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Job summary

Main area
Pacing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent: On call service for bank holiday
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
Job ref
407-WCCSS-6201551
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Manor Hospital
Town
Walsall
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 No
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Cardiac Physiologist Specialist in Pacing

NHS AfC: Band 7

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement. 

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
 
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant.  The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.  As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.

 

 RESPECT - COMPASSION - TEAMWORK - PROFESSIONALISM

 

 

Job overview

We are seeking a suitably qualified Pacing Cardiac Physiologist to join our friendly service.  The successful applicant will possess highly specialized skills in  Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) and will be able to lead/manage an area within the department (depending on service requirements).

The successful applicant is required to have a minimum of two years' experience as a  Senior Cardiac Physiologist  Band 6.  Experience of cardiac catheterization (diagnostic), permanent pacemaker implants, physiologist led Exercise tolerance tests and Holter analysis is essential.

BSc Healthcare Science or BSc (Hons) Clinical Physiology level, or equivalent for this post is essential.

Main duties of the job

  • To take a lead in maintaining high professional standards of technical competency in the provision of all invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations, actively participating in the day-to-day delivery of the pacing service and Implantable Devices Service at Walsall Manor Hospital, in co-operation with the Cardiologists and Head of Technical Services, Cardiology.
  • Perform a wide range of non-invasive Cardiac investigations, for example ECGs, BP, Holter Monitoring, Exercise Tolerance Testing, Device downloads and device re-programming.
  • To provide highly specialist technical support during pacemaker implantation, generator replacement, pacemaker lead extraction and associated procedures.
  • To work autonomously in single and dual chamber pacemaker and implantable loop recorder follow up checks, documenting results and accounting for programming changes and making decisions about further diagnostic investigation or intervention as required.
  • To communicate with patients and partners before and after device implantation to explain the implications /limitations of therapy, and complications.
  • To be responsible for ICD follow up / implantation and troubleshooting.
  • Refer to job description 

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and brand new, state of the art Emergency Department is in the process of being completed.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Refer to job description an personal spec

Be responsible for own clinical practice during all cardiac diagnostic testing and interventional procedures, including specialist or complex procedures and demonstrate advanced technical proficiency in a wide range of techniques and to actively maintain competency in these.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Certification in specialism
  • pacemaker accreditation
  • Degree is cardiac physiology or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 2 years post qualification experience
  • 3 years NHS experience
  • Experience in cardiac catheter lab

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge is pacemaker devices

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gurpal Sian
Job title
Cardiac Physiology Clinical Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07971 680819

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