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Main area
Cardiac Physiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent: On call commitment
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call commitment)
Job ref
411-SUR-25-7123741
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Childrens Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 Dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/06/2025 23:59

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Chief Cardiac Physiologist Cardiac rhythm management

NHS AfC: Band 7

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

EP/Device Cardiac Physiologist | Band 7 | Liverpool | Full Time Permanent |

Alder Hey Children’s are recruiting a Cardiac Physiologist who specialises in device management with an interest in EP, to join our small but growing team.

We are currently seeking forward thinking, dynamic, and motivated individuals to work at Alder Hey children’s Hospital. This post involves some combination of invasive procedures, cardiac rhythm management including EP procedures and devices, as well as analysing cardiac monitors, exercise testing and ECG.

This role is ideally for a Physiologist with an interest in cardiac device management with the view to be trained into EP procedures and a passion for arrhythmia management on the whole.

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to work across a wide variety of specialisms. You will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and progressive environment.

Main duties of the job

To bring advanced clinical arrhythmia skills to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with a focus on cardiac devices and electrophysiology. Contributions can still be made in other service areas as skills and needs dictate.

Applicants should be competent in all non-invasive cardiac procedures. You will be expected to demonstrate maturity and experience consistent with this grade to contribute fully to the improvement and advancement of the service

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To become part of the EP team at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital. Please find attached details of role. 

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Prior band 6 experience
  • BHRS/IBHRE Pacing or EP
Desirable criteria
  • IBHRE/BHRS EP exam

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Navajo - Merseyside and CheshireDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible Working

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lyndsey Marsden
Job title
Lead Cardiac Physiologist CRM
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07585551300
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