Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist - Echo
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cardio-Respiratory Department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital for a Band 7 Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist (Echocardiography). The role will predominantly be specialised in echocardiography and candidates should possess BSE accreditation. Candidates wishing to maintain their skills in other cardiac physiology services is encouraged.
Increasing opportunities are also available to collaborate with specialist services such as paediatrics and cardio-oncology. The service utilises GE ultrasound machines with a new echo reporting system (GE-CCW/EchoPac).
The successful candidate will be expected to work between the main department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and the brand new, purpose-built local Community Diagnostic Centre at Walton Hospital.
The department is soon to commence its journey in becoming IQUIPS accredited, and we would be delighted for a forward-thinking physiologist to join our team and play a key role in driving both this and clinical developments forwards.
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- To provide education and training for Physiologists and other healthcare professionals within echocardiography
- To have designated responsibilities within the echo department to support the echo team
- To participate in CPD activities to maintain own competencies and understand changes in national guidance/training requirements
- To review and authorise reports from non BSE accredited Physiologists giving appropriate feedback
- To be a senior member of the Cardio-Respiratory team as a whole by working together, ensuring the delivery of high quality services to our patients
- Work closely with the clinical service manager to deliver on local and national objectives
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is located in Calow, Chesterfield, which is situated on a green field site on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is home to the Crooked Spire and is also close to Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, thus offering numerous choices for recreational activities and lifestyles.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital was officially opened by the queen in 1985 and since then it has continued to expand and modernise, currently holding approximately 500 beds. We provide acute in-patient and out-patient care for Chesterfield and the surrounding rural area of North Derbyshire, serving a population of approximately 400,000 people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role, team structure and responsibilities.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
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Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.