Band 6 Echocardiography Training Programme Trainee

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Here at University Hospitals Birmingham, we have an exciting opportunity for an 24-month fixed term full-time training post in Echocardiography. This is part of the Echocardiography Training Programme developed by the National School of Healthcare Science and funded by Health Education England.

There are 3 posts available, placed at either Good Hope, Heartlands or Solihull Hospital, however may involve travel to any of the other centres within UHB for specialist training.

Across the 3 sites we have 14 echo rooms and 30 echocardiographers. We offer a range of Echocardiographer-led services to include: bubble contrast, LV contrast, valve clinics, trans-oesophageal echocardiogiography and stress echo. Our department offers a 4 day working week between the hours of 8-6pm

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will be trained to perform and report adult transthoracic echocardiograms to BSE accreditation level 2 standard and awarded a Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Echocardiography. For more information, please see the NSHCS website:

As part of the course you will be required to attend 2 x block weeks at university. An example of your working week will be 75% practical hands on training and 25% study to complete the additional academic requirements.

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject (examples include Pure or Applied Physics, Engineering, Biology or Human Biology, or Sports Science (if significant scientific content) OR Equivalent experience and appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills in cardiology. As evidenced for example by appropriate voluntary registration with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists or Academy for Healthcare Science.

Experience

Essential

Has an understanding of the role of an Echocardiographer in healthcare and disease and its application in a healthcare setting. A committed, in depth interest in Echocardiography and its application to direct clinical care of patients in a clinical environment. Knowledge acquired through study and experience to formulate appropriate advice and judgements, including clinical judgements involving facts or situations that impact on patients. Patient confidentiality

Desirable

Working knowledge of NHS

Additional Criteria

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both writing and speaking in English language in order to: *Explain analytical, scientific and clinical aspects of the work to a variety of people including scientific colleagues, clinical professionals, service managers and patients and to listen to their needs. *Make formal presentations to groups of colleagues. Good active listening skills to build rapport with the listener to encourage an open discussion. Self-aware and flexible enough to adopt a range of evaluative or empathising listening styles according to the needs of the listener and the situation. Ability to work autonomously in the planning and execution of their own work and under the guidance of their Departmental Supervisors. Ability to work under pressure (emotional resilience and ability to prioritise and plan work) Good personal organisational skills. Effective team worker, willing to adopt a role working in collaboration with others. Good understanding of ethics and professional practice, the NHS constitution and the importance of patient-centred care Flexible and reliable Possible 7 day working

Desirable

Flexibility to acquire the skills to organise, plan and monitor the workload of others. Under guidance develops good interpretative skills in the formulation of advice to multi-disciplinary team members on diagnosis and appropriate treatment of patients. Ability to support patients (or their carers) including those with a range of acute or chronic clinical conditions and disabilities in a variety of healthcare settings

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