Specialist Cardiac Physiologist
Accepting applications until: 29-Apr-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Apr-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Address
- Whinney Heys Road
- Town
- Blackpool
- Postcode
- FY3 8NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Cardiology
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
The Lancashire Cardiac Centre is a tertiary cardiac provider for the people of Lancashire & Cumbria. The centre has a well-established invasive and non-invasive services covering a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services, these include;
Cardiac angiography & intervention,, device implants & follow-ups, EP simple and complex. Echocardiography . All these areas are constantly evolving and developing as new technologies are introduced.
Due to vacancy an opportunity has arisen, to recruit a Band 6 Cardiac Physiologists in the Cardiac Investigations Unit. Candidates should have good experience in cardiology procedures and be willing to progress their career in either Pacing and Electrophysiology or Echocardiography.
We are looking for Physiologists who will relish the challenge of being part of the team that will be taking our department forward into the future. The post holder will possess BSc in clinical physiology or equivalent and looking to develop their knowledge and skills.
As a multidisciplinary department the successful candidate will be expected to work unsupervised in most areas and developed in the field of their speciality. Candidates who may lack experience in some areas will be provided with training plans devised by our training manager to address their training needs.
Advert
As a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist you will be required to work autonomously as a competent practitioner within the CIU department. Duties will include specialised cardiac investigations such as diagnostic and interventional cardiology, permanent pacemaker implants & follow-up & routine non-invasive investigations.
Participation in an out of hours on call service for emergencies is an obligation for this post.
You will be expected to develop your knowledge & skill into a specialist area of cardiac rhythm management or echocardiography as part of this role.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents and employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
The organisation provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. We also have specialised Cardio-thoracic Surgical and Sleep Medicine services (including polysomnography) and provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be technically proficient as an independent practitioner in basic and specialist invasive and non-invasive cardiology procedures, this includes:
§ Diagnostic angiography – Monitor and recording of cardiac physiological measurements during the procedure. This also includes first line resuscitation with defibrillation, or assistance in the insertion of balloon pump and temporary pacing wires.
§ Interventional angiography; i.e. PCI, Stentings, rotablation, PMR, angiojet, intra vascular ultrasound and pressure wire – monitor and recording of cardiac physiological measurements for a clinical report. Keeping the physician fully informed of any clinical changes.
§ Permanent pacemaker implantation – Recording accurate lead function tests to guide a secure implantation of cardiac pacing leads. To record and document results, inform appropriate physician of any faults/problems. Support for patient throughout the procedure.
§ Routine implantable device follow up – Working independently to record accurate lead function tests, making clinical decisions for basic reprogramming of pacemakers depending upon the results of the tests. To document all measurements and inform appropriate physician of any faults/problems.
· Analysis of 12 lead ECG & ambulatory ECG recordings producing a factual report, which may impact on the clinical management of the patient.
§ Exercise Stress Testing & Cardiopulmonary Exercise services – As lead Cardiac Physiologist (CP) produce a technical report of the accurate recordings obtained of the cardiac electrocardiogram. Good communication is required with the patient to ensure they fully understand the test. Some training of junior medical staff in supervision of exercise stress testing is required.
§ Tilt testing – As lead CP working alongside doctors and CP monitor and record cardiac physiological measurement throughout the procedure. Be prepared to respond quickly and appropriately and perform resuscitation when necessary.
§ Participation in the on-call rota for PPCI, Emergency angiography & interventional cardiology, pacemaker implantation & implantable device checks, and other urgent procedures as required.
§ Supervision and training of junior staff in all aspects of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- Active Membership of one of the following: British Cardiac Society(BCS), Society of Cardiological Technicians (SCST) ,
- Voluntary Registered with Register Cardiac Clinical Physiologists (RCCP)
- Immediate Life Support or Advanced Life Support (within last 12 months)
Desirable criteria
- IBHRE Exam in Pacing +/- EP and/or HRUK exam in Pacing/EP BSE Adult Proficiency Accreditation
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Competent to perform full range Invasive procedures
- Extensive post graduate experience in technical cardiology
- Competent to perform full range Non-Invasive procedures
- Good IT knowledge of Microsoft word, excel, and database input.
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge in performing and reporting echocardiography
SKILLS AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Keen to development personally & professionally
- Ability to work accurately to a reasonable deadline
- Experience of teaching & supporting junior staff
- Ability to work automatously
- Excellent verbal & written communication
- Dynamic Enthusiastic
- Team Worker
- Ability to work flexibly to complete tasks required
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of national professional and NHS guidelines relating to service provision and quality.
- Good organisational & management skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angelic Goode
- Job title
- Cardiac Investigations Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253957742
- Additional information
Gillian Burnett
Cardiac Physiology Lab Manager
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