Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1315
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £27,948 - £29,468 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Physiology Assistant
Band 3
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The post holder will need to maintain their specialist knowledge of non-invasive such as fitting 24Hr tapes (Holter) and ambulatory blood pressure, assisting exercise test and walk-in ECG.
The post holder will need to be able to perform with supervision.
To assist the Principal Manager to provide the day-day clinical-technical services of the Community and Department.
The post holder will also be required to carry outsome administrative, environmental and housekeeping tasks.
Main duties of the job
As an Assisstant Cardiac physiologist, post-holder must:
To udertake non-invasive procedures such as ECG, fitting 24hR holter monitor and ambulatory blood pressure.
To recognise the significance of investigation findings/diagnoses and act on these accordingly.
To help prioritise the performance of investigations according to clinical need.
To assist the Principal Manager in carrying out the daily work allocationof the Department.
To help ensure that all equipment in use within Community Cardiology services is in safe working order and fully functional.
To help with the maintenance of consumable stocks and replenishment of the same as necessary, working within the Department's budgetary and logistic constraints.
To be trained and accredited under the auspices of the Resuscitation Coulcil (UK) and to partake in providing Basic Life Support (BLS) cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as and when necessary.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Qualified for HPC Registration (BSc degree or HTEC & suitable equivalent experience). . ILS certified.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Both effective independent and team worker
- Ability to manage own workload
- Good analytical and judgemental skills
- Basic computer literacy to the level required for routine use of clinical systems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Competency, specialised knowledge, and practioner level skills and at least 1 years postgraduate experience in all physiology skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mitzi Bulquiren
- Job title
- Principal Echocardiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033126198
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