Principal Cardiac Physiologist - Stress Echo and Practice Educator

Job summary
Looking to take your echocardiography career to the next level with one of the most prestigious NHS Trusts in the country? At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we're driven by a clear mission: to deliver world-class healthcare through cutting-edge research, education, and training. Now, we're inviting echocardiographers to join our friendly, expert team in the renowned echocardiography department.

We are seeking a stress echocardiography-accredited Clinical Scientist with a strong track record in delivering echocardiography education to join our forward-thinking department, where innovation and excellence are central to everything we do.

This role combines clinical practice in stress echocardiography with the delivery of education and training for all echocardiography trainees across Imperial, with approximately 60% of the role dedicated to clinical practice and 40% to education delivery.

As part of a comprehensive cardiac diagnostics service, you will play a key role in delivering the full spectrum of echocardiographic investigations, from routine 3D imaging and myocardial strain analysis to advanced stress echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) in support of structural heart interventions.

Main duties of the job

• Independently lead exercise stress-echocardiography lists in a range if patient cohorts.
• Oversee the development and delivery of echocardiography education programmes and materials.
• Independently interpret findings and issue final clinically diagnostic reports to a highly competent professional standard.
• Supervising, training, and providing informal teaching to multidisciplinary staff in echocardiography techniques.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

Details
Date posted: 08 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year pa inclusive
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 290-WCCS-2582
Job locations: Trust Wide, London, W2 1NY

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential

• Clinical scientist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
• BSE accreditation in both adult and stress-echocardiography
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development Education
• ILS certified

Desirable

• PhD or working towards a higher degree

Experience
Essential

• Proven experience at a supervisory level in specialist area. Experience of training scientific and medical staff. High level of knowledge of all aspects of specialist subject. Evidence of active CPD.
• High level of clinical competence in stress-echocardiography and ability to supervise staff in specialist section of the cardiac science/cardiac physiology with upto-date knowledge of current trends in cardiac research and practice.
• Informal teaching of complex physiological concepts on a one to one basis
• Competence in PC word processing, spreadsheet and database software. Good written and oral communication skills.

Desirable

• Significant managerial experience with post-grad management qualifications.
• Peer reviewed research Publications
• Experience of conducting audits of echocardiography services

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Essential

• Both effective independent and team worker.
• Ability to train staff in the postholder's Specialist field.
• Ability to innovate practice developments and advances in the field of Echocardiography.
• Ability to cope with the pressures and stresses of the daily demands of a busy front-line clinical technical services.

Desirable

• Experience of conducting service-level improvement projects with incorporated audits and demonstrable outcome data

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: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details
Employer name: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Trust Wide, London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant clinical scientist Shaun Robinson
shaunrobinson@nhs.net