We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team at Worcester Royal Hospital. We are looking for an experienced echocardiographer to join our expanding, friendly team. The role will include performing and reporting adult TTEs in a mixture of in-patient and out-patient settings including supporting the complex echo service with the DSE and TOE lists dependant on experience. Duties will also include supporting head of department and service leads with developing services, supporting trainees, quality control and audits. We are a supportive department who offer fantastic training and development opportunities to help our staff reach their full potential
For a full description of the main duties of the role please see the Job Description attached.
Main duties of the job
To perform and report adult Echocardiograms. To work along side consultant Cardiologists performing TOE's, Stress echos and LVOs if suitably experienced although training can be given. To support junior members of staff, in accordance with the British Society of Echocardiography standards, guidelines and departmental protocols and policies. Acting appropriately in the event of significant adverse findings, alerting physicians when immediate medical attention is required.
Responsibility to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation on patients in an emergency situation.
To perform a supervisory / lead role and provide technical support in Technician Led Cardiac Exercise Tolerance tests (ETT). Without supervision, analyse and report the results of the procedure, in accordance with National and Departmental protocols and procedures.
To prepare, hook up to patients, remove, download and analyse the recordings, then report without supervision 24-hour ambulatory ECG recorders, Blood pressure recorders and Cardiac event recorders, according to the departmental procedure and protocol.
Maybe required to work in the invasive Cardiac Catheter Laboratory service, performing unsupervised monitoring of invasive intra-cardiac pressures, ECG intracoronary imaging on clinically high-risk cardiac patients. Alerting Physician immediately of any changes in parameters.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as an independent practitioner of the Cardiology team.
To be BSE accredited to be able to perform and report own echocardiograms and to amend and validate junior physiologists echocardiogram reports.
To participate in the development of the complex echocardiography service (DSE and TOE)
To be fully competent and responsible for performing a wide range of complex and highly specialised non-invasive investigations, including analysis, reporting and clinical interpretation of results for their own patient workload and that of junior members of staff including verifications of written reports from junior members of staff.
To provide high technical expertise, supervision, support and training to technical and medical staff.
To produce technically satisfactory results in accordance with national and departmental standards.
To communicate complex instructions and clinical information effectively to all categories of patients, ensuring co-operation and compliance to obtain accurate technical and clinical data.
To analyses clinical information and clinical conditions during procedures, whereby judgement is required to determine the appropriate course of action
To visual and verbal risk-assess every patient prior to carrying out any clinical investigations.
To ensure patients are monitored appropriately during investigations and ensuring swift and appropriate action is taken to minimise life threatening or significant medical events.
To initiate Basic Life Support and Immediate Life Support when required.
To ensure safe use of specialist / expensive equipment used by self and others.
To report all untoward events or uncertainties to the Head of Department.
To work at all times in a safe and responsible manner
To plan and prioritise personal workloads according to daily staffing levels.
To advise junior medical staff on the availability, selection and appropriateness of test procedures
This post has no budgetary responsibility.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a specialised Cardiac Physiologist and advanced
- knowledge of Echocardiography.
Desirable
- Supervision of staff
- Assist with the day to day
- running of the department.
- Teaching and development of
- staff
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Clinical Physiology or
- equivalent.
- British Society of Echocardiography
- accreditation (BSE) or equivalent.
- ILS
Desirable
- ALS.
- A1 Assessors award.
- Registration for RCCP.
- ASCST (parts 1 & 2) or equivalent.
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
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C9365-24-0918
