Barts Health NHS Trust
Deputy Principal Cardiac Physiologist
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Job Opportunity: Band 8a Deputy Principal Cardiac Physiologist
It is a fantastic opportunity for current 8a or experienced band 7 Cardiac Physiologist to further their career at St Barts Health NHS Trust.
Barts Health NHS Trust and University College London Hospital (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust together offer one of the largest echocardiography services, conducting nearly 70,000 scans each year. UCLH features a comprehensive cardiac diagnostic and imaging service that provides advanced cardiac physiology support for a variety of complex clinical pathways. In collaboration with partner organizations, including Barts Health NHS Trust, this service is recognized for its commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, and the advancement of specialized cardiovascular care.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Band 8a Deputy Principal Cardiac Physiologist – Advanced Echo Specialist, QA & Education Lead to join our cardiac physiology service mainly at (UCLH). This is an exciting opportunity for an expert echocardiographer to take on a senior leadership role that combines advanced clinical practice with responsibility for quality assurance, service development, and education within a large, multi-site NHS organisation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialist clinical leadership in echocardiography
- Deliver advanced procedures including physiologist-led valve, aortopathy and late effects clinics, stress, transoesophageal, contrast and bubble echocardiography, as well as pregnancy and paediatric echo services
- Lead on quality assurance, clinical governance, and service improvement
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to support service delivery across all sites
- Contribute to teaching, mentoring, and training cardiac physiologists, cardiology and intensive care trainees
Qualifications and Requirements
- BSc in Clinical Physiology (or equivalent)
- BSE accredited (or equivalent)
- Substantial experience in advanced echocardiography
Applicants who do not have a BSc Clinical Physiology degree (or international equivalent) will not be short-listed; therefore, please do not apply.
About Us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
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Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Delfin Encarnacion
- Job title: Principal Cardiac Physiologist
- Email address: dencarnacion@nhs.net
To arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Delfin Encarnacion
Principal Cardiac Physiologist
Barts Health and UCLH NHS Trust
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