East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Chief Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for three full-time Band 7 Chief Cardiac Physiologists specialising in echocardiography to join our dynamic, supportive and highly motivated team.
These are newly created posts and represent a significant investment in our echocardiography service, supporting both service expansion and continued development of our workforce.
About Our Echocardiography Team
Our echocardiography team provides a comprehensive diagnostic service for both outpatients and inpatients. We deliver a wide range of investigations, including:
- Adult transthoracic echocardiography
- Physiologist-led valve clinics
- Exercise stress echocardiography
- Consultant-led dobutamine stress echocardiography
- Transoesophageal echocardiography
The department operates Monday to Friday, with opportunities to undertake additional weekend overtime where available.
Recent Developments
We have recently completed a major refurbishment of our cardiac catheter laboratories, further enhancing the care we provide to our patients. Alongside this investment, we are expanding our interventional cardiology and cardiac rhythm management services, including:
- An increase in complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures
- Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT-P) and conduction system pacing implants
These developments will enable more patients to receive specialist cardiac care closer to home while providing excellent opportunities for professional development within a progressive and expanding service.
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Key Responsibilities
- To independently and competently perform a range of clinical procedures safely and appropriately in accordance with local and national policy, procedure and guidance.
- To interpret clinical data, produce factual reports and deliver results to other medical professionals.
- To contribute to the department training and education programme and implement changes to practice/service provision in liaison with the principal/deputy principal cardiac physiologist.
- To work within trust and external professional standards of proficiency and be able to practice safely and effectively whilst maintaining legal and ethical boundaries.
- To be responsible for performing and reporting, without supervision, a wide range of Cardiac investigations.
- Supervision and training of fellow members of the cardiac physiology team and junior doctors.
- You will be expected to take a lead role in one aspect of the cardiac physiology service.
About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
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Why Join Us?
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer:
- A generous pension scheme
- Unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
- 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
- Access to a range of NHS discounts
- Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If You Are Passionate About Patient Care
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Rain Welham-Cobb
- Job title: Assistant General Manager
- Email address: Rain.Welham-Cobb@esneft.nhs.uk
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