Highly Specialist Cardiac Physiologist

Job summary

The Mid-Yorkshire Teaching NHS trust is delightedto announce an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist CardiacPhysiologist to join our friendly, supportive, and driventeam.

Our busy cardiac service has undergone recent restructuring after the appointment of our new Cardiac Physiology manager building on our strong reputationfor very high standards of care.

The team provides a service across our 4 sites with the addition of our brand new communitydiagnostic centre. We deliver adult TTE, stress echo (ESE, DSE, bicycleergometer), contrast/ bubble echo, TOEs and is currently working totowards implementation of physiologist led valve clinics.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic,motivated and committed to developing their practical expertise and knowledge. As well as leadership skills. Continuous professional development is a cornerstone of the team, where youwill be encouraged and supported to achieve your full potential.

In addition to your professional development, youwill participate in regular audits and provide valuable insights to contributetowards service development.

You will have proven competency in AdultEchocardiography and will hold BSE accreditation.

Applicants working towards completion of the BSE logbook may be considered for the post at Band 6 to progress to Band 7. Banding of successful applicant/s will start at Band 6 until the necessary threshold of skills, experience and BSE accreditation is achieved for progression to Band 7.

Main duties of the job

Provide cardiac physiology expertise within the specialist area of echocardiography ensuring optimal standards of care are delivered.

Be able to perform and report routine and complex adult transthoracic echos independently, with a high level of skill and autonomy and good under-pinning practical and theoretical knowledge. Have a good base knowledge of other cardiac investigations Participate in robust triage of echo referrals for appropriateness. Provide training, supervision and mentorship of trainees in echocardiography from different programmes/ clinical backgrounds, including BSE accreditation, STP/ ETP students and registrars. Contribute to review, update and amendment of standard operating procedures, training documentation and patient information leaflets in accordance with local and national guidelines. Utilise specialist IT/ archive systems to produce records of complex clinical and technical data, ensuring information is stored accurately for governance, review and audit purposes. Identify areas in the echocardiography service requiring improvement/ development and suggest ways of achieving improvements. Participate in Continuing Professional Development and other developmental activities, including research and clinical trials. Work with Team Leaders and the Service Manager in further developing the clinical physiology service.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community setting and across our four hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury, Pinderfields and CDC (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and management

Provides leadership to the designated team. Investigates and responds to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events. Ensures the safe use and efficient management of equipment and supplies within the team. Takes responsibility for setting, monitoring and seeking to continuously improve standards and the quality of care delivered to patients. Promotes evidence-based practice, wherever possible. Implements policies and proposes change to practice for own specialist area. Contributes to the development of specialist protocols for specialist area. Engages users on service delivery and development.

Clinical skills

Acts in accordance with the Professional Code of Conduct. Maintains a safe working environment. Works as a specialist practitioner within established Trust and departmental policies. Act as a source of expertise within their designated area. Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required and performs a broad range of highly specialist and complex investigations providing accurate factual reports following analysis and interpretation of physiological data. Routinely undertakes assessment of both in-patients and out-patients prior to a range of cardio-respiratory investigations and uses own discretion in order to ensure the patient is suitable for the investigation. Supervises and assesses the work of others within the designated team. Works within and towards national guidelines and directives, NICE, NSF Reports clinical incidents and adverse events to the Service Manager and external agencies as required. Provides clinical leadership and acts as a role model to the designated clinical physiology team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner. Giving lead specialist advice as required. Apply and use technology consistent with evidence of good practice. Prepare and maintain specialist equipment, ensuring overall functionality and comparing overall performance with standardisations. Participate in Clinical Research Trials as directed by lead Physician.

Analytical skills

Interpret and present findings and outcomes of all diagnostic procedures undertaken. Make recommendations based on valid interpretation of available information.

Teaching/Training/Assessing

Take responsibility for own continuing professional development, identifying own development needs in relation to current practice, and attending relevant courses etc. Apply own learning to future development of service. Contribute to, and support learning and development of others, accessing appropriate learning opportunities, and encouraging professional development. Actively participate in training of trainees and other staff, with specialist training for clinical staff, to include planning and delivery of training activities. Objectively assess the work of individuals within areas of specialisation, providing clear and constructive feedback, and agreeing courses of action to address issues, raising issues and related risks with relevant people.

Planning & Policy

Evaluate own and teamwork, making constructive suggestions as to how services can be improved, seeking appropriate support for recommended/necessary changes, and implementing change.

Administrative

Maintain accurate patient records. Input data, test results and reports into computerised system. Ensure others are processing data accurately, with an appropriate level of detail and in the agreed format, making amendments and highlighting problems as necessary. Investigate and take appropriate action when there are problems with processing data, identifying sources of error and taking appropriate action to implement change. Develop structure of systems/databases enabling others to input data more effectively.

Communication

Maintains accurate clinical and other records in accordance with Trust policy. Ensure appropriate clinical record keeping within the designated team. Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive information about routine and complex investigations ensuring they receive the required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery. Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues, providing technical advice relating to specific patient care. Communicate effectively with technical, nursing medical and allied health profession colleagues in a training/educational role. Communicate effectively with manufacturers and technical specialists.

Patient/Carer contact

Able to treat patients and relatives/carers with respect and consideration, maintaining emotional awareness in distressing circumstances. Communicate effectively with patients and relatives/carers, using verbal and non-verbal communication, ensuring understanding of what is being communicated, and taking into account patient communication problems, difficulty in understanding, stressful situations/aggression, and requirement for persuasion/reassurance.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

The postholder has a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. Person Specification

Personal Attributes

Essential

Positive attitude, self-motivated, enthusiastic and approachable. Team player. Commitment to developing self and others to enhance performance.

Qualifications

Essential

Current HCPC, RCCP or AHCS registration. Educated to Degree Level Education or equivalent. Holds professional accreditation appropriate to role British Society of Echocardiography.

Desirable

Post Graduate qualification in Echocardiography.

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

Understands the need for confidentiality. Awareness of health and safety requirements. Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload. Awareness of own limitations.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good hand/eye co-ordination skills and manual dexterity. Able to concentrate for prolonged periods during acquisition of diagnostic data. Excellent written and verbal skills. IT skills. Effective communication and interpersonal skills. Able to manoeuvre often heavy/cumbersome medical equipment. Able to provide physical support in assisting patients to transfer, with occasional requirement to manoeuvre patients full body weight in emergency situations. Able to work in subdued lighting for prolonged periods.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing professional development. Audit & Standard setting. Specialist knowledge in field of practice Current issues in healthcare. In-depth experience and knowledge of highly specialist investigations and techniques within echocardiography. Willing to undergo training as necessary.

Desirable

Significant experience post qualification plus evidence of involvement within leadership and management. Evidence of involvement in service development.

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