# Cardiac Physiologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cardiac-physiologist/fc5c9e62-52ee-40fb-b7a9-c934bbe5c003 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cardiac-physiologist/fc5c9e62-52ee-40fb-b7a9-c934bbe5c003.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-13T13:43:07.969Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8151324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8151324?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role ### Main duties of the job We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and conscientious individual to join our team of cardiac physiologists. The post will be split between echocardiography and non-invasive cardiology. Your focus in adult transthoracic echocardiography will be in acquiring the skills to perform the standard minimum dataset to a high level, while your non-invasive cardiology commitment will give you an opportunity to strengthen your core skills as a cardiac physiologist in areas such as Holter analysis, exercise and pharmacological stress testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and stress echocardiography. You will be a part of making a measurable difference to echocardiography delivery across the organisation and for our cardiology patients. We are a friendly, vibrant and diverse BSE-accredited department, collectively performing around 40,000 echocardiograms each year on all ages. Our team are involved in a wide range of specialist services including congenital and paediatric echocardiography, TOE, stress echo, and physiologist-led clinics. We pride ourselves on actively supporting continual professional development through educational and mentoring sessions, regular MDT-style teaching meetings, and supporting external course attendance. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and conscientious individual to join our team of cardiac physiologists. The post will be split between echocardiography and non-invasive cardiology. Your focus in adult transthoracic echocardiography will be in acquiring the skills to perform the standard minimum dataset to a high level, while your non-invasive cardiology commitment will give you an opportunity to strengthen your core skills as a cardiac physiologist in areas such as Holter analysis, exercise and pharmacological stress testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and stress echocardiography. You will be a part of making a measurable difference to echocardiography delivery across the organisation and for our cardiology patients. We are a friendly, vibrant and diverse BSE-accredited department, collectively performing around 40,000 echocardiograms each year on all ages. Our team are involved in a wide range of specialist services including congenital and paediatric echocardiography, TOE, stress echo, and physiologist-led clinics. We pride ourselves on actively supporting continual professional development through educational and mentoring sessions, regular MDT-style teaching meetings, and supporting external course attendance. Our department operates Monday to Saturday. Full time staff work 5 days per week. You may be involved in Saturday and bank holiday working on a rotational basis. You will be required to work at some of our satellite clinics on occasion, such as at our Community Diagnostic Centre at the Royal South Hants Hospital. ## Person Specification ### Trust Values **Essential** - Patients First - Always Improving - Working Together ### Aptitudes and skills required **Essential** - Excellent communication skills at all levels internal and external to the department - Able to prioritise own workload and that of junior staff - Able to act on own initiative and work independently with consideration to the team working efficiently - Self-motivated and effective when working under pressure - Able to motivate others - Excellent patient manner and communication, to create a relaxed environment in order to obtain the best quality results from any test performed - To perform tests with an appreciation of individual patient needs, age, clinical condition, emotional state and cultural differences - Able to analyse tests, assessing test results against acceptability criteria ### Qualifications / training required **Essential** - BSc in Clinical Physiology - Immediate Life Support qualified **Desirable** - Working toward or having RCCP voluntary registration ### Previous or relevant experience necessary **Essential** - Broad knowledge of a wide range of tests and techniques performed by Cardiac Physiologists - Good understanding of the overall service requirements and of own role in the maintenance of an efficient service - Good IT skills – able to record results into a range of databases **Desirable** - Some experience in teaching and training ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10451045) - [person specification (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10451046) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.