Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Physiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call commitment expected)
- Job ref
- 361-7327016
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum plus 12.5% Recruitment and Retention package
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Cardiac Physiologist - Cardiac Rhythm Management
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Senior Cardiac Physiologist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients
Lister Hospital is home to two state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheter Labs, offering a full range of interventional procedures and device implantations. We are committed to continually expanding our services and advancing the scope of practice to enhance both our physiologists' roles and patient care experience.
Our current invasive physiology team is small but dynamic & growing. The team includes three accredited Band 7 Physiologists, two Band 6 Physiologists in training, three Band 5 Physiologists gaining experience across all aspects of invasive cardiology, two apprentices, and one team member pursuing the equivalence pathway for registration. We actively encourage and support all invasive Physiologists to achieve device-based accreditation.
We take great pride in providing exceptional training and support, fostering a collaborative environment where every voice is valued and respected. Development is at the heart of our culture, with resources available to support attendance at national and international conferences, helping you to become the best version of yourself.
If you’re passionate about advancing your career in invasive cardiology and thrive in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we’d love to hear from you.
A Recruitment and Retention package of 12.5% is offered for this position.
Main duties of the job
Promote high standards of professional practice and high quality care and delivery within Trust and department following departmental policies, protocols and guidelines.
Demonstrate established clinical skills and knowledge in caring for cardiology patients.
Be a competent practitioner in invasive cardiology, able to independently perform routine and complex diagnostic invasive procedures and ambulatory cardiac investigations without supervision.
Supervise and train other cardiac physiologists
Monitor and maintain quality of services within invasive cardiology & device management.
Willingness to develop further specialist and advanced practical skills.
Assist in managing resources efficiently and effectively, ensuring the smooth running of a quality service.
To actively encourage and develop a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac care.
To maintain an interest in the profession, and knowledge of new techniques and protocols; attending courses where necessary, in line with the services demands.
Remain professional at all times, liaise with other clinical teams and maintain good public relations on a one to one basis with the general public and other interest groups.
Demonstrates empathy when dealing with patients in distressing conditions
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology or recognised precursor
- Immediate Life Support
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Member of the Society of Cardiological Science and Technology or equivalent
- RCCP registered
- Professional practice Part I & Part II
- ALS
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience within cardiology
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of management in relation to finance and management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to relate and communicate with staff at all levels and from different professions
- Able to communicate complex information effectively in a precise and timely manner
- Ability to overcome language barriers
- Evidence of good communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of and demonstrable skills in the first line management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable sound knowledge in the full range of skills within technical cardiology. Broad experience and competence maintained in noninvasive procedures e.g. exercise tolerance testing, ECG rhythm management, and invasive procedures e.g. diagnostics, PPCI, PPM implantation & pacing clinics.
- Awareness and understanding of current health issues and in particular to demonstrate a good understanding of CHD services and recent initiatives
- Basic computer skills
- High level of co-ordination and manual dexterity
- Flexible in working practice
- Good team worker. Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
Desirable criteria
- Previous supervisory responsibilities
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Experience of cardiology patient databases, Lorenzo, CRIS PACS.
- Experience of GE ETT equipment’s systems, spacelabs pathfinder, and holter. QMAPP Heamodynamic systems
- Teaching & presentation skills
- Previously involved in delivering formal training
- Mentorship skills
- Advanced computer skills
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Participate in cross site cover
- Participate in the 24/7 service, including shifts, weekend, nights and on-call as rota
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
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
- Michelle Irvine
- Job title
- Lead Invasive Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 274738
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