Advanced Specialist Cardiac Physiologist Echocardiography

Job overview

Band 6/7 Advanced Specialist Cardiac Physiologist Echocardiography

We are looking for enthusiastic, committed, dynamic individuals to join our Team at Manchester Foundation Trust who will have the opportunity to rotate between sites to provide Cardiac Diagnostic Services both in a large tertiary centre, District General and the community setting.

Manchester Foundation Trust offers a full spectrum of Invasive and Non-Invasive cardiac diagnostic investigations and is committed to developing staff and actively developing new roles for service provision.

Our mission is to improve the health/quality of life for our patients by building an organisation that develops and invests in the individuals that work here and this can only be achieved with the recruitment of the right people.

We will consider individuals who have passed their BSE written exam and are working towards their full accreditation to be appointed at Band 6 level.  Achievement of Band 7 will be considered after completion of a minimum of one year of supervised scanning and reporting,  attaining BSE accreditation, and completing a minimum of six months post accreditation consolidation . They would also need to complete all departmental sign-off  and will be required to be comfortable and competent in a community setting.

Any Enquires are welcomed and if you wish to arrange an informal visit of the department do not hesitate to contact us.

Flexible working will be considered.

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Independently practises with a high level of skill and autonomy at Advanced Specialist level in at least one field of tertiary cardiology

Independently practises with a high level of skill and autonomy a wide range of other cardiac physiology procedures

Provides effective day-to-day leadership of the cardiac physiology team within the advanced specialist field and other areas when required

Actively participates in practical & theoretical training & development of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals from inside and outside of the organisation

Participates in cardiac & associated medical research as integral to the role

 To undertake any other duties which is deemed appropriate to the band when requested by Principal Cardiac Physiologist

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.