Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiaology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 382_TER55-25
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cardiac Physiologist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
As a Specialist Cardiac Physiologist you will be required to work autonomously as a competent practitioner within the CIU department. Duties will include specialised cardiac investigations such as diagnostic and interventional cardiology, permanent pacemaker implants & follow-up & routine non-invasive investigations.
Participation in an out of hours on call service for emergencies is an obligation for this post.
You will be expected to develop your knowledge & skill into a specialist route of either echocardiography or cardiac rhythm management, as part of this role.
Main duties of the job
o be technically proficient as an independent practitioner in basic and specialist invasive and non-invasive cardiology procedures, this includes:
- Diagnostic angiography – Monitor and recording of cardiac physiological measurements during the procedure.
Interventional angiography; i.e. PCI, Stents, intra vascular ultrasound and pressure wire –
- Permanent pacemaker implantation – Recording accurate lead function tests to guide a secure implantation of cardiac pacing leads.
- Routine implantable device follow up – Working independently to record accurate lead function tests, making clinical decisions for basic reprogramming
Analysis of ambulatory ECG recordings producing a factual report, which may impact on the clinical management of the patient.
Exercise Stress Testing & Cardiopulmonary Exercise services – Assist the lead Cardiac Physiologist (CP) during the procedure and aid in the production of a technical report.
- Doctor Supervised Exercise Stress Testing. Production of good quality ECG and blood pressure tracing.
Tilt testing – Assist lead CP/Supervising doctors.
- Participation in the on-call rota for PPCI, Emergency angiography & intervention, pacemaker implantation & implantable device checks,
§ Supervision of junior staff in all aspects of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures.
Working for our organisation
The Lancashire Cardiac Centre is a tertiary cardiac provider for the people of Lancashire & Cumbria. The centre has a well-established invasive and non-invasive services covering a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services, these include;
Cardiac angiography & intervention, including Primary PCI, TAVI, ASD/PFO closure, device implants including ICD’s and CRT’s, device follow-ups, EP simple and complex, including NAVX, PVAC and CRYO. Echocardiography, including TOE, contract/bubble and DSE. All these areas are developing rapidly with new technology;
Due to promotion we are looking to recruit Band 5 Cardiac Physiologists in the Cardiac Investigations Unit. Candidates should have good experience in cardiology procedures and be willing to progress their career.
We are looking for Physiologists who will relish the challenge of being part of the team that will be taking our department forward into the future. The post holder will possess BSc in clinical physiology or equivalent and be on the RCCP register
As a multidisciplinary department the successful candidate will be expected to work unsupervised in most areas and developed in the field of speciality. Candidates who may lack experience in some areas will be provided with training plans devised by our training manager to address their training needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Education and Training
§ BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology or equivalent
§ Maintain intermediate life support qualifications.
§ Achieve & maintain competency in invasive and non invasive cardiac procedures following an in-house training programme.
§ Will be expected to develop in the echocardiography or cardiac rhythm management route.
§ Attend training courses to up date ones own technical, physiological and pathological knowledge of specialist and routine cardiac procedures and to up date ones knowledge in respect of specialised clinical use of equipment.
§ Undertake additional staff development courses agreed with your line manager.
§ Obtain registration for clinical cardiology practitioners.
Skills and Knowledge
§ Able to communicate effectively at all levels with patients and other health professionals. Many patients may have problems with understanding due to age, language, culture, disability etc. Must be able to empathise with patients and provide re-assurance when required. Ability to deal with children and obtain their co-operation whilst having tests performed. Ability to deal with difficult patients.
§ Supervise newly appointed trainees in basic clinical setting.
§ Attend regular audit meetings.
Working Conditions
§ Contact with body fluids including blood.
§ Assisting patients with poor mobility out of wheelchairs, onto beds and trolleys.
§ Pushing wheelchairs, trolleys and beds.
§ Cardiac Procedures will involve sitting at a VDU for significant lengths of time, requiring intense concentration at times to interpret the results.
§ Emotional strain, whilst dealing with critically ill patients within the unit where resuscitation may be performed, sometimes unsuccessfully.
§ Wearing radiation protection gowns for prolonged periods of time to protect from x-ray radiation.
General
§ Assist in the clinical management of patients undergoing cardiac investigations within the cardiac investigations unit
§ Be aware of hospital policies and procedures, and ensure these standards are being met.
§ Raise the physiologist profile by promoting good practice initiatives within the cardiology directorate.
§ Keep up to date with current developments in the field of cardiology including innovative work undertaken in research. To have awareness of future implications for development of current cardiology services.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- BSc Clinical Physiology
- British Cardiac Society(BCS), Society of Cardiological Technicians (SCST) or Voluntary Registered with Register Cardiac Clinical Physiologists (RCCP)
Desirable criteria
- Immediate Life Support or Advanced Life Support (within last 12 months)
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Guidance Score Extensive experience in technical cardiology
- Competent to perform full range Non-Invasive & Invasive procedures
- Good IT knowledge of Microsoft word, excel, and database input.
Desirable criteria
- Basic knowledge in performing and reporting echocardiography
SKILLS AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Excellent Computer skills.
- Ability to work automatously
- Dynamic & Enthusiastic
- Team Worker
- Ability to work flexibly to complete tasks required
- Excellent verbal & written communication
- Patient Focused
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of national professional and NHS guidelines relating to service provision and quality.
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
- Gillian Burnett
- Job title
- Cardiac Physiology Manager Cath Labs
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 957742
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