Cardiographer

The Imperial NHS Trust is made up of five hospitals in North West London and partnered with Imperial College London. As a trust we provide specialist healthcare to a population of over two million patients across all our hospitals

Our vision is to be a world leader in transforming health through innovation in patient care, education and research.

**To enable us to achieve this, our objectives are**:
To achieve excellent patient experience and outcomes, deliver with care and compassion.

To educate and engage skilled and diverse people committed to continual learning and improvement.

As an academic health science center, to generate world leading research that is translated rapidly into exceptional clinical care.

To pioneer integrated models of care with our partners to improve the health of the communities we serve.

To realize the organization’s potential through excellent leadership, efficient use of resources and effective governance

We are a team comprised of motivated and skillful Consultant cardiologists, Cardiac Physiologists, Associate practitioners, Cardiographers and Cardiac nurse specialists looking for a caring and hardworking band 3 Cardiographer. We will also consider a person without any experience but is willing to learn and develop within this role, full training will be provided.

As a band 3 cardiographer you will be expected to perform ECGs, fit 24hr ECG monitors and 7 day ECG monitors. Fit 24 hour blood pressure monitors and 12 lead ECG holters

The Trust has three non-invasive Cardiac Investigations Units, carrying out over 60 000 investigations each year.

Each unit is staffed by a team of Cardiographers and Cardiac Physiologists who carry out a variety of non-invasive cardiac investigations as requested by doctors, wards, GPs etc.

As a Cardiographer, to perform a range of non-invasive clinical-technical investigation procedures in the Electrocardiography field, on Patients, to a competent standard.

To assist the more senior Cardiac Physiology staff in the non-invasive section of Cardiac Diagnostic Services to provide the routine clinical-technical investigations provided by the Cardiac Investigations Department daily.

This will include routinely carrying out administrative, environmental and housekeeping tasks as well as having clinical-technical responsibilities and some involvement in organisational issues, as appropriate to the level of a Cardiographer

The job will initially operate between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday, but some variation on these hours may be required dependent on the needs of the service.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.