Job overview

An opportunity has opened up at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) for a Senior Cardiac Physiologist to join our team for CRM and Invasive. This role would be ideally suited for a physiologist looking to take the next step in their career in a busy service.

It's an exciting time to join SFT. The CRM service is moving rapidly towards remote only care for pacemaker and ICD patients, and our conduction system pacing program is fully established. Invasive services under the umbrella of PCI are also advancing with lithotripsy integrated in practice and new procedures such as coronary sinus reducers being implemented and developed. 

The Cardiac Investigation Unit  relocated to a larger, refurbished department in March 2023 which has afforded us with new clinic rooms, admin spaces and staff areas.

The CRM service is busy, with a full range of device implants and follow-up offered. We implant and follow-up pacemakers, ICDs (including S-ICD), CRTs, conduction system pacemaker and ILRs. We also implant pacemakers on-call. Our primary PCI service is operational Monday-Friday, 8am to 5pm, but we run a cath lab on-call service 24/7 for call-backs, IABPs and pacing (temporary or permanent).

Main duties of the job

In this role you would be expected to follow-up all CRM devices (including remote and depending on level of experience), and carry out any appropriate reprogramming as necessary in accordance with current national and local guidelines. You would also be expected to support the implant of all CRM devices (depending on level of experience), calling upon industry support where necessary. 

You would be required to work independently in PCI and participate in our on-call service which incorporates pacemaker implant.

CIU also has a full non-invasive service for which you would need to provide support for the provision of exercise testing (including alongside Radiology for perfusion scanning), ambulatory monitoring and ECG.

You would be expected to manage your own learning including keeping up to date with emerging evidence and current guidance, but you would be supported in doing so.

At this level you would be asked to take on non-clinical duties such as training and audit.

In this post you would be supported to develop in CRM and invasive areas, as well as be expected to contribute to service delivery elsewhere in CIU. At SFT we have an excellent track record of supporting continuing professional development (including professional exams) and further academic study. We also seek to have representation at national and regional meetings.

We would advise making contact with us for an informal chat, at which time we can arrange a visit if you would like.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk