Job overview

Echocardiography training opportunity!

At Salisbury District Hospital we have an opportunity to train in Echocardiography with a great team, in a newly refurbished department. This would be ideal for a junior cardiac physiologist looking to take their career down the echo route, however we would also consider a Band 5 to Band 6 progression post for a newly qualified cardiac physiologist with an early interest in echo.

You would be fully supported to follow our departmental training plan with the ultimate goal of achieving Level 2 BSE accreditation. You would also be expected to also support the non-invasive and PCI service alongside your training.

We have a portfolio of Philips echo machines (6x EPIQs, 1x Affiniti & 1x Compact 5500) and all our echo rooms are compliant with BSE standards, as are our training appointment times of 1 hour (department standard is 50 minutes).  Our service also operates from a Community Diagnostic Centre in central Salisbury and some of your training would be delivered there.

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.

SFT is keen to support flexible working options.

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

Main duties of the job

At SFT we perform transthoracic echocardiography with physiologist-led stress (exercise) echo and bubble studies. We also participate in stress (pharmacological) echo, contrast echo and TOE. In the future we hope to perform all echocardiography within the CIU department.

At SFT we perform coronary angiography and intervention, providing a Primary PCI service during normal hours. There is also a full non-invasive service including exercise testing (including alongside Radiology for perfusion scanning), ambulatory monitoring and ECG. We also have a full CRM service spanning pacemakers, ICDs and CRTs, including conduction system pacing and S-ICDs.

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

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 were 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. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.