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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist (Cardiac Rhythm Management)
Accepting applications until: 11-May-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 11-May-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- St. Thomas' Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD
- Tref
- LONDON
- Cod post
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 9 -5)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £54,320 - £60,981 PA inc HCA. Recruitment & Retention £5275
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Cardiac Physiology
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 21/05/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
To perform clinical physiology duties within the sphere of ‘Cardiac Rhythm Management’, acting as a physiologist / clinical scientist in this area. The post holder will provide specialist professional direction and expertise in the technical environment of the device implantation and follow-up as well as other aspects of CRM. They will act as a resource within the department to provide expert and specialist advice.
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and developing standards of performance and competency within cardiac rhythm management.
The post-holder will continuously monitor day-to-day service delivery, and suggest/recommend actions for improvement to the Head of Invasive Cardiac Physiology
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Post holder to perform the duties of a highly specialist independent practitioner, to competently perform a wide range of complex and highly complex specialised cardiac investigations, both invasive and non-invasive; including electrophysiology studies, complex devices implants and follow-up; analysis, interpretation and reporting of results.
Specific areas include, but not restricted to:
- Electrophysiology (diagnostic & therapeutic)
- Implantation and follow-up of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (inc. S-ICD and EV-ICD)
- Implantation and follow-up of Pacemakers including Conduction Tissue Pacing, leadless and wireless devices
- Implantation and follow-up of Cardiac Re-synchronisation Therapy devices
- Implantation and follow up of Implanted Cardiac Monitors
- Follow-up of remote / home monitoring devices
To ensure appropriate and thorough documentation of all procedures on the departmental IT system, (PaceNet and EPIC) to record all aspects of the service.
To act as an expert clinical role model and resource to staff in order to optimise quality of care delivery through facilitation of evidence based/best practice care.
To work clinically up to 90% of their total working hours as the service requires. Clinical work includes on site working across the trust estate as well as home working. The post includes a commitment to a non-residential on call.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
These are exciting times in the rhythm management service at Guy's & St. Thomas'. We have one of the most dynamic training programmes at both undergraduate and post graduate levels including the higher specialist scientific programme (HSST). We implant a wide range of device including leadless and wireless system, large CSP pacing cohort , epicardial pacing and EP for a range of arrhythmia including an established VT programme. We can offer the opportunity to develop skills in our paediatric service at Evelina Children's Hospital on the St. Thomas' site.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
The post holder will be required to keep their professional, specialist scientific and clinical knowledge and skills up to date and to engage in and promote evidence-based practice within their field. They will be fully aware of, and work within, their professional scope of practice and within the standards of conduct, performance and ethics for their professional and regulatory bodies. The post holder will lead audit and practice reviews within their area of expertise. They will be expected to act as a role model and mentor to trainees and to junior colleagues.
The post holder will be responsible for the evaluation and introduction of specialist scientific and technical knowledge and equipment within the cardiac rhythm management area. They will provide scientific expertise to other health professionals including its analysis and interpretation within the clinical decision-making process. They will provide complex scientific information in an accessible manner to non-experts. They will be responsible for the monitoring and assurance of the scientific quality of their area and will develop and implement processes to demonstrate and maintain its quality. The post holder will require IT knowledge and skills commensurate with their role as a healthcare scientist specialist within their field.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualification / Education
Meini prawf hanfodol
- BSc in cardiac physiology or relevant alternative
- Professional Cardiac CRM Exams (BHRS/IBHRE/EHRA)
- Hold an ILS or ALS certificate
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of post graduate study in clinical or management area
- Higher training qualification (ie Cert Ed, FAETC)
- Clinical Assessment for Healthcare Scientists MSc module or equivalent
- Professional registration with HCPC as a Clinical Scientist
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Broad knowledge of CRM, including practice with a wide array of complex technical equipment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a multi-professional environment.
- Able to build teams and work comfortably and effectively in a team environment.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Able to perform a clinical examination of the cardiovascular system
- Formal training in Good Clinical Practice
- Knowledge of cardiac science across a broad range of subjects at a level which allows data interpretation and provision of an expert scientific opinion to contribute to patient management.
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrate relevant experience at specialist or higher level for CRM and interventional cardiac procedures
- Ability to work as a solo practitioner at a highly specialist level in electrophysiology and devices including investigation, interpretation, reporting and recommending alternative investigations.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of staff and budget management
- Experience of providing training & Assessment
- Stock management
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Mark Squirrell
- Teitl y swydd
- Principal Clinical Scientist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07956403051
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