# Chief Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiography > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiography/22e79906-6d2e-4877-980d-a03768985601 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/chief-cardiac-physiologist-echocardiography/22e79906-6d2e-4877-980d-a03768985601.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Great Ormond Street Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Cardiac physiologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pro rata per annum inclusive 10% Recruitment & Retention premium - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-29T09:31:00.307Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Physiology/Clinical_Physiology-v8250567 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250567?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join a leading paediatric and congenital cardiac service as Chief Cardiac Physiologist. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a growing echocardiography department, work with nationally recognised experts, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young adults with complex congenital and inherited heart conditions. You will perform echocardiography in children with a large spectrum of congenital, inherited and acquired heart conditions. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone well established in paediatrics and congenital heart disease. Please note this is a permanent, part-time role at 30 hours per week inclusive of a 10% Recruitment and Retention premium (RRP). ### Main duties of the job - To have good understanding of congenital and inherited conditions seen in paediatric cardiology specifically - To carry out complex transthoracic paediatric echocardiograms guided by departmental protocols - To produce and authorise an accurate, factual and clinical report for each study, recognising when a patient needs to be seen urgently by a Cardiologist - To prepare and present interesting cases at departmental meetings - To assist with the training of Paediatric Echocardiography protocols to new Clinical Physiologists, visiting Consultants, registrars, and junior doctors as required, ensuring a good learning environment is maintained for all levels of knowledge. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Able to use initiative and to prioritise own workload - Understands the importance of teamwork and how to effectively as a team - Able to work effectively under pressure - Prepared to learn and teach ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Specialist knowledge of Adult and Paediatric cardiology - Able to work at a highly specialist level of independent practice in echocardiography - Knowledge of Congenital Heart Disease in echocardiography, cardiac morphology and the corrective procedures performed in the paediatric population ### GOSH Culture and Values **Essential** - Collaboration - We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect - We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity - We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes. ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - BSc Clinical Physiology – Cardiology (or equivalent) - Postgraduate qualification in specialist area within Echocardiography e.g. EACVI CHD Accreditation ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 710.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10651003) - [our gosh values (pdf, 516.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3097) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 108.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2815) ## 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.