Job summary
At East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Cardiology Services we want our staff to wake up inspired to come to work, valued when at work and fulfilled when leaving at the end of the day.

Come and join us on an exciting journey of modern development, enthusiastically embracing physiology-led services, facing challenges with originality and building a team that's committed to supporting you and your career.

We are looking for 3 band 6 cardiac physiologists to join our team. We have one role in Echocardiography and two roles in Pacing/EP and catheter lab. We have a proud track record of developing physiologists into specialist roles. Newly qualified physiologists will be considered.

Main duties of the job
You will work as a band 6 cardiac physiologist at East Sussex Healthcare Cardiac Physiology Department.

As part of your role you will train and assist with ECG, Holter analysis, pacemaker/ICD implant and follow up, cardiac catheter lab procedures, exercise stress testing, tilt testing and Echocardiography.

We offer in-house training toward specialist qualification in either Pacing or Echocardiography.

About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc Cardiac Physiology in related science
• Voluntary registration with RCCP
• Evidence of continued professional development to post graduate diploma level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

Desirable

• Further education in cardiological sciences
• Academy of Healthcare sciences PTP/STP equivalence

Experience
Essential

• Experience in performing and assessing ECG
• Previous experience of working as part of a team
• Previous experience of training students and junior members of staff

Desirable

• Experience or exposure to Echocardiography, transoesophageal and stress echocardiography
• Experience or exposure to Cardiac Catheterisation/IABP as a physiologist
• Experience or exposure to temporary or permanent cardiac
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience in training staff of other disciplines

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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Employer details
Employer name: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Eastbourne District General Hospital, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Head of Cardiac Physiology, Martin Layzell, martin.layzell1@nhs.net, 0330713397