Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

4 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds Teaching Hospitals Full time

Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility Clinical Duties To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspect of work, including the management of patients in your care. To undertake routine assessment of inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Participates in the on-call rota (7day/24hour) for acute emergencies in the Cardiac Catheter Lab and/or for those with implantable cardiac devices and performs clinical duties out of hours. This requires a high level of autonomy, often giving advice to medical staff with limited specialist knowledge thus directly influencing patient care/outcomes.

Routinely undertakes assessment of both inpatients and outpatients prior to a range of cardiac investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Provides clinical technical advice to patients, carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team both within and outside the cardiology department. Carries out all aspects of clinical work as approved by the clinical management team. Works as an autonomous practitioner within established departmental Standard Operating Procedures and codes of practice.

Communicates with all members of the multidisciplinary team and trust-wide staff to ensure the best possible care for patients by using negotiating, reassurance and persuasiveness skills. Communicates information about routine and complex cardiac investigations to patients and relatives/carers including children and those with learning and/or physical disabilities. Calibrates and manipulates a wide range of complex, expensive technical equipment which processes, creates, updates and stores information. Carries out a broad range of fundamental and complex cardiac investigations and following analysis and interpretation of physiological data, provides accurate and factual reports.

Professional Maintain professional registration; RCCP, AHCS, HCPC. Responsible for maintaining own technical competencies in clinical areas including achieving professional exams/membership appropriate to clinical area, e.g. BHRS, BSE etc. Experience and knowledge of specialist cardiac investigations and techniques at postgraduate level.

Responsible for reporting clinical incidents and adverse events to the appropriate responsible clinical service manager. Expected to undertake informal training by means of periodic in-house assessments. Responsible for formal mentorship and input into coordination of training of designated junior staff and students. Be an active member of the departmental clinical governance meetings and in-service training programme by attendance at, and participation in, in-service training programmes, tutorials, individual training sessions, external courses and peer review.

Undertakes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with Personal Development Plan (PDP) as developed with Line Manager. Attends and participates in departmental staff meetings. Maintains and develops current knowledge of evidence based practice in each clinical area. Frequently undertakes collection of data for use in audit, research projects and equipment testing.

Regularly provides training in fundamental cardiac techniques to Trainee Cardiac Physiologists and junior staff members. Organisational Demonstrates the ability to prioritise and organise the clinical caseload within a designated area of cardiology. Effort Required to exert moderate physical effort. Frequent transferring of patients and equipment on both trolleys and wheelchairs.

There is a frequent requirement for prolonged, but often predictable, periods of concentration. Frequent exposure to highly distressing situations, e.g. cardiac arrests during rescue coronary intervention while the patient is having a heart attack. Frequent exposure to highly emotional circumstances, e.g.

Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions on a regular daily basis, e.g. bodily fluids including blood, sputum, vomit, urine, fleas and lice. Occasional exposure to verbal and physical aggression. Deals sensitively with patients who have high levels of anxiety and aggression caused by pain, dementia or limited mobility.

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