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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time (37.5/week))
Job ref
164-8172609
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Wide
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/09/2026 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist

Band 7

Job overview

We’re looking for a skilled Band 7 Echocardiographer to join our growing Cardiac Physiology team in Nottingham.

You’ll deliver high‑quality echo services, support advanced imaging, and help develop junior staff. If you’re BSE accredited and want to make a real impact in a supportive, forward‑thinking department, we’d love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to hear from those with experience or interest in congenital echo.

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

As a highly specialised physiologist your main duties will be the provision of high quality echo studies ranging from standard TTE to advanced techniques such as stress echo and congenital echo.

You will also play an active role in the training program at NUH, providing quality practical and theoretical teaching to junior team members and clinical colleagues.

As a band 7 physiologist you will assist the echo leads and head of service in daily management of the team and act as a role model for colleagues.

This is a Trust wide post and the successful candidate will be expected to work at both our hospitals and the Nottingham CDC.  You will also be required to participate in the provision of the out of hours emergency echo service across both sites.

Working for our organisation

The echo team at NUH are a friendly, experienced and highly skilled group of physiologists with a wide range of experience in different echo specialities. We are supported by our team of adult imaging and paediatric consultants and work closely with them to provide and develop a high quality service.

The department holds twice weekly consultant led review meetings, bi monthly time out sessions for CPD and a yearly BSE accredited echo training day. You will also be supported to attend national courses and conferences.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Providing basic and advanced transthoracic echo reports to a high standard.

Training of junior team members and clinicians.

Experience in a range of diagnostics is desirable in order for you to support and advise colleagues when required.

Please see job description for full details of the role responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Achieved Qualifications/years experience
Desirable criteria
  • MSc/MSCT

Post Graduate Qualification

Essential criteria
  • BSE or equivalent

Management experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence/demonstrated first line management experience.
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification

Continued Prof Development

Essential criteria
  • Evidence/demonstrated CPD
  • Advanced echo experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lucy Ford
Job title
Echo Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0115 9249924
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