Cardiac Physiology

Cardiac Physiology - Congenital Developmental Post (Echocardiography)

Are you keen keen to develop your skills, motivated and enthusiastic?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our innovative team and gain advanced paediatric experience.

Bristol has become one of the countries most sought after locations with huge inner city developments such as the recently opened Cabot Circus and an abundance of tourist attractions, art galleries and eateries all within the vibrant capital of the South West. Bristol enjoys all the benefits of being the countries fifth biggest city, yet is surrounded by areas of outstanding beauty such as the Brecon Beacons, Cotswold and Mendip Hills.

If you are interested in embracing a new interesting perspective in Cardiology then we would like to hear from you.

Full training in paediatric congenital heart disease will be given.

This post is focused on giving an individual opportunity to learn new skills and develop in their career. Duties will focus on participating or developing in the following key areas;
Take an active role to support the day to day management of this highly specialised clinical area (Echocardiography), ensuring an effective and efficient tertiary service

Be a competent reporting independent practitioner and be able to perform the full range of echocardiography techniques in both adult and paediatric congenital heart disease. Performing and reporting upon paediatric echocardiography procedures (unsupervised) to BSE / EuroEcho standards.

Monitor and contribute to budget constraints

Responsible for receipting of medical products and equipment for the department. Responsible for the stock control within the section.

Communicate with medical representatives regarding the development, maintenance and upkeep of the section

Deputise for other sectional managers where necessary

Provide clinical and professional advice to patients, parents/carers and colleagues

Participate in the 24hr, 7 days a week on-call service (where applicable)

Provide advice, teach, and be responsible for clinical supervision of other staff and students

Implement, manage, evaluate, maintain and update protocols with the section

Actively participate and develop the quality control assurances for the service

Actively engage and develop the research and audit portfolio of the service

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward

The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children is a dedicated paediatric centre of excellence, catering for all ages from fetus, to young adults. The service provides a comprehensive range of congenital cardiac investigations, interventions and cardiac surgery to the South West of England and South Wales. Investigations performed by the service include but not limited to; physiologist led ETT, CPET, HUTT, ambulatory monitoring, Device implants and follow-up, and a full range of interventional congenital procedures. Our echocardiography service includes Transthoracic Echocardiography, Stress Echocardiography, TOE, and Fetal Sonography which is gaining an international reputation. We also have close links with our research department which is very active in research and has an international reputation for drug trials and sports exercise programs in CHD. The service supports diagnostic testing for a number of active trials.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.