Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7850364-M
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Cardiac Physiologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The post holder will work as part of the Diagnostic Cardiology team to provide high quality cardiac diagnostics, with patient care at the forefront.
As a band 7 Chief Cardiac Physiologist you will expected to perform complex diagnostics independently, as well as line management responsibilites and training of junior staff. The post holder will be expected to take an active role in service development, contributing to education, audit and quality assurance within the department.
This role will occasionally require the post holder to cover at the CDC based in Newmarket, ability to travel to this location is required.
Main duties of the job
The department currently conducts 12 lead ECGs, provocative ECG including MIBI and ETT’s, ambulatory monitoring, Holter analysis and transthoracic echocardiography. We also provide transoesophageal echo, stress/contrast/bubble echo and physiologist-led valve disease clinics. The department is also linked to a new Community Diagnotic Centre in Newmarket, providing echocardiography and holter fitting and analysis. We have a modern state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, where diagnostic angiography, ILR, pacemaker and CRT implants are performed. Alongside this we run a full in-clinic and remote bradycardia pacing and ILR follow up service, with a CRTP follow up service which we hope to expand.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the job role and person specification, please see attached Job Description.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- ASCST diploma or equivalent
- Degree in Clinical Physiology, or equivalent
- Possession of BSE Accreditation
- RCCP or HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Intermediate Life Support Certification.
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge / experience in cardiac diagnostics.
- Proficient in performing and independently reporting: Provocative ECG, Ambulatory monitor recordings, Internal Loop recorder downloads, Urgent and planned complex device implant and follow up or adult echocardiography, Carry out diagnostic angiography
- Competent IT skills.
- Previous line management experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project management
- Current experience in advanced practice
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in teaching/training
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Leadership skills and ability to work as part of a team.
- Good time-management skills.
- Ability to develop empathy and compassion for patients and relatives.
- Quick to grasp new concepts.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Desirable criteria
- Engagement in national or regional educational programmes.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good time keeping and attendance.
- Able to work well under pressures.
- Patient, conscientious and caring.
- Flexible approach to working hours and duties and willingness to participate in out of hours rota work as required in future.
- Willingness to learn and participate in self-directed learning.
- This role will occasionally require the post holder to cover at the CDC based in Newmarket, ability to travel to this location is required.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Christopher Pidgeon
- Job title
- Principal Non-Invasive Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 712536
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