Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- Bank Cardiac Physiologist
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield Hospital
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £26.83 Per Hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank - Chief Cardiac Physiologist - Echo
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
JOB SUMMARY
• Works as part of a multidisciplinary team assisting the Senior Chief and Principal Cardiac Physiologists to ensure the provision of high quality cardiac services and assisting with the day to day supervision of staff
• Specialist in Echocardiography.
• Takes responsibility for medical staff training in Echocardiography.
• Provide managerial support to the Principal Cardiac Physiologist.
• Takes responsibility for junior staff in the absence of senior staff.
• Provides clinical expertise in a broad range of investigations/procedures
• Takes an active role in the education, training and development of all junior staff, working closely with the training lead. Ensures training continues in absence of training lead.
Main duties of the job
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES
- Highly skilled communicator.
- Management & supervision of junior staff.
- Teaching staff of all levels, including consultants.
- Very high level of clinical skills and knowledge.
Communication
- Ensures effective communication is maintained within the multidisciplinary team
- Effective communication with patients and service users.
- Communicates and discusses highly technical diagnostic information and echocardiographic findings with Senior members of staff including consultant as appropriate
Analytical and Planning
- Performs extensive range of cardiac investigations and procedures including echocardiography and stress echocardiography with interpretation and comprehensive report writing.
- Communicates and discusses highly technical diagnostic information and echocardiographic findings with Senior members of staff including consultant as appropriate.
Staff Management
· Provide managerial support to the Principal Cardiac Physiologist
- Management & supervision of junior staff.
- Provide mentorship to the clinicians
- Assist in training and supervision of junior staff, medics and other healthcare workers, working closely with the head of Training and development to ensure continuity of training.
- Identifies training needs for self and junior members of staff
- Performs assessments as a work based assessor for students undertaking the Clinical Physiology Degree
Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We look forward to your application.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- BSc in Clinical Physiology (Or equivalent)
- RCCP Registration
- Professional Body Exams (Master’s Degree Equivalent -BSE Accreditation)
Desirable criteria
- BSE supervisor/ log book Assessor/marker
Skills
Essential criteria
- Significant experience as a Cardiac Physiologist in all areas of Cardiac Physiology, with further experience as specialist echocardiographer
- Experience of training staff in echocardiograph
Desirable criteria
- ALS Qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Bank Recruitment
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 0160
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