Job summary
NHS Band 6: £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5hrs
Contract Type: Temporary 1 year

Main duties of the job
Undertakes specialised clinical Cardiac Physiological tests on patients to inform clinical diagnosis and interprets results and provides a factual report for all routine investigations. Work independently within scope of practice across two sites (Queen Alexandra hospital and at the Community Diagnostic Centre at St Marys Hospital, Portsmouth).

Undertakes specialised clinical Cardiac physiological tests with indirect supervision, able to lead on specific projects

Undertake departmental audits.

Responsible for self-directed learning.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job responsibilities

• Performing 12 Lead ECGs and has a skilled knowledge of ECG interpretation.
• Independently and confidently perform ECGs, ambulatory monitoring, analyses result and provides a comprehensive and accurate report to enable clinical decisions to be made regarding patient treatment.
• Responsible for acting as lead for Exercise ECG testing.
• To be fully conversant with emergency arrest procedures including defibrillation.
• To be part of the Cardiac Cath labs, be expert in routine invasive procedures, including diagnostic angiograms, PCI and primary PCI. Participate in training for EP cases and ablations.
• To be an active part of the 24/7 on call catheter lab team and part of a weekend rota for inpatient work.
• Skilled knowledge in Pacemaker implantation to include VVI and DDD implants.
• Working towards performing a transthoracic Echocardiogram to BSE minimum standards and producing a report to the BSE minimum dataset.
• Act as assistant in TOE (Transoesophageal Echo).
• Experience in the follow up of Reveal devices including remote monitoring and provides comprehensive and accurate report to enable clinical decisions to be made regarding patient treatment. .
• Be competent in the follow up of VVI and DDD pacemakers, working towards follow up of specialised devices.
• Perform remote follow up of Bradycardia pacemakers, working towards more complex devices.
• Have or working towards professional registration.

Management and leadership

• To supervise Band 5 Cardiac Physiologists and Assistant Technical officer staff groups.
• Work towards leadership development.

For further details and person specification please refer tothe Job Description.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent.
• Working towards BSE/BHRS or accredited.
• Have or working towards professional accreditation.
• Intermediate life support certification.

Experience
Essential

• Experience as working as a Band 5 within a clinical cardiology environment.
• Experience in all routine clinical Cardiac physiological testing invasive and non-invasive Cardiology.

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• Flexible.
• Organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants 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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.