Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist | University Hospitals Of Leicester Nhs Trust

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our growing and developing Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Investigations Department as a Band 7 Highly Specialised Physiologist in Echocardariography.
As a tertiary cardiac level 1 centre, we provide echocardiography support to the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre for both paediatrics at the LRI and Adult Congenital heart Disease at the Glenfield Hospital.
With the relocation of EMCHC to LRI we have a purpose built, state of the art facility, which will form part of the building blocks of the new Children’s Hospital. Including a brand new echo and pacing suite, theatres and catheter lab with the most up to date equipment, and a new outpatients department.
We are looking to invest in our staff to ensure that we continue to provide an outstanding service to our patients from Leicester and also surrounding counties.
Since the EMCHC move to the LRI as a Cardiac Investigations Department we cover Outpatient and Inpatient activity for both non-invasive and invasive catheter lab procedures and are currently developing the rhythm management service .
We are working towards the EACVI departmental accreditation.
Our department has a range of high specification echocardiography machines and analytical software, including Ventripoint. All of which have strain and 3D capability.
As a Band 7 Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist, you will be provided with opportunities to enhance your skills as a clinical practitioner by working within the echo department at both LRI and Glenfield UHL sites.
More specialised training will be provided if required and we are always looking to develop skills and professionalism and are currently supporting a HSST role in fetal echo.
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centers.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:
• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
The cardiac physiology service at UHL performs over 20,000 cardiac investigations and procedures per year including, 15,000 echocardiograms. You will be joining a team comprised of Cardiac Physiologists, administration and support staff who work together to support a team of highly skilled, world class cardiology consultants.
All applicants will be expected to have BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent. HCPC registration or RCCP registration (or eligibility to join) is essential. Full Congenital BSE or European accreditation is also an essential criterion (please do not apply if you do not hold accreditation)
We hope you will be keen to join our team and help us to continue to deliver excellent care and develop our services further.
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This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jan 2024