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Here at University Hospitals Birmingham, we have an exciting opportunity for an 24-month fixed term full-time training post in Echocardiography. This is part of the Echocardiography Training Programme developed by the National School of Healthcare Science and funded by Health Education England.
There are 3 posts available, placed at either Good Hope, Heartlands or Solihull Hospital, however may involve travel to any of the other centres within UHB for specialist training.
Across the 3 sites we have 14 echo rooms and 30 echocardiographers. We offer a range of Echocardiographer-led services to include: bubble contrast, LV contrast, valve clinics, trans-oesophageal echocardiogiography and stress echo. Our department offers a 4 day working week between the hours of 8-6pm
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Successful candidates will be trained to perform and report adult transthoracic echocardiograms to BSE accreditation level 2 standard and awarded a Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography. For more information, please see the NSHCS website: https://nshcs.hee.nhs.uk/programmes/echocardiography-training-programme
As part of the course you will be required to attend 2 x block weeks at university. An example of your working week will be 75% practical hands on training and 25% study to complete the additional academic requirements.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
A 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Engineering, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant scientific content)
OR
Equivalent experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology. As evidenced for example by appropriate voluntary registration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or Academy for Healthcare Science.
Experience
Essential
Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting.
A committed, in depth interest in Echocardiography and its application to direct clinical care of patients in a clinical environment.
Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients.
Patient confidentiality
Desirable
Working knowledge of NHS
Additional Criteria
Essential
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both writing and speaking in English language in order to:
- Explain analytical, scientific and clinical aspects of the work to a variety of people including scientific colleagues, clinical professionals, service managers and patients and to listen to their needs.
- Make formal presentations to groups of colleagues.
Good active listening skills to build rapport with the listener to encourage an open discussion.
Self-aware and flexible enough to adopt a range of evaluative or empathising listening styles according to the needs of the listener and the situation.
Ability to work autonomously in the planning and execution of their own work and under the guidance of their Departmental Supervisors.
Ability to work under pressure (emotional resilience and ability to prioritise and plan work)
Good personal organisational skills.
Effective team worker, willing to adopt a role working in collaboration with others.
Good understanding of ethics and professional practice, the NHS constitution and the importance of patient-centred care
Flexible and reliable
Possible 7 day working
Desirable
Flexibility to acquire the skills to organise, plan and monitor the workload of others.
Under guidance develops good interpretative skills in the formulation of advice to multi-disciplinary team members on diagnosis and appropriate treatment of patients.
Ability to support patients (or their carers) including those with a range of acute or chronic clinical conditions and disabilities in a variety of healthcare settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
