Job overview

The post holder will be an independent practitioner clinical cardiac physiologist specialist, with proven competency in all aspects of non-invasive and invasive cardiac diagnostic testing and reporting at a specialist level.

This role will be based primarily within Cardiac Suite 6 and the Cardiac catheter laboratories and will require flexible working.

A cross-functional approach to teamwork is encouraged to ensure high quality service delivery and there is an opportunity to develop expertise in specialist areas such as CPET, interventional cardiology and/or complex CRM.

You will be a highly self-motivated team member who is organised, flexible and reliable. You must be able to demonstrate proficiency in diagnostic cardiology and be enthusiastic to teach peers, junior staff and students as well as developing yourself in a specialist area with the intention of continuous post-graduate CPD.

Rotation around a broad range of clinical physiology areas will be necessary, in order to maintain competencies for state registration purposes.

Participation in the emergency on-call service for primary angioplasty and/or emergency arrhythmia pathway will be required.

Main duties of the job

• To demonstrate clinical physiology proficiency in a range of routine techniques to include non-invasive diagnostics, pacemaker implantation, follow-up and cardiac catheterisation.
• To participate in the primary angioplasty on-call service and/or emergency
  arrhythmia pathway.
• To undertake training in implantation and follow-up of ICDs and biventricular devices and/or cardiopulmonary exercise testing and to willingly undertake new tasks and embrace new technology.
• To provide technical and clinical advice as necessary to peers, juniors and students, whilst demonstrating an awareness of when issues should be escalated.
• To supervise and mentor junior colleagues, PTP and STP students encouraging high standards of performance.
• To review and prioritise inpatient requests for cardiac investigations including but not limited to; ambulatory ECG recording, exercise tolerance tests and head up tilt table tests, liaising with ward staff and ensuring availability of cardiac physiology staff and resources in conjunction with a multi-disciplinary team. 

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.