Job overview

The Cardiology Investigations Unit (CIU) provides a range of diagnostic testing, invasive and non-invasive for both in-patients and outpatients.

As a vital member of the Echocardiography department you will perform and report increasingly advanced echocardiograms with supervision available from Advance Cardiac Physiologist.

You will be working towards Level 2 accreditation with the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) in adult trans-thoracic echo (TTE).

You will be expected to provide training support and education to less experienced student, colleagues, cardiology SPR and junior doctors.

Main duties of the job

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

· As a Specialist cardiac physiologist, analyse and interpret the large volumes of interdependent and complex data acquired during TTE to conclude the correct diagnosis.

· Following interpretation of the images and data generated during TTE, produce a clinical report of the echocardiographic findings. Perform diagnostic echocardiography in a wide range of complex clinical settings, including Specialist Valve Assessment.

· Interpret and report on the complex imaging and data generated when performing TTE in the above patient cohorts (senior review required).

· Perform Transthoracic Echo independently, in accordance with BSE guidelines and department standards.

· To review, maintain and develop agreed standards of documentation in accordance with BSE guidelines and department minimum standards, in liaison with Lead Echo Physiologist.

· Responsibility for archiving of data to appropriate places as per trust policies.

· To review, maintain and develop agreed standards of documentation in accordance with BSE guidelines and department minimum standards, in liaison with Lead Echo Physiologist.

· Identify areas requiring improvement/development and suggests ways of achieving improvements.

· Although the post-holder may occasionally perform TTE under remote supervision, practice is guided by national and departmental guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures; reports/outcomes are routinely checked for diagnostic accuracy.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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