Job summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Echocardiography service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB), across Royal Derby Hospital, Queen's Hospital Burton and Community Diagnostic Centres. We are seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Physiologist / Healthcare Scientist who shares our vision of delivering consistently outstanding patient care.

The Royal Derby Hospital echo department is BSE accredited in transthoracic, training and transoesophageal echocardiography and is working towards stress echo accreditation. The service provides adult transthoracic and transoesophageal studies and supports regional congenital, paediatric and ACHD clinics.

We have well-established physiologist-led services including exercise stress echocardiography, contrast studies and valve surveillance clinics. The successful applicant will be BSE accredited in adult transthoracic echocardiography (minimum one year post-accreditation) and will join a progressive Advanced Clinical Physiologist team within Echocardiography and Non-Invasive Cardiology. Professional development is supported, including attendance at BSE conferences and relevant training.

Main duties of the job
Applicants must demonstrate proven competency in adult transthoracic echocardiography. Experience in paediatric echocardiography is desirable. Candidates should have experience performing and reporting a range of advanced non-invasive cardiology investigations, including cardiac stress testing and Head-Up Tilt Testing (HUTT), ensuring accurate interpretation and high-quality patient care. Applicants should be able to assist in specialised adult cardiac ultrasound investigations and procedures, including bubble and contrast studies, 2D and 3D echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) and pericardiocentesis procedures within the cardiac catheter laboratory (desirable). Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team environment and supporting complex procedures is advantageous. The role requires a commitment to ongoing professional development and training in advanced imaging modalities, including stress echocardiography, 3D echocardiography, TOE, speckle tracking and strain analysis. Participation in physiologist-led Valve Surveillance Clinics and contribution to the echocardiography on-call service is expected, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to service delivery.

About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential

• BSc Clinical Physiology Degree/STP/ETP
• Substantial post-graduate experience as a Senior Clinical Physiologist.
• Continual professional development with up-to-date knowledge of current practices and relevant new technology
• Education and training skills with experience of training and assessment

Desirable

• Experience in Advanced Echocardiography

Skills and Ability
Essential

• Demonstrates evidence in a wide range of echocardiography
• Evidence of leadership/teamwork

Other requirements
Essential

• Ability to work under pressure (emotional resilience and ability to prioritise and plan work).
• Ability to support patients (or their carers) including those with a range of acute or chronic clinical conditions and disabilities in a variety of healthcare settings.

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.