Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: as per VCP outcome
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working across LNW, primary base at NPH/CMH)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8668MS
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Chief Cardiac Physiology
Band 8a
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Full Time enthusiastic senior chief cardiac physiologist to effectively lead the LNWUH Trust (NPH and CMH) physiology teams and positively contribute towards the delivery of financial, quality, performance, productivity and workforce targets, local and national, as agreed through the business planning, appraisal and personal development processes
The post holder is expected to k with a high level of autonomy across the specialized fields within echo to BSE standards, CRM and the catheter labs; be able to demonstrate continuous service development, provide specialist input to the clinical service delivery and actively contribute to the smooth running of quality service . To manage a team of cardiac physiologists in staff performance, attendance, personal development and their wellbeing, ensuring all trust guidelines and policies are adhered to.
Main duties of the job
- The post holders primary role will be manage the cardiac physiologist team at Northwick Park and Central Middlesex Hospitals, in close partnership with Ealing Hospital and CDC
- Advance clinical expertise across all areas of cardiology diagnostics, supporting the service with clinical interpretation and high-quality reporting.
- Manage daily cardiac physiologist rota, delegate and allocate staff according to the service requirement and staff personal development.
- Responsible for the cardiac physiologists performance, personal development, training and manage staff appraisals.
- Develop a high-quality training and working with the educational lead to ensure education, training and development meets the professional body standards as well as the national school for healthcare science.
- Work closely with the lead cardiac physiologist across LNW.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 years extensive experience as a qualified Cardiac physiologist in all modalities of Cardiology
- Experience in budget and performance management.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in implementing change
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to flexibly and effectively lead a department on multiple sites.
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in clinical Physiology or equivalent
- Immediate Life Support accreditation.
Desirable criteria
- • Management/ Leadership qualification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nataliya Lightfoot-Boston
- Job title
- General manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766801492
- Additional information
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