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Advanced Clinical Pharmacist

1 month ago

King's Lynn, United Kingdom The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly qualified Cardiac Physiologist/Cardiac Scientist specialising in Echocardiography; to join our friendly and established team.

This is an exciting time to join our busy Cardio-Respiratory Department as we now have a new department structure. We are looking for an enthusiastic and aspirational individual to help us develop echo services for West Norfolk.

We have a patient centred attitude, striving to provide the best possible care for our and create a positive and supportive environment within the Trust. Learning and development are encouraged and heavily supported within our department.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate extensive expertise within echocardiography, have excellent communication, time management and interpersonal skills with a willingness to participate in teaching, training, and mentoring at all levels. 

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to be an independent practitioner in Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography and to participate in specialised procedures such as TOE, Stress Echo, and Contrast/Bubble Studies, working closely with the Cardiologists.

Teaching and mentoring will be expected to form a large part of the role.

Performing a range of cardiac investigations to support the departments service provision is essential as well as the continuation of professional development within the role.

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this role please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

Essential criteria

BSc/MSc in cardiac physiology/cardiac science BSE Accredited (equivalent qualifications may be considered)

Desirable criteria

RCCP registered Qualifications in training/assessing/mentoring

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant, demonstrable post qualification experience Competent in performing all cardiac investigations provided by the department Experience in training and assessment of junior staff and other medical professionals

Desirable criteria

Experience in assisting in TOE, and performing specialised Echocardiograms, i.e., 3D, Contrast, Bubble studies and stress echo Experience in physiologist led specialist clinics

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential criteria

Ability to organise and analyse data with good critical thinking skills Ability to obtain all cardiac ultrasound views as described in the BSE minimum dataset on both technically easy and challenging patients utilising optimal patient positioning and technical skills Good computer skills Actively participates in teaching and training Knowledge of a wide range of cardiac physiology investigations and advanced specialist knowledge in Echocardiography Able to keep up with workload and deliver results in a timely manner

Desirable criteria

History taking and general clinical examination

Aptitude

Essential criteria

Excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to communicate complex information to colleagues and patients Evidence of ability to work autonomously but also as part of the echo team and wider MDT

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

Flexible working opportunities Free counselling service NHS Pension scheme Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access* Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.

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