Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Cardio. ECG - Corporate
- Grade
- Band 6/5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2024-22-012-A
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/08/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Cardiac Physiologist/HC Science Practitioner
Band 6/5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
Following a review of our clinical workforce model in cardiac physiology, we are excited to provide the opportunity for 6 additional cardiac physiologists to join our team.
If you are a newly qualified cardiac physiologist or practitioner keen to experience advanced interventional cardiology and learn more about complex procedures in interventional catheter labs you would be perfect for this role. As part of our structural review, our cardiac physiologists will be given the opportunity to progress on a supportive career pathway that transitions to a specialist grade with additional training and experience provided within the department.
Joining us as a band 5 cardiac physiologist (competencies within an 18 month’s timeframe) provide opportunities to progress onto a senior practitioner band 6 naturally once signed off against a set of competencies without the requirement for further interview process.
- Interview Date: 14 August 2024
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
We are proud to be able to offer opportunities for our workforce that shows value to the skillset working in a tertiary centre can provide and we are committed to the investment in the future of physiology services. Your continued development from basic physiology knowledge to become a specialist in your field by providing new experiences and exposure to complex procedures is paramount to our future plans for this growing team.
The post holders will perform a range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations and interventions within their scope of training as a qualified cardiac physiologist / healthcare science practitioner.
These jobs will provide opportunities for progression into a variety of specialist care roles and advanced specialties, which are key to providing expert care for the patients at the heart of our services.
This role will involve working as a crucial member of our great team in our busy cardiology department providing a range of complex cardiology investigations and interventions.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Band 6
- Participate in the delivery of a specialist clinical service and deliver a high standard of care to all patients.
- Participate in the on-call rota, providing a 24-hour emergency service for cardiac catheterisation labs for adult and paediatric patients.
- Rotate through sections of Cardiac Services department to build and maintain a body of specialist knowledge and apply this to practice.
- Continue theoretical and practical training via experiential learning and designated advanced course attendances in order to develop an understanding of a specialist area of practice.
- Contribute to the delivery of training within the department.
Band 5
Salary £28,407 - £34,581
- Participate in the delivery of a specialist clinical service and deliver a high standard of care to all patients including provision on the on-call rota.
- Rotate through non-invasive (ECG, AECG and ETT) and interventional (PCI and TAVI) sections of Cardiac Services department to build a body of specialist knowledge and apply this to practice.
- Continue theoretical and practical training via experiential learning and in-house training.
- Contribute to the delivery of training within the department.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Person specification
Meets All Band 6 Criteria
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or Healthcare sciences (Cardiac Science Practitioner Training Programme (PTP))
- RCCP (Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists) voluntary registration or equivalent registration i.e., HCPC or AHCS
- Immediate Life Support certification
- Post-qualification experience as a Cardiac Physiologist, Cardiac Healthcare Science Practitioner or a newly qualified Cardiac Scientist with evidence of continuing professional development and demonstrable competency in: Specialist interpretation of both Adult and Paediatric Electrocardiograms (ECG), analysis of data and ability to write a factual report of findings on all ambulatory ECG recordings including Paediatric / Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients and patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices / Ability to set up and use all haemodynamic recording and monitoring equipment in cardiac catheterisation laboratory, including IABP set up and operation / Provide expert support for junior practitioners / physiologists in troubleshooting equipment faults and issues with pressure wire systems (FFR, IFR, RFR) and coronary vessel assessment tools (OCT and IVUS) / Ability to perform temporary pacing checks and rapid ventricular pacing in Trans aortic valve intervention (TAVI) procedures while maintaining accurate reporting throughout the procedure / Ability to provide expert advice to medical team for optimisation of temporary pacing settings and to have flexibility to adapt to any urgent changes which may occur during the procedure or within the environment / Understand and interpret complex Paediatric and adult congenital cardiac anatomy and heart diseases and surgical procedures, relevant to interventional cardiac catheterisation lab procedures (Right and left Heart Catheterisation, Shunt and valve assessment, cardiac output and blood gas analysis) including comprehensive understanding of all haemodynamic measurements
- Provide support for clinical training
- Evidence of participation in practice development and CPD
- Evidence of involvement in training junior staff and local sign off for mentoring others within boundaries of your own knowledge base
- Availability for on-call work
- Ability to provide expert physiological assessment of non-invasive blood pressure and ECG interpretation while supervising exercise stress testing for both adult and paediatric patients, creating a comprehensive, scientific report of the results
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Life Support Resuscitation Certificate
- Post graduate Mentorship qualification (Practice Assessor Training course (level 6), A1/CAVA, Training Assessment and Quality Assurance (TAQA) or equivalent)
Meets All Band 5 Criteria
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology) or BSc (Hons) Healthcare Science (Cardiac Science)
- Interpretative knowledge of adult ECGs – (resting and exercise) including ability to interpret data and write a report of findings from ambulatory ECG recordings
- Ability to provide technical and physiological expertise in both physiologist and medically led exercise tolerance testing (ETT)
- Ability to perform adult electrocardiographs (ECGs), set up, fit and remove a wide range of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and ECG monitors
- Resuscitation skills including defibrillation using both adhesive pads and external defibrillation paddles
- Ability to set up and use haemodynamic recording and monitoring equipment in cardiac catheterisation laboratory, including IABP set up and operation
- Ability to provide technical expertise
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Registration with the Academy of Healthcare Science (AHCS) or Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP)
- Immediate Life Support Resuscitation Certificate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Victoria Craig
- Job title
- Cardiac Physiologist Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2139966
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