Apprentice Healthcare Practitioners

1 week ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
Training and working towards:

- To deliver a wide range of the technical work of the unit to include Electrocardiography, Ambulatory ECG and BP monitoring & analysis, HUTT testing, Exercise ECG testing (Clinical Physiologist managed or Medically supervised), Echocardiography, (TOE & TTE, Stress Echo, 3D Echo), Cardiac Catheterisation (Diagnostic & Interventional (Pressure Wire, IVUS, Rotablation, IABP, Valvuloplasty etc), Internal Cardioversion, Myocardial Perfusion Scans, Pacemaker implant & follow-up.
- To ensure adequate monitoring of patients during investigations and procedures.
- To be aware of adverse clinical conditions or events occurring during investigations and to take swift and appropriate action to prevent life threatening or significant medical events. E.g. during Cardiac exercise testing, HUTT, TOE, Pacemaker Implant and follow up.
- To ensure that all resuscitation equipment is checked prior to each session and is in working order and that the drugs required for resuscitation are available within expiry dates.
- To check stock levels and manage stock control.
- To be able to assist with pacemaker follow-up clinics for complex and non-complex pacemakers to assess pacemaker function and programme generators accordingly.
- Refer pacemaker patients to Cardiologist for box change when appropriate.
- The post holder will be responsible for the accurate, speedy handling of sterile equipment during pacemaker implants / PCI.
- To assist in Exercise ECG Testing

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above

Plus one of the following:

- Access to Higher Education Diploma gaining 60 credits in total with at least 45 credits achieved at level 3, of which 36 credits must be in science based units at level 3 : at least 36 of these credits must be achieved at Distinction or above with the remainder at merit
- BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma in Applied Science grade DDM

**Desirable**:

- Professional Body Exams (ASCST)

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Ability to work in a team
- IT skills
- Keen interest and knowledge in cardiology
- Patient confidentiality

**Desirable**:

- Working knowledge of NHS

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Capable of prioritisation.
- Confident to liaise with other staff groups ( Consultant staff, Medical staff, Nursing staff and peer groups )
- Must be able to work as a team member
- Good interpersonal skills
- Motivation
- Flexibility & Adaptability
- Maintains confidentiality
- Ability to work in a challenging and busy environment to tight deadlines
- To be able to relate and respond to complex and sensitive issues
- Flexible and reliable
- Ability to work cross site / in community diagnostic hubs

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:



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