Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Physiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation in the on call roster)
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9519
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Thomas'
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 p.a. inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialist Cardiac Physiologist Band 6
Band 6
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Do you want to be part of an enthusiastic team, recognised for the training and development of its staff in a world-renowned hospital. If so, this is a fantastic opportunity. We are looking for trained physiologists/clinical scientists who'd like to expand their existing knowledge and clinical experience in both invasive and non-invasive cardiology.
Main duties of the job
As a band 6 Physiologist at Guys and St Thomas hospital NHS foundation Trust you will be excepted to perform a large variety of procedures such as Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation (TAVI), Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI, PFO closures, Right Heart catheterisation, left atrial appendage occlusion devices, Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), Impella. You would be expected to part of the onsite oncall PAMI service which serves are large catchment area.
Our busy Cardiac Outpatient department runs a variety of diagnostic tests alongside Consultant and Physiologist led clinics, seeing a range of pathologies including Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD), Heart Failure and Inherited Cardiac Conditions. Tests include Exercise tolerance testing, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), Ajmaline studies, Holter analysis, Loop recorder implant and analysis.
Working for our organisation
As part of the clinical Group – Heart Lung and Critical Care we work with colleagues at the Brompton and Harefield sites to provide a cardiology services that spans the entire spectrum of cardiac disease from foetal and congenital, through structural and imaging to heart failure and transplant. We are one of the foremost education providers for cardiac science with programmes from level 2 (Apprentice) to doctoral (HSST)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information regarding the responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Professional Cardiac Physiology exams
- Be on the AHCS / PTP register or in the process of registration.
- Hold an ILS or ALS certificate
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in cardiology or relevant subject
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written communication
- Excellent oral communication, able to convey complex information to colleagues, patients and peers
- Capability and capacity for further professional and personal development
- Able to build teams and work comfortably and effectively in a team environment.
Desirable criteria
- Able to contribute to research-based activities.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate relevant experience in both invasive and non-invasive procedures
- Ability to work as a solo practitioner in at least 2 areas of technical cardiac physiology
- Adaptable and Flexible
Desirable criteria
- Experience with specialist areas of Cardiac Physiology ie- Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Lesion evaluation using IVUS / pressure wire
- Experience of providing training & assessment
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
- Catherine Atherton
- Job title
- Invasive Cardiac Physiologist lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07956403051
- Additional information
Mark Squirrell [email protected]
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