Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-CAR-BA-2188
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Southend on Sea
- Salary
- £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Cardiac Physiologist
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
An exciting opportunity to join a friendly and busy echocardiography service in South East Essex. We are looking to recruit a dynamic individual to join our echocardiography team in a permanent position
This post may suit an experienced echocardiographer who wants to gather experience whilst taking on their first Chief Physiologist role.
At Southend we complete over 15,000 echos per year. Our physiologists all hold or are actively working towards BSE adult accreditation.
We have busy Physiologist led PIFU valve clinics, BNP and Oncology clinics. We also run normal routine outpatient clinics, urgent inpatient scans, AF one stop clinics and also support our cardiologists with stress echo and TOE sessions.
We are currently working towards gaining departmental BSE accreditation this year and have recently updated all of our scanners so that we have access to the latest in scanning hardware and software across all of our systems.
So, if this sounds like the right role for you, please apply today.
Main duties of the job
To complete and report BSE standard outpatient and inpatient echocardiograms in a busy acute hospital setting.
Support the junior physiologists in develpoing their physiology and echocardiography skills
Support the Head of Echo in running the echo department.
Report using the Phillips ISCV system
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
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
To complete and report BSE standard outpatient and inpatient echocardiograms in a busy acute hospital setting.
Support the junior physiologists in develpoing their physiology and echocardiography skills
Support the Head of Echo in running the echo department.
Please see detailed job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Autonomous scanning and reporting echocardiographer
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Healthcare science degree or equivalent
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
- Mark Passey
- Job title
- Principal Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 44 36027
- Additional information
Diane Pudney Interim Heads of Echo
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