Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist / Healthcare Scientist in Bath

Main area Cardiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Sunday working.) Job ref 427-7357025

Employer Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal United Hospitals Bath Town Bath Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2025 23:59

Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist / Healthcare Scientist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

We are currently looking to expand our highly-skilled Echocardiography team at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

We are an ambitious and enthusiastic team, providing a range of standard, community and complex echocardiography clinics including physiologist led stress echocardiography, bubble and contrast studies alongside developing physiologist led TOE services. We are also a regional centre of excellence for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension.

The post holder should be able to independently perform a range of highly specialised cardiac ultrasound investigations, including adult transthoracic, 3D, and assisting with stress & transoesophageal echocardiograms. Performing accurate and reproducible measurements and quantification, interpreting findings, and independently confirming diagnostic reports, to a highly competent professional standard is also essential.

The department is fully accredited with BSE and dedicated to educating all Echo physiologists. We are an active research department, working under Professor Augustine in the field of echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension.

Rotational shifts over 6 days to include Sunday work, potential on-call (cathlab only) and working in the community environment.

Main duties of the job

To perform and report highly complex echocardiograms, 2D and 3D echo studies in both inpatient and outpatient (hospital and community) settings. Be able to undertake complex diagnostic cardiac clinical physiology procedures and interpret the results independently to provide factual/clinical reports.

To be responsible for the department\'s continual development and day-to-day running by maintaining regular communication with the Head of Echocardiography and consultants informing them of any new developments or necessary changes in practice.

In conjunction with other senior scientific staff within the department, assist with training/development and management for those directly involved in providing the echo service, including highly specialised Physiologists, student Scientists/Physiologists and medical staff undergoing echo training.

Assist the Head of Echocardiography in setting, maintaining, monitoring and auditing quality and technical standards for the service. Undertaking triage of both inpatient and outpatient echo requests and supporting other diagnostic areas as service needs require. Participating in developing departmental protocols and policies and in the continual training of various staff groups in echocardiography.

Supporting all areas of cardiac diagnostics including ambulatory and Cath lab will be essential.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSc. In Cardiac Physiology or equivalent.
• Individual BSE/ESC accreditation.

Knowledge

• Expert understanding of all aspects of Echocardiography services.

Experience

• Practical experience and knowledge of other areas of Cardiac Physiology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.