Chief Cardiac Physiologist - Congenital/Paediatric Echocardiographer

Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Evelina London Childrens Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£51,488 - £57,802 p.a. inc. HCA + £5275 RRP
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/06/2024 23:59
Chief Cardiac Physiologist - Congenital/Paediatric EchocardiographerNHS AfC: Band 7 Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS. Job overviewChief Cardiac Physiologist (Paediatric echocardiographer)The position is for a highly skilled independently reporting Paediatric echocardiographer. The post holder will perform transthoracic studies on Paediatric patients with congenital heart disease to the level and extent dictated by their prior experience and competency.The post holder will manage their own transthoracic echo lists in outpatient and inpatient settings and liaise with other health care professionals to provide reports and opinions.They will be comfortable working in acute settings as required.W e welcome interest from all skilled cardiac physiologists with a suitable background in paediatric echocardiography who wish to broaden and deepen their experience in one of the leading centres in the country. Main duties of the jobRESPONSIBLE TO: Principle Cardiac Physiologist - Paediatric CardiologyACCOUNTABLE TO: Head of Service in Paediatric and Fetal CardiologyWe are currently looking for a highly motivated, communicative team player with excellent interpersonal skills to support the paediatric echocardiography department. The post holder will be required to undertake duties within this area to a high level as a qualified specialised cardiac physiologist. You will be required to have advanced skills in congenital heart disease echocardiography. For advanced echocardiographers, training will be provided in 3D reconstruction and functional analysis; as required. All staff are encouraged to participate in teaching and research and are given support with their continuing professional development to attend lectures, seminars and relevant courses.Working for our organisationEvelina Children’s Hospital at Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation TrustThe Evelina London is one of the leading children’s hospitals in the UK and a premier Paediatric cardiac centre. The Paediatric Cardiac service at the Evelina was formerly located within Guy’s Hospital and has a proud history of clinical innovation and “world firsts”. Since the move in 2005 to our purpose built, award winning new building, Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac surgery at the Evelina has continued this long tradition for excellence and innovation.Our cardiac program manages the full spectrum of congenital heart problems on one campus and provides continuous care from the foetus (Fetal Cardiology Unit, Evelina), through childhood (Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina) into adult life (Adult Congenital heart disease at St. Thomas’ Hospital). Many of our patients are referred from a network of regional hospitals but, due to the highly specialised services we offer, patients may also come from other UK centres or from abroad for treatment and surgery at the Evelina. Due to this diverse referral pattern the case mix seen at the Evelina is extremely varied and often clinically challenging.The trust has an on-site gym, cinema, library, social club and swimming pool. There is an on-site nursery (limited places) and the trust is a ‘family friendly’ employer.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPrinciple Responsibilities and duties:Clinical:Achieves and maintains a high level of competence in Paediatric and congenital echocardiography. Produce an accurate and comprehensive report for each study, with responsibility for your own caseload.Perform transthoracic echocardiograms to a high standard in accordance with departmental minimum standards, with sufficient experience and knowledge to deviate from policy as required to obtain a clinically relevant study.Interpretation of complex clinical information to diagnose a variety of highly complex congenital cardiac pathologies, including potentially life-threatening anatomies, and applying theory to delivering a comprehensive study, including the interpretation and reporting of information you personally acquire. Provides clinical evaluation pre- and post-operatively.Ensure that personal knowledge base in current and up to date for this field of work.Participate in outreach clinics often with consultant supportEnsures that all clinical duties are carried out in such a manner as to ensure safety and compliance with departmental minimum standards.To act as an effective role model within the department contributing to the education, training and development of technical staff.To be responsible for overseeing minimum standards within the specialist area, ensuring that these are maintained and any issues identified are reported to the Principle cardiac physiologist.Staff Supervision & Training:To assist the Clinical Lead Physiologists in the supervision of trainee or unaccredited Cardiac Physiologist staff in the area of echocardiography.In conjunction with the principle Physiologist, to contribute to the development of training pathways for technical staff in echocardiography, to ensure all staff are trained to a high and consistent standard.Participate in departmental echo teaching sessionsTechnical & Information:To assist in maintenance of stock within the area of echocardiography.To contribute to tender exercises, purchase and capital equipment and capital improvements by providing technical specialist advice, as required.To contribute to the departments extensive program of research and product evaluation.Participate in the day-to-day managing of the physiology service, including elements of clinical and non-clinical work.Other responsibilitiesTo undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the grade and required by management.You will be expected to participate as a member of the major incident team when requirePerson specificationKnowledge/QualificationsMSc (Hons) in Cardiac Physiology or equivalentEchocardiography accreditation (EACVI congenital heart disease) or equivalentBSE accreditationExperienceExperience working as a Paediatric cardiac physiologist (at least 1 year)A high level of skill demonstrable in echocardiographyExperience in adult congenital heart diseaseExperience in scanning patients with congenital heart diseaseSkillsAbility to work as a competent practitionerAble to convey complex information to patients, colleagues and peersAnalyses complex information and produces reports based upon thisAbility to assess junior staffGuy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership. Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.Your e-mail address is important to us -We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.Please apply for this post by clicking "Apply Online Now."Employer certification / accreditation badgesThis 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.
Name
Saleha Kabir
Job title
Lead physiologist of paediatrics and Advanced Echo
Email address
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Telephone number
02071889225
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