Job summary
- Main area
- Echocardiography
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (to include cross site working, Sat working)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To include Saturday cover, core hours 8-6 pm)
- Job ref
- 387-SPS7975-JJ
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time roles
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Echocardiographer
Band 7
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy, dynamic British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) accredited echocardiogram department in the centre of the vibrant city of Bristol. This role is to cover maternity leave and is fixed term.
This is an opportunity to experience working in a tertiary centre setting, with exposure to a range of complex pathologies including Adult Congenital Heart Disease patients, complex valve lesions and Inherited Cardiac Conditions. Preferences at interview will be taken into account.
Applicants should hold the BSE transthoracic echocardiography accreditation or EACVI accreditation , be competent to issue independent reports and provide teaching for medical and non-medical staff. Applicants without accreditation are at a disadvantage.
The post holder may be required to work flexibly at multiple sites in at Weston General Hospital, and will be expected to cover Saturday shifts and Bank Holidays on a pro rata basis.
Main duties of the job
Perform and report adult transthoracic studies to meet British Society of Education and internal guidelines.
Perform and report a range of complex studies, to include adult congenital heart disease , inherited cardiac conditions, pre and post operative studies to include TAVi, Mitraclip and Tendyne studies. Support for this will be provided.
To train other sonographers and health care professionals to perform echocardiograms.
To be fully involved in quality improvement processes.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Adult transthoracic BSE accreditation or equivalent (B7)
- BSc with honours undergraduate degree in physiology or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS experience or similar working environment
Desirable criteria
- ACHD experience
- Stress echo experience
- Research experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT skills, especially of microsoft and GE products
- Dexterity with ultrasound probes to attain best possible imaging
- Excellent use of English language
- Skillful interpretation of cardiac anatomy
- Skillful knowledge of the ranges of normal findings of cardiac anatomy
- Awareness of own limitations, and the limitations of the overall role
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Sympathetic Attitude
- Quick Decisions
- Integrity
- Patience
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Dynamic attitude to all aspects of workload
- Professional attitude towards both patients and other health care professionals
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
- Sarah Fairbairn
- Job title
- Lead Echocardiographer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01173425910
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss this role or any future roles, please contact Sarah Fairbairn.
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