Highly Specialised Cardiac Physiologist - Echocardiographer

Job overview

Due to the expansion of our cardiac services, we are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Highly Specialised Cardiac  Echocardiographer to complement our Cardiac Physiology team here at University Hospitals Dorset.

We are a forward thinking team that consistently strive to improve and develop our services and encourage all team members to actively engage in this process. Continued professional development is supported through weekly departmental meetings and MDT imaging reviews as well as regular attendance at national conferences.  We support a four-day working week at UHD in order to provide an improved work-life balance for our staff.  Standard hours are 08:00-18:00 however this can be discussed.

The successful candidate will hold BSE accreditation, be enthusiastic and passionate about improving patient centred care and be motivated about providing in-house training for junior physiologists. Clinical skills in either cardiac rhythm management or PCI are desirable but not essential.

The post is for a full time position however part time applicants will be considered.

This post will include Saturday working on a rotational basis.

This role requires a BSc in Cardiac Physiology or BTEC HNC or equivalent.

Applicants for this position need to hold full TTE BSE accreditation to be considered for this post.

Locations: Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital

Interview Date :TBC

**Previous unsuccessful candidates need not apply**

Main duties of the job

We are extremely proud of our Echocardiography departments across our two sites. As well as standard transthoracic studies we also perform 3D echocardiograms, bubble and contrast studies and stress echo procedures as well as supporting the transoesophageal echo service.

If you are interested in relocating to Bournemouth from within the UK we offer an excellent relocation package of up to £13,000. For further details on relocation expenses please visit the Trust website.

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.