Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

Please note this role is currently only being advertised to staff members who are currently working within the Kent and Medway ICS.

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated individual with an interest in patient care, keen to join an innovative team of Cardiac Physiologists and other Health Care Professionals?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant cardiac practitioner at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust including the community diagnostic centre. Full training will be provided and there will be opportunities for further progression.

The Trust offers a range of invasive and non-invasive investigations including Physiologist led exercise stress testing, tilt testing, ambulatory monitory, device follow-up and complex invasive procedures including angiography, PCI, PPM, ICD / CRT implantation and EP. All sites hold BSE Departmental Accreditation in Transthoracic echocardiography. We run a Physiologist Led Valve Clinic at both sites and assist in the Rapid Access Heart Failure Clinic. We also have a physiologist lead ILR implant service, and are working towards physiologist lead stress echo and TOE.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be expected to train in a wide range on non-invasive cardiac diagnostics such as ECG, holter & event monitoring and 24 hour BP monitoring. Additional training will be given on holter & ECG analysis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.