Senior Audiologist

Detailed job description

and main responsibilities

The trainee echocardiographer will be employed for a fixed term of 18 months during which time they will work through a programme of learning

In conjunction with and supported by the Designated Training Officer, the Trainee Echocardiographer will be responsible for their own progression through the training programme, completing a mixture of work based competence and experience in NHS scientific departments, completing the learning outcomes as outlined in the Curriculum Library, undertaking the complementary academic Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical
Echocardiography and preparing for and completing the BSE Transthoracic Accreditation process.
At all times the Trainee Echocardiographer is expected to work within standard operating policies and procedures of the host department and NHS organisation and adhere to high standards of professionalism, health and safety, risk reduction, confidentiality, patient care and dignity, and respect for equality and diversity as set out in the NHS Constitution.
The Trainee Echocardiographer will be employed by the host department for a fixed term of 18 months during which time they will work through a programme of learning. This will be combined with an academic programme at Post Graduate level over the first year of the programme. 

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Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

BSc in clinical Physiology or equivalent 1st or 2:1 A keen interest in echocardiography Experience within a Cardiology department

Desirable criteria

ILS BLS

Essential

Essential criteria

BSc in clinical Physiology or equivalent 1st or 2:1 Keen interest in Echocardiography Experience in working in Cardiology

Desirable criteria

ILS/ BLS

Essential

Essential criteria

•A 1st or 2:1 in Cardiac Physiology (PTP) or a relevant scientific subject 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. •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. Experience in working in Cardiology

Desirable criteria

ILS/ BLS

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