Job overview
There is an exciting opportunity for a Cardiac Physiologist to join the Cardiac Physiology team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We have a friendly and dynamic inter professional cardiology team consisting of: Cardiology specialist Nurses, Clinical Physiologists and 11 Consultant Cardiologists, who offer a wide range of invasive and non-invasive services across the cardiology field.
The department currently offers Physiologist led exercise testing, ambulatory monitoring services and a well-established device's service including both low and high voltage device implantation (including CSP) and follow up of specialist devices such as ICD’s and CRT’s. We perform diagnostic angiography with plans to open a second PCI cath lab in the future.
We also have an extensive echocardiography service offering Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, exercise echocardiography and contrast studies.
We are a forward thinking department and encourage development of staff including training towards national accreditation.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out and interpret ECG's
- Provide analysis for ambulatory ECG' sand BP's
- Carry out exercise tolerance testing
- Providing hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic angiography
- Provide technical support during pacemaker and ILR implantation
- Develop skills in pacemaker follow up
- Contribute to the ILR follow up service
- Would be supported to undertake specialist training resulting in national accreditation in either CRM or Echo.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Participate in the delivery of a specialist clinical diagnostic service and deliver high standard of care to all patients, including:
- Performing and reporting 12 lead ECG.
- Application, removal and analysis of ambulatory monitoring.
- Give technical assistance during pacemaker/ICD implantation and assist in the provision of pacemaker follow up clinics.
- Provide hemodynamic monitoring during cardiac angiography.
- Take lead position during technically led Exercise Tolerance Testing.
- Under supervision perform and report transthoracic echocardiograms.
- Assist during TOE and Stress Echo procedures.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person specification
Experience and knowledge
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- BSc in Clinical Physiology or BSc Healthcare Sciences (Cardiology) or equivalent with a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and patient assessment
- Must be registered with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists, or The Academy of Healthcare Sciences or if newly qualified have applied and be responsible for ensuring own professional regulation and accreditation is maintained.
- Immediate Life Support (to be gained within first 6 months if not already obtained)
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This advert is for Cardiac Physiologist with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in North Shields, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Jun 2026.
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