Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist - Echocardiography in Knowsley

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An opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialised Clinical Physiologist – Echocardiography to join the Cardio-Respiratory Department. We are committed to meeting the needs of modern healthcare and providing the best possible services to our patients; as a result we have an exciting opportunity, which represents great career opportunities for the right person.

Main duties of the job:

• To assist with the provision of Cardio-Respiratory services throughout the Trust and partnership agencies and to ensure the delivery of a high standard of service for both routine and emergency work.
• The post holder will have a broad range of skills across the entire service but provide highly specialised supervision of a particular area within that service.
• Service lead physiologists will be expected to continually consolidate and expand their skills by formal and informal means, constantly updating their knowledge in line with local and national policy.
• A commitment to participation in the relevant societies and local and national groups and committees is essential.

You will be expected to:

• Adhere strictly to all Department and Trust policies.
• Deputise for the department manager when necessary.

KEY DUTIES:

• Provides fully comprehensive, unsupervised reports of a highly professional standard in a range of procedures.
• Uses clinical judgements to act on reports in an unsupervised way.
• Has highly specialised knowledge and skill in at least one specialist area and is responsible for the development and delivery of that service.
• Clinical supervision of testing in this area.
• Developing and implementing relevant policies and procedures.
• Producing costs for each procedure.
• Implementing staff training programs for all levels of staff.
• Peer evaluation of competency levels.
• Stock control and consumable costs in this area.
• Maintain optimal functioning and regular servicing of equipment.
• Initiation of research and audit programs in order to review services and to monitor capacity.
• Provide regular updates to manager on service progress and re‑design.
• A commitment to setting up new services and expanding the Physiologist role into areas traditionally covered by doctors.
• Deputise for other service leads in their absence.
• Participate in out of hours sessions when required.
• May be called upon to participate in a 24hr on call emergency rota covering a range of invasive and non-invasive tests.
• During out of hours or on call sessions, together with clinical responsibilities, the Physiologist will take on a level of managerial control of departmental issues.
• Take on a level of managerial control as designated by the manager.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver clinical skills and knowledge unsupervised across a wide range of basic and specialised clinical procedures.
• Be proficient in a range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures.
• Provide high quality care for patients.
• Required to deliver complex information and instruction in a sensitive manner considering the diverse needs of all patients regardless of their age and abilities.
• Required on a regular basis to communicate information concerning patients and their test results, giving advice and recommendations to a wide range of staff groups.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure the accuracy of data quality in line with departmental policies and procedures and that all current and correct.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designs and implements training and education programmes in own specialist area.
• Assists with the delivery of education programmes in a broad range of subjects to a variety of staff throughout the Trust.
• Actively participates in the mentorship arrangement and takes an active interest in liaising with Higher Education Institutes providing teaching and placements when required.

Person specification:

• Degree in Clinical Physiology or equivalent qualification/experience.
• RCCP Registration.
• ILS Qualification.
• MSCST/master’s level qualification/equivalent qualification/experience within a specialised field (BSE/ NASPE/ BPEG/ ARTP).
• IT Qualification.
• ALS Qualification.
• Managerial Qualification.

Other:

• Committed to continual professional development.
• Flexible and adaptable approach.

Skills:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in addition to working independently.
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment using highly technical equipment in a safe manner producing complex unsupervised reports.
• Ability to work with patients and provide high quality care, imparting information, instruction and results in a sensitive manner.
• Excellent organisational skills.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Experience in a broad range of cardiology tests.
• Specialist knowledge in a range of cardiology tests.
• Supervision of staff.
• Participation in on call/out of hours service.
• Managerial experience.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and, in particular, those from under‑represented groups.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form. We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.

We aim to provide a fair and equal recruitment process. The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details, is shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision‑making process.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check: If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants may be required to pay for their DBS check, costs are deducted from salary after appointment. Applicants are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service, small annual fee £13.