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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Cardiographer - Royal Brompton Hospital
Accepting applications until: 14-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 14-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Address
- Sydney Street
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW3 6NP
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 per annum inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Cardiac Physiology
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.
Job overview
Employer: Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Department: Cardiac Physiology
Location: Chelsea, South Kensington
Salary: £30,546 - £32,207 per annum inc HCA
Band 3 - Cardiographer
Full Time Permanent Position
We are currently recruiting a Cardiographer in Cardiology to join our specialist team at The Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea.
Band 3 clinical roles for Cardiographers are within diagnostic Non-Invasive Cardiology, performing resting 12 lead ECGs, ECG holters and ambulatory monitor fittings. This is a patient facing role dealing with a variety of patients from paediatrics to adults including congenital heart disease. Non-Invasive Cardiology experience will be advantageous.
If you are someone, who is proud of their clinical abilities and share their skills, then we would like to hear from you.
These posts are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm working hours.
Closing Date: 13th of October at 17:00 hours, however due to popularity this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received. Early applications are advised.
For any informal inquiries or visits, please contact Monica Ramos, Head of Non-Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac Physiology Service: [email protected]
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Job summary:
- To work as a team member within cardiac physiology without supervision; record high quality electrocardiograms (ECGs) in inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring abnormal results are reported to clinical staff in a timely manner.
- To support departmental administration as required e.g. booking of appointments, record keeping.
- To ensure appropriate maintenance of ECG machines ensuring they remain functional and adequately stocked with consumable items e.g. paper, electrodes, etc so as to be immediately ready for use.
- To undertake further training to develop skills to perform or assist in other tasks within cardiac physiology e.g. assisting during exercise tests.
- To work to standards set by the Society for Cardiology Science and Technology (SCST) and other relevant professional bodies.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main tasks & responsibilities:
• Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
• Without immediate supervision perform diagnostic quality 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) in wards/departments throughout the organisation to obtain physiological data from patients of all ages and clinical condition
• To undertake ‘child friendly’ training to acquire additional skills required in supporting paediatric clinics
• Recognize signs and symptoms of life-threatening and urgent cardiac +/-respiratory abnormalities and take steps to support patients as necessary.
• Communicate accurate procedure results to appropriate clinical staff.
• Maintain and update as appropriate, knowledge and skills required to record and provide first-line analysis/interpretation of results
• Recognise equipment faults and errors, take first-line action to correct them and report to senior staff as necessary
• Contribute to the hygiene and cleanliness of equipment and work area.
• Assist in activity audit and clinical data collection through maintenance of database entry and filing systems.
• Assist in the stock maintenance of consumable items.
• Answer inquirers from hospital staff, patients, carers, general practice and the public or direct such inquiries to more senior staff or other staff groups.
• Ability to plan and prioritize patients to ensure a clinic list runs smoothly. For example accommodating in-patients into a busy outpatient clinic list and keeping patients informed where there are delays.
• Advise and reassure patients and or carers before and during investigation.
• Communicate complex information, e.g. test procedure, to the elderly, children and those with learning or physical disabilities.
• Communicate complex information to those patients who do not understand English fully.
• Provide sensitive information to the patient and or carer.
• Assist in the administration of the department e.g. prioritizing requests, managing appointments
• Undertake other reasonable duties at the request of senior staff
• To fit heart rhythm and blood pressure monitors, explaining procedures for use to the patient
• Assist at cardiac physiologist led exercise tests (ETT) and cardiopulmonary stress tests (MVO2)
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.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Reliable and consistent work record
Experience
Essential criteria
- Competent in performing ECGs +/-experience of other procedures • i.e. 24 hour tapes, BP monitors and assisting in exercise testing
- Experience working in a hospital setting or other customer care environment
- Working in a Cardiac Physiology diagnostics setting
Desirable criteria
- Background of administration experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- English Language GCSE grade C or above or equivalent
- Work experience in this clinical field
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Electrocardiography
- Basic Life Support (BLS) or ILS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience working with adults and children
- Demonstrated skills in ECG, holter fittings
Desirable criteria
- ECG interpretation
- Skills in second on exercise test
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Monica Ramos
- Job title
- Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03301288700
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