Cardiac Physiologist | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Banbury

As part of our service we provide the following specialities for our patients:

• Our imaging department undertakes 25,000 transthoracic echocardiograms a year in adult, paediatric and congenital services. In addition, the team provides stress echo, bubble studies, a physiologist led valve clinic and plans to introduce a physiologist led TOE service. The department also hosts the BSE practical exam.
• The Nuclear Cardiology department performs approximately 2,700 myocardial perfusion scans per year.
• Cardiac Rhythm Management follows up approximately 3,500 pacemakers and 2,000 complex devices a year and we have a substantial and growing remote monitoring service.
• Our non-invasive service includes exercise tolerance tests, ambulatory ECG monitoring and physiologist/healthcare scientist led CPET.
• We have 5 cardiac angiography labs offering a 24-hour primary PCI service for coronary intervention and also facilitate rotablation, pressure wires, IVUS and intra-aortic balloon pumps.
• The Structural intervention service includes TAVI, Mitraclips and PFO closures.
• As part of our Electrophysiology service we undertake approximately 800 ablations a year (400 of these being complex mapping cases such as atrial fibrillation ablations), 550 pacemaker implants and 200 complex device implants.
• The Department incorporates a team of specialist nurse practitioners and advanced nurse practitioners which specialise both in cardiac arrhythmias and complex device patients.

Oxford University Hospitals is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK. We became a Foundation Trust in 2015 enabling us to work more effectively in partnership with both our patients and the local community to provide high quality healthcare in a wide range of clinical specialities.

We are looking for a flexible, motivated Band 6 Cardiac Physiologist to join our supportive, dynamic and friendly team working across our hospital sites in Oxford and Banbury. For the right candidate, we will offer the opportunity to develop your clinical skills in several areas and welcome a self-directed career approach to your own professional progression.

We also support Modernising Scientific Careers and take a range of students from Apprentice to HSST level. We are a practical assessment centre for BSE and participate in the STP OSFA assessments for the National School for Healthcare Science. As a department, we have established links with the University and are actively involved in research. We regularly perform live cases as part of a national and international training programme.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

As part of your development, we can offer support in attaining BHRS and BSE accreditation to further your professional and career progression. A BSc in clinical physiology or an equivalent is an essential requirement for this post and ideally the applicant should have 12 months qualification experience. Professional registration is preferred, i.e., RCCP or AHCS.

Oxfordshire is surrounded by beautiful countryside, close to the Cotswolds and London with good transport links. Oxford, as a city, has a wide range of attractions, restaurants and nightlife. Flexible working patterns would be considered.