Job summary
Employer heading
Band 8a Senior Chief Clinical Cardiac Physiologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic senior chief clinical cardiac physiologist to join and lead our cardiac physiology team based at the Royal Free Hospital.
The post-holder will lead the physiology team in support of our 2 catheter labs and the on-call service that is in place for the Heart Attack Centre [HAC]. We also have a large cardiac rhythm management [CRM] and non-invasive service supporting patient referrals and treatment plans to our specialist clinics within the hospital and more widely across the NCL sector.
Main duties of the job
- To lead the cardiac physiologist rhythm and catheter lab service at Royal Free Hospital site.
- To manage the operation and staff of the cardiac rhythm management team.
- With a high level of autonomy and skill independently practice as a senior chief cardiac Physiologist in advance cardiac rhythm management and electrophysiology studies.
- Line manager for the cardiac physiology rhythm team, managing staff performance, attendance, personal development and their wellbeing. Ensure to abide with the Trust guidelines and policies.
- Provide educational support to the CRM team and be responsible for the development and growth of the cardiac physiologist clinical development. Encourage staff to be part of the clinical research and support in clinical educational.
- Ensure strong clinical and corporate governance of the Cardiac Physiology elements of the CRM service, including compliance to robust procurement processes, in line with the trust standing financial instructions.
- Demonstrate continuous service development, providing specialist input to the clinical service delivery and actively contributing to the smooth running of quality service.
- Actively support all CRM and cath lab patient pathways, support the cath lab clinical lead and the cardiology research fellow. Active insight into cardiac rhythm new service development, lead the service in tender and be an ambassador for the trust rhythm service.
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to be working at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our three main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free. This larger scale organization provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organization.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc in Clinical Cardiac Physiology
- Management or Leadership qualification
Desirable criteria
- Masters in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or degree level equivalent education plus extensive experience
Knowledge, Experience, Skills
Essential criteria
- Expert clinical knowledge in all areas of cardiac rhythm management and coronary
- Demonstrable ability to lead, manage and sustain change in a clinical environment
- Previous staff management experience (AL, Appraisals)
Desirable criteria
- Prior service improvement and leadership experience
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Finance, budget, stock management experience
- Ability to liaise and to develop working relationships with a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to inspire and drive a team towards service development and personal growth
- Ability to manage and lead team in emergency
- Ability to engage the team and develop changes in working practices
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Catherine Endeley-Brown
- Job title
- Senior Operations Manager, Cardiovascular Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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Alternatively, please contact Cheryl Ralph - Senior Chief Clinical Cardiac physiologist for Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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