leader), Natasha Watchorn (Cardiac Physiology Service Manager).

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The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a full time Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our friendly, supportive, and driven team.

Our busy cardiac service enjoys a strong reputation for commitment to the very highest standards of care, covering a wide range of invasive and non-invasive investigations.

The Echocardiography team provides a service for patients across our 4 sites (Dewsbury, Pinderfields, Pontefract and the Community Diagnostic Hub). The team delivers adult Transthoracic, Stress (ESE, DSE, bicycle ergometer), Contrast/Bubble and Transoesophageal Echocardiograms. We are also currently developing physiologist led Valve and Stress Echo clinics.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to developing their practical expertise and knowledge. Continuous professional development is a cornerstone of the team, where you will be encouraged and supported to achieve your full potential.

In addition to your professional development, you will participate in regular audits and provide valuable insights to contribute towards service development. As proud member of a Teaching Trust you will be involved in training and developing others.

You will have proven competency in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography and will preferably hold BSE accreditation.

Applicants working towards completion of the BSE logbook may be considered for the post at Band 6 to progress to Band
7. Banding of successful applicant/s will start at Band 6 until the necessary threshold of skills, experience and BSE accreditation is achieved for progression to Band 7.

• Provides leadership to the designated team
• Investigates and responds to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
• Ensures the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies within the team
• Takes responsibility for setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of care delivered to patients
• Promotes evidence-based practice, wherever possible
• Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area
• Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area
• Engages users on service delivery and development

• Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
• Maintains a safe working environment
• Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies
• Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
• Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data
• Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation
• Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team
• Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF

• Current HCPC, RCCP or AHCS registration
• Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent
• Holds professional accreditation appropriate to role British Society of Echocardiography

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Audit & Standard setting
• Specialist knowledge in field of practice
• Current issues in healthcare
• In‑depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within echocardiography
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

• Good hand/eye co‑ordination skills and manual dexterity.
• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods during acquisition of diagnostic data.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• IT skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to manoeuvre often heavy/cumbersome medical equipment.
• Able to provide physical support in assisting patients to transfer,…