Job summaryWe're looking for a skilled Band 7 Echocardiographer to join our growing Cardiac Physiology team in Nottingham.
You'll deliver high-quality echo services, support advanced imaging, and help develop junior staff. If you're BSE accredited and want to make a real impact in a supportive, forward-thinking department, we'd love to hear from you. We are particularly interested to hear from those with experience or interest in congenital echo.
Main duties of the jobIn addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.
As a highly specialised physiologist your main duties will be the provision of high quality echo studies ranging from standard TTE to advanced techniques such as stress echo and congenital echo.
You will also play an active role in the training program at NUH, providing quality practical and theoretical teaching to junior team members and clinical colleagues.
As a band 7 physiologist you will assist the echo leads and head of service in daily management of the team and act as a role model for colleagues.
This is a Trust wide post and the successful candidate will be expected to work at both our hospitals and the Nottingham CDC. You will also be required to participate in the provision of the out of hours emergency echo service across both sites.
About usThe echo team at NUH are a friendly, experienced and highly skilled group of physiologists with a wide range of experience in different echo specialities. We are supported by our team of adult imaging and paediatric consultants and work closely with them to provide and develop a high quality service.
The department holds twice weekly consultant led review meetings, bi monthly time out sessions for CPD and a yearly BSE accredited echo training day. You will also be supported to attend national courses and conferences.
Job responsibilities- Providing basic and advanced transthoracic echo reports to a high standard.
- Training of junior team members and clinicians.
- Experience in a range of diagnostics is desirable in order for you to support and advise colleagues when required.
Person SpecificationQualifications/ExperienceEssential- Achieved Qualifications/years experience
DesirablePost Graduate QualificationEssentialManagement experienceEssential- Evidence/demonstrated first line management experience.
DesirableContinued Prof DevelopmentEssential- Evidence/demonstrated CPD
- Advanced echo experience
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.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 (Opens in a new tab).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 (Opens in a new tab).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
