Job summary
Employer heading
Healthcare Science Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands has an exciting opportunity for a band 5, qualified Healthcare Science Practitioner to join our friendly, forward thinking team.
The cardiology department offers a wide range of cardiac services including electrocardiography, ambulatory monitoring and analysis (including 12 lead holder monitoring), head up tilt table testing, exercise tolerance testing, ILR implant and follow- up, complex pacing and electrophysiology including 3D mapping and His bundle pacing.
The department supports hemodynamic monitoring for 4 cardiac catheterisation laboratories, 2 of which are dedicated to pacing and electrophysiology and 2 of which are dedicated to percutaneous coronary intervention and support our busy structural interventional program. The structural heart program at UHNM includes TAVI, percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair, ASD and VSD closure, paravalvular leak closure, PFO and LAA occlusion.
The successful applicant will join a team of 57 healthcare scientists and healthcare science assistants who support our services at Royal stoke Hospital, County Hospital, and at our newly developed community clinics.
For newly qualified cardiac scientists we have an established 12 month preceptorship program to support transition in to a qualified role.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this band 5 role are:
To support ambulatory monitoring and analysis
Support physiologist led exercise stress testing ( 2nd operator)
Support head-up tilt table testing (2nd operator)
Provision of electrocardiography services for outpatients, A&E, inpatients and in community settings
Provision of hemodynamic monitoring in the cardiac catheterisation laboratories for both percutaneous coronary intervention and structural interventional procedures. Training and support will be provided. At band 5 level catheter lab work is supported by senior colleagues during the working day. There is no out of hours or on call requirement for this role.
There is an expectation that the successful applicant will contribute to the training and development of junior staff in the department.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Bsc (hons) or equivalent in Cardiac Science
- Registration with the AHCS
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience in Cardiac Physiology including cardiac catheterisation procedures.
- Professional qualification in cardiac physiology related discipline
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in ambulatory monitoring analysis
Desirable criteria
- Experience in research
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
- Cheryl Oxley
- Job title
- Cardiac Physiology Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 675409
- Additional information
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