Job summary
- Main area
- Cardio Vascular and Thoracic
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-CLN161025
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/11/2025
Employer heading
Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist
Band 7
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for the detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
We are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic echocardiographer to join us as a highly specialised cardiac physiologist with an expertise in congenital echocardiography. We are seeking to recruit an exceptionally skilled BSE-accredited Band 7 Echocardiographer who is also accredited in congenital echo (BSE or EACVI), who has a significant amount of experience scanning and reporting on patients with complex acquired and congenital pathology. You will need to have an in-depth understanding of surgical and interventional procedures used to treat or palliate congenital cardiac conditions, and be experienced in working with patients of all ages, from neonates to adults.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Performing and reporting on adult, adult congenital and paediatric echocardiograms to a high standard.
To support the training and mentoring of junior physiologists, trainees and medical colleagues.
To take on an array of management responsibilities including the day-to-day supervising of the echo department
Skills/Experience needed:
Level 2 Adult BSE accreditation
Congenital BSE or EACVI accreditation
Experience performing echocardiograms on children and adults in challenging clinical situations
Experience of teaching and training
We are a vibrant and diverse BSE-accredited department, collectively performing around 30,000 echocardiograms each year on all ages. UHS offers fantastic training and development, giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want.
This post is open to part-time applications only. Please include in your application the number of hours you wish to work.
Our department operates Monday to Saturday. You may be required to work on Saturdays and bank holidays on a rotational basis with a compensatory day off during the week. Although Southampton General is our main site, there will be a regular requirement to work across multiple sites including at community diagnostic centres.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- BSc in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology)
- British Society of Echocardiography TTE Level 2 Accreditation AND European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography Accreditation OR British Society of Echocardiography Congenital Accreditation
- Immediate Life Support Course
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Superior knowledge of specialist area – able to interpret complex procedures
- Consolidated post qualification experience in a technical role within a cardiology department (providing evidence of competency achievement) with consolidated experience performing and reporting echocardiograms on patients with unrepaired and repaired complex congenital conditions
- A definite awareness of the boundaries in which to operate with an appreciation of own limitations.
- Dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills for the use of diagnostic equipment often under time limitations e.g. when performing tests on children.
- In depth understanding of surgical and interventional procedures used to treat or palliate congenital cardiac conditions and experience in scanning and reporting on these.
Desirable criteria
- HCPC / AHCS / RCCP registration
- Experience of research and development and/or clinical audit
- Teaching and training experience.
- Management experience.
- Contributes actively towards service development and improvement in specialist area.
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
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
- Charlotte Atkinson
- Job title
- Echocardiography Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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