At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to enhance echocardiography services and contribute to patient care.
- Company: Harefield Hospital, part of GSTT Trust, renowned for heart and lung disease research.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, ongoing education, well-being support, and a collaborative environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and development in a supportive team.
- Why this job: Work with leading experts in a dynamic setting and make a real difference in healthcare.
- Qualifications: BSc Clinical Physiology, echocardiography accreditation, and 3 years post-accreditation experience.
The predicted salary is between 55524 - 62652 £ per year.
Are you looking for a change? Join our team at Harefield Hospital! We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our team of highly specialized Echocardiographers at Harefield Hospital.
Main duties of the job include contributing positively towards the echocardiography service at Harefield Hospital. The main duties are outlined in the attached job description.
About us: We can offer you a clean, calm and well-organised environment, with a fully integrated reporting system and modern equipment. We pride ourselves on our regular commitment to ongoing education with Cardiologist-led weekly case review meetings and monthly echo-specific education forums. Need a hand with advanced imaging techniques? We offer support, training and assessment modules in strain, 3D & contrast and actively encourage the development of critical thinking skills. We offer well-being support and have a dedicated echo management team who want you to be the best you can be, to ensure our patients receive the first-class service they deserve.
Harefield Hospital is part of GSTT Trust. We have a proud and long-standing commitment to the investigation, treatment and research of heart and lung disease. As one of the largest echocardiography services in the UK, we offer the full complement of specialist echo services to our cardiac & respiratory teams at Harefield Hospital. We are looking for enthusiastic & dynamic Specialist Echocardiographers to join our team. This post offers the opportunity to work with international leaders in the field in a stimulating and collegiate environment across multiple sites.
Job responsibilities: The ideal candidate will have 3 years post accreditation experience in echocardiography (Level 2 BSE or equivalent). A background in cardiac investigations is an advantage. The successful candidate will become a key contributor to both the daily operations and strategic direction of our service and will share our commitment to both continual learning and excellence.
Person Specification:
- Qualifications:
- Essential: BSc Clinical Physiology or equivalent; Echocardiography accreditation (British Society of Echocardiography level 2 or equivalent) with documented up-to-date continuing professional development; Immediate Life Support or above.
- Desirable: 3 years post accreditation experience; HCPC registered/eligible.
- Experience:
- Essential: Contemporary experience in performing and reporting transthoracic echocardiography in adult patients; Background experience in range of techniques involved in assessment and therapy provision for patients with cardiac disease; Technical skills enabling measurement and analysis of physiological parameters, including 12 lead ECG & blood pressure; Ability to interpret fundamental ECG abnormalities.
- Desirable: Competency in strain imaging; Competency in 3D imaging; Competency in the use of ultrasound enhancing agents; Experience in complex pathologies in a cardiac surgery centre.
- Skills:
- Essential: Excellent interpersonal skills; High degree of dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills for manipulation of echo probe involving long periods of concentration; Good computer skills, able to perform basic troubleshooting steps in case of malfunction of image acquisition, transfer & reporting systems.
- Desirable: Experience in stress echo.
- Personal Qualities:
- Essential: Commitment to excellence & continual service development; Flexibility to work as a member of a team; Self-motivating; Ability to think clearly and act appropriately in emergency situations.
- Desirable: Demonstrated ability to thrive in a multi-disciplinary environment.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Harefield Hospital, Hill End Road, Harefield, UB9 6JH, United Kingdom
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