Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Investigations
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7230776-CA-A
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary's Hospital and The Nelson Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £30,546 - £32,207 per annum inclusive of HCAS (20%)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner (Cardiac Physiology)
Band 3
Job overview
The primary focus of the role will be to perform resting 12 lead ECGs and the fitting and removal of ambulatory ECG monitors. Additionally the post holder will support the Cardiac Physiologists in more complex diagnostic tests and will perform any associated clinical administration as well as support the reception area (as required).
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a motivated Assistant Practitioner to join our Community non-invasive Cardiac Diagnostic Team. The main sites of work will be Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton and The Nelson Health Centre, South Wimbledon
This post holder will work with a team of Cardiac Physiologists to support and provide a non-invasive diagnostic Cardiology service. These tests include 12 lead electrocardiography (ECG), ambulatory ECG and BP monitoring and Tilt tests.
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 2 A levels in Science subjects or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- BSc degree in science or human physiology-related subject discipline or Foundation Degree of Science
- SCST Certificate of Competency in Electrocardiography
Experience
Essential criteria
- NHS or other healthcare work experience involving face to face patient contact
Desirable criteria
- Hospital or community care work employment
- Knowledge and practical experience of performing 12 lead ECGs
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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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
- Louise Fenech
- Job title
- Lead Cardiac Physiologist - Community Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 487 6008
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