Vacancy: Specialist Echo Physiologist
Department: Cardiac Services
Location: East London, E14
Contract: Bank Shifts
Salary: £Competitive Bank Rates.

As a Specialist Echo Physiologist at Bupa our patients will be your top priority. With no shareholders, we reinvest our profits back into our business to give you the extra time and technology you need to make a difference to our patients each and every day.

Joining Bupa, you'll benefit from access to our state-of-the art Clinical Training Facility, a centre for connected learning, care and careers. This forms part of Bupa Campus, a vibrant new learning initiative which brings us together in virtual and physical spaces across the Bupa globe.

About the centre
The Centre's secondary care services including muscle, bone and joint, orthopaedics, pain and spinal, dental and maxillofacial, breast and gynaecology, dermatology, cardiac, musculoskeletal, spinal, and urology, ENT, and will be able to perform procedures onsite. The centre provides rapid-access to numerous specialities.

How you'll make things happen
You'll perform a range of highly specialised cardiac ultrasound investigations, including adult transthoracic, contrast (for left ventricular opacification) and bubble study echocardiograms, 3D echocardiograms, dobutamine stress echocardiograms, assisting with transoesophageal echocardiograms, performing accurate and reproducible measurements and quantification, interpret findings and independently issue final clinically diagnostic reports, to a competent, highly specialised professional standard.

You will have the following:

• Able to perform transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) in accordance with British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) standards. Independently acquire and interpret echocardiographic images, producing comprehensive reports for referring clinicians.
• To perform and interpret 12 lead ECGs; Fit, removal and analysis of 24 hour Holter/BP monitors.

What you’ll bring:

• BSc (Hons) in Clinical Cardiac Physiology or BSc in Healthcare Science (Cardiac Physiology) or PTP equivalence (ESSENTIAL)
• Transthoracic (TTE) Level 2 accreditation by British Society of Echocardiography or Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography Certification by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) (ESSENTIAL)
• Evidence of maintaining relevant Continuing Professional Development ILS - Immediate Life Support Course (ESSENTIAL)
• Stress Echocardiography Accreditation by British Society of Echocardiography MSc in a Cardiac Physiology related subject or STP equivalence in Cardiac Imaging (DESIREABLE)
• Appropriate clinical experience post qualification. (ESSENTIAL)
• Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through training as a Clinical Physiologist. (ESSENTIAL)

Benefits

• An hourly rate that incorporates payment of annual leave.
• Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop lead by expert caterers.
• Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: careers@bupa.com