Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join our small but specialist team of Cardiac Physiologists in the Heart Investigations Unit here at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

The post is based at our city centre Children’s Hospital, a leading UK specialist paediatric centre, offering expert care to 90,000 children and young people from across the country every year. We are a world leader in some of the most advanced treatments, complex surgical procedures and cutting-edge research and development.

Our Heart Investigations Unit currently provides a full range of cardiac investigations for outpatients, cardiac and non-cardiac inpatients and critical care patients. The successful candidate will take an active role and lead all areas of our General Cardiac Physiology service except Echo. You will work within a well-equipped Cardiac department amongst some of the leading specialists in congenital heart disease and inherited cardiac conditions. We have strong clinical input and support and you will have the ability to work with our medical colleagues to develop your skills and knowledge.

The post is for 37.5 hrs/week, worked over 4 days on an 8am to 6pm working pattern (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday). The post holder is expected to participate in an out of hours on-call rota.

We would encourage you to arrange a visit to the department to find out why our work in paediatric cardiac services is uniquely rewarding and varied and to see what we could offer.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide organisational leadership and clinical and professional supervision of General Cardiac Physiology Services (Except Echo) to the multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will be based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and will ensure continuity of the service through all clinical areas and that all policies, protocols and clinical practices are maintained and adhered to. Develop General Services and create strategy and vision for the future in line with other Paediatric Cardiac Investigation departments in the UK. Manage resources efficiently with delegated financial responsibilities as part of the Trust’s standard financial instructions.

The post holder will demonstrate proficiency in a wide range of routine techniques to include ECG, ambulatory ECG and BP recording and interpretation, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Cardiac Rhythm devices implantation and follow up, provision of hemodynamic monitoring during both diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.