About this role
Job summary
The Mid-Yorkshire Teaching NHS trust is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist to join our friendly, supportive, and driven team.
Our busy cardiac service enjoys a strong reputation for commitment to the very highest standards of care, covering a wide range of invasive and non-invasive investigations.
The Echocardiography team provides a service for patients across our 4 sites (Dewsbury, Pinderfields, Pontefract and the Community Diagnostic Hub). The team delivers adult TTE, Stress Echo (ESE, DSE, bicycle ergometer), Contrast and Bubble echo, TOEs and is currently working to towards the implementation of Physiologist led; Valve clinic and Stress Echo service.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to developing their practical expertise and knowledge. Continuous professional development is a cornerstone of the team, where you will be encouraged and supported to achieve your full potential.
In addition to your professional development, you will participate in regular audits and provide valuable insights to contribute towards service development.
You will have proven competency in Adult Echocardiography and will preferably hold or be working towards BSE accreditation.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
- Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct
- Maintains a safe working environment
- Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies
- Act as a source of expertise within their designated area
- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data
- Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation
- Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team
- Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, e.g. NICE, NSF
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Qualifications
- Current RCCP/ AHCS/ equivalent registration
- Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent
- Professional accreditation appropriate to role (BSE) or working towards this.
Experience
- Relevant post qualification experience with evidence of continuing professional development
- Audit & Standard setting
- Specialist knowledge in field of practice
- Current issues in healthcare
- In-depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within specialist area
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Skills & Abilities
- Good hand/eye co-ordination skills and manual dexterity
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods during acquisition of diagnostic data
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- IT skills
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to manoeuvre often heavy/cumbersome medical equipment
- Able to provide physical support in assisting patients to transfer, with occasional requirement to manoeuvre patients full body weight in emergency situations
- Able to work in subdued lighting for prolonged periods
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Trustwide UK
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)