# Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- **Town:** Bangor
- **Region:** North Wales
- **Country:** Wales
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 25 hours per week (Work pattern to be discussed)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16T13:52:12.909Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Bangor/Betsi_Cadwaladr_University_Health_Board/Echocardiography/Echocardiography-v8090473
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8090473?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://bcuhb.nhs.wales

## Job Content

### Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced and qualified Echocardiographer to join our team.

The successful candidate must be BSE accredited and competent to issue independent echo reports, providing teaching for medical and physiologist staff.

You will have BSc in Clinical Physiology or equivalent,  registration and ILS/ALS.

### Main duties of the job

We are committed to professional development and will provide opportunity, encouragement and support for physiologists wishing to continue to develop their skills. We are a forward thinking department, currently working towards the departmental BSE accreditation.   If you would like to be part of our future with a friendly and committed team we would welcome your application.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of autonomous scanning and reporting of Echocardiograms post qualification
- Able to utilise specialist and technical knowledge of cardiac ultrasound in line with evidence based practice
- Able to utilise specialist and technical knowledge of a range of cardiac ultrasound machines / reporting systems

**Desirable**

- Ability to work as an independent practitioner within echocardiography

### Mental effort

**Essential**

- Concentration whilst undertaking cardiological investigations and calculating results

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Completion of MSc Scientist Training Programme (STP) or equivalent (e.g. BSc in Clinical Physiology or HTEC MPPM with SCST Parts I and II)
- Relevant Masters Degree or equivalent – Certified Echocardiographer, holding current British Society of Echocardiography accreditation
- Registered with RCCP
- ILS

**Desirable**

- ALS
- Training or Leadership Qualification

### Physical Effort

**Essential**

- Excellent manual dexterity and co-ordination necessary to navigate specialist equipment

### Emotional Effort

**Essential**

- Able to deal with agitated or confused patients
- Deal with unwell patients who may be terminally ill and/or in a great deal of discomfort in a sympathetic and understanding manner

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Works well as a member of a team
- Able to work independently
- Able to work under pressure in complex and emergency situations

**Desirable**

- Able to take charge and lead a team

### Working conditions

**Essential**

- Frequently required to perform tests on patients who are infectious, have distressing conditions or body odours

### Knowledge and skills

**Essential**

- Able to perform a broad range of cardiological techniques employed within the department
- Ability to utilise wide, thorough and up-to-date specialist postgraduate level knowledge across the full range of cardiac physiology investigations including advanced techniques such as Stress echocardiography and Tissue Doppler

**Desirable**

- Be highly specialised in a full range of echocardiography procedures, including stress echocardiography, contrast or TOE
- Ability to speak Welsh

## Documents

- [jd - sd (docx, 81.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10383923)
- [ps - mp (docx, 55.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10383744)
- [oh form - ig ffurflen (doc, 148.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10383937)
- [welsh language matrix (pdf, 134.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2220)
- [values and behaviour framework (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2937)
- [nhs north wales - the right choice (pdf, 3.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2075)
- [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 808.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1632)

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