Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-2506CCP
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust and Both CDCs
- Town
- Gillingham, Rochester, Sheppey
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Chief Cardiac Physiologist
Band 7
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Chief Cardiac Physiologist
Division: Medicine & Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 7
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Interview Date: 14th July 2025
We are recruiting for a Chief Cardiac Physiologist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Specialise in echocardiography providing full technical analysis and interpretation of results for medical staff, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Participate in specialist echo clinics including Physiologist led valve clinic, bubble and contrast studies. Rotate through the Community Diagnostic Centres at Rochester Healthy Living Centre and Sheppey Community Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Specialise in echocardiography providing full technical analysis and interpretation of results for medical staff, contributing to the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Participate in specialist echo clinics including Physiologist led valve clinic, bubble and contrast studies. Rotate through the Community Diagnostic Centres at Rochester Healthy Living Centre and Sheppey Community Hospital.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Ability to perform independently in echo clinics performing scans to the BSE Minimum Dataset.
Participate in specialist echo clinics including Physiologist led valve clinic, bubble and contrast studies and assisting in TOE.
Participate in the future development of other specialist echo services.
Opportunity to rotate through the cath lab and pacing clinics if able to work independently in these areas. Training can be provided in these areas.
• Undertake all basic investigations to diagnose heart disease, and produce factual reports as required.
Make judgements on the severity of results, ensuring medical staff are informed immediately of any life threatening or urgent investigation results.
Undertake the range of highly complex investigations and produce full technical analysis and interpretation of results.
Ensure that all the correct procedures for dealing with urgent and non-urgent results are adhered to, supporting the junior staff at all times.
Participate as a member of the resuscitation team if required when an emergency occurs in the department.
Ensure patients are aware of the procedure following any investigations and give support and re-assurance if required.
Complete trial evidence in accordance with trial protocols
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent
- BSE accreditation is essential
- RCCP or equivalent
- ILS
- ASCST
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expert in Echocardiography
- Able to use all internal IT systems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Minimum of 3 years as a qualified physiologist
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent patient manner
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
- Clare O'Brien
- Job title
- Principal Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 976617
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