Job summaryAt present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.
The cardiology department at the University Hospitals of the North Midlands provides diagnostic testing for inpatients and outpatients at both Royal stoke Hospital and County Hospital. These include exercise tolerance testing, head up tilt table testing, echocardiography, pacemaker implant and follow-up, heamodynamic monitoring during invasive coronary angiography, electrophysiological testing and electrocardiography (ECG). Resting electrocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring is an essential part of the wider service, the primary focus of this role is to support ECG services and arrhythmia monitoring services at both at the trust and in the community.
Main duties of the jobIn addition to ECG, this role involves assisting senior healthcare scientists in the provision of specialist clinics. The successful applicant will join an established team of 15 healthcare science assistants. The cardiology Department has an established training & development programme to provide the practical skills required for providing a range of specialist invasive & non-invasive cardiac investigations.
The main duties for this role will include recording ECG's, assisting in exercise tolerance & tilt testing, arrhythmia monitoring and the provision of community based ECG clinics in Stoke on Trent. Analysis and interpretation of clinical data & providing technical reports will be required.
Services are provided at various community settings across Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire as well as at both Royal Stoke, County Hospital and the new Community Diagnostic Centre. Candidates will need to be able to travel to each of these settings.
About usUniversity Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us.We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours.We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application.
Job responsibilitiesFor further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person SpecificationEducation/QualificationsEssentialDesirable- Recognised qualification in ECG recording
- GCSE Science or equivalent
ExperienceEssential- Experience in a cardiac physiology department
- Experience delivery cardiac diagnostic testing
Desirable- Evidence of recent learning in cardiac science
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).
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). 
