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Cardiac Physiologist
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Must include Monday & Wednesday)
Job ref
411-SUR-26-7651679
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Children's Foundation Trust
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/02/2026 23:59

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Cardiac Physiologist: Electrophysiology & Education

Band 8a

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

Are you an innovative and dynamic cardiac physiologist / healthcare scientist, passionate about education and looking for a new challenge?

Alder Hey Children’s are recruiting a Lead Cardiac Physiologist with a proven track record in Electrophysiology (EP) and Education to join our small but growing team.

We are currently seeking forward thinking, dynamic, and motivated individuals to work at Alder Hey children’s Hospital. The post involves a combination of invasive and non-invasive procedures, cardiac rhythm management, Holter analysis, exercise testing and ECG.

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is a state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to further develop your clinical and technical skills in a modern and progressive environment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the cardiac physiology elements of the electrophysiology (EP) service.  The successful individual will be an integral part of the cardiac rhythm management(CRM) physiology team, responsible for the delivery of EP and CRM performed at Alder Hey.   They will lead on the development of EP and CRM training and education programmes both internally and externally.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will:

  • be expected to maintain a clinical workload, performing & reporting highly specialist & complex cardiac investigations
  • be responsible for the management & ongoing development of the EP service
  • contribute towards quality standards, culminating in the accreditation of the EP lab
  • develop education & training programmes for physiology & medical staff
  • develop academic relationships with HEIs to promote teaching within specialist area
  • develop & maintain relationships with relevant company representatives
  • represent the department & institution at national meetings

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • BHRS / IBHRE in Electrophysiology or a recognised equivalent
  • Education / Teaching / Mentoring qualification
  • Leadership Skills
  • Senior Cardiac Physiology experience
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership / Management qualification
  • Participation in Research
  • Evidence of participation in external education

Application & Interview

Essential criteria
  • Experience Teaching
  • Sufficient experience at higher specialised independant practitioner
  • GCP Certificate
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership/Management qualification
  • Participation in cardiac research
  • Teaching qualification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Wendy Gamlin
Job title
Principal Cardiac Clinical Scientist, Dept. Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 252 5717
Additional information

Lyndsey Marsden - CRM Lead - [email protected]

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